Puppets Jazz Bar Host Chris Massey's Nue Jazz Project, 7/22

Puppets Jazz Bar (481 5th Ave Park Slope, Brooklyn) host Chris Massey's Nue Jazz Project on July 22nd from 9 to 11:30 PM. There is a $6 Cover and a two drink minimum.

The Chris Massey's Nue Jazz Project includes Donald Malloy on trumpet, Benjamin Drazen on alto sax, Evgeny Lebedev on piano, David Ostrem on bass, and Chris Massey on drums. Chris Massey's NJP will be playing selections from their latest album, "Vibrainium," which is available on iTunes,CD Baby and www.chrismasseyjazz.com.

Chris Massey is following his ambition of making a name for himself as a new breed of young talented player in the world of jazz. Growing up in small town Uniontown,Ohio where he picked up his first pair of drumsticks a the age of 9 he took his first steps into his musical career as a Jazz Performance major at Youngstown State University in 2000.

Among performing with such modern legends such as Donald Harrison Jr., Joe Lovano, Dave Holland and members of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Chris is also an accomplished composer and arranger. Gaining inspiration from notable drummer-composers such as Brian Blade and Jeff "Tain" Watts; Chris has began composing his first works in early 2001. Chris also has been teaching lessons of all age varieties from the skill ranges of beginner to advanced college for over a decade.

Chris above all else is a modern drummer taught in the old tradition of swing; his ethos is to "put his sound" underneath a player and let the fire start to spread. He is currently residing in the New York City area and performing with/leading his modern jazz group "The Nue Jazz Project". He has performed in many venues across the city such as Smoke, Cleopatra's Needle, Smalls, Fat Cat, 55bar, The Garage, The Iridium and many others.