A Modern Micro Brass Band... Jazz, Groove, Funk, and much more! Drums, saxophone, and trombone, why not? With each player in The SticklerPhonics, the concept of working as a unit is crucial. Playing in the pocket, giving each other space, getting the audience to move... Like nothing you’ve heard. Playing original music. Let’s DO this.
Band Members & Instrumentation
Scott Amendola-drums/percussion/electronics
Raffi Garabedian – tenor saxophone
Danny Lubin-Laden – trombone
Artist/Group Bio(s)
No project better displays Amendola’s big ears and musical ambitions than “Fade To Orange”, an orchestral piece commissioned as part of the Oakland East Bay Symphony’s Irvine Foundation-funded New Visions/New Vistas initiative. The roiling work premiered to critical acclaim at Oakland’s Paramount Theater on April 15, 2011.
As a sideman, Amendola has performed and recorded with a vast, stylistically varied roster of artists, including Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Mike Patton, Mondo Cane, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Josh Redman, Cibo Matto, John Dieterich from Deerhoof, Cyro Baptista, Wadada Leo Smith, Bruce Cockburn, Madeleine Peyroux, Joan Osborne, Jacky Terrasson, Shweta Jhaveri, Phil Lesh, Kelly Joe Phelps, Larry Klein, Wayne Horvitz, Johnny Griffin, Julian Priester, Sonny Simmons, Pat Martino, Larry Goldings, Paul McCandless, Rebecca Pidgeon, Joe Goode Dance Group, and many more. Visit http://www.scottamendola.com for more info.
Raffi Garabedian was born and raised in Berkeley, California. He went on to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music from 2006-2010, where he received a Bachelors of Fine Arts and studied with such musicians as Tony Malaby, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Bill McHenry and Andrew Cyrille. Raffi has recorded and performed with a variety of artists, including Jorge Rossy, Ben Street, Dayna Stephens, and blues legend Johnny Talbot. He is an
original member of the brass band Brass Magic, and can be found playing around the Bay Area with drummer Scott Amendola and the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra. Raffi also performs with his brother Noah Garabedian. As an educator, Raffi teaches regularly at the California Jazz Conservatory and the Stanford Jazz Workshop, as well as working with private students.
Danny Lubin-Laden is a trombonist and composer based in Oakland, CA. Danny attended The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC where he studied with Art Baron, Alan Ferber, Lee Konitz and Ambrose Akinmusirie. Danny has spent time performing, composing and touring both nationally and internationally and has multiple records out as a bandleader. Danny currently performs regularly with JACKNIFE, Johnny Talbot, the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, Brass Magic, Scott Amendola and also leads his own projects. Danny is a dedicated music educator with yearly teaching duties at Berkeley High School and the Stanford Jazz Workshop.