SAT 8 & 9:30 - Chris Van Voorst van Beest w/Zach Lapidus, Nathan Ellman-Bell
About This Event
Chris Van Voorst van Beest leads a small-room trio at Bar Bayeux with pianist/electronicist Zach Lapidus and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell. Van Voorst van Beest works between straight-ahead playing and freer improvisation, favoring sets that build from close listening and quick shifts in texture. Lapidus contributes electronic timbres and harmonic grounding while Ellman-Bell functions as timekeeper and colorist, shaping the trio’s dynamics.
About the Artists
Chris Van Voorst van Beest
Chris Van Voorst van Beest is a New York City–based jazz musician working in the space between straight-ahead playing and freer improvisation. At Bar Bayeux, he appears in a small-room trio with Zach Lapidus and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell, a regular on the city circuit who has also played and recorded with Kenny Warren’s Sweet World.
Zach Lapidus
ABOUT Zach Lapidus is a pianist, electronic musician, and composer living in Brooklyn, NY. With an eclectic background as a jazz pianist and a designer and player of synthesizers, Zach has become an in-demand collaborator for forward-thinking music that blends improvisation with electronic textures and timbres.
Nathan Ellman-Bell
Nathan Ellman-Bell is a New York City–based jazz drummer who appears regularly in the city’s small-room circuit, including sets at Barbès. He has performed with trumpeter Kenny Warren, including Warren’s trio project Sweet World, alongside cellist Christopher Hoffman.