The Stryker/Slagle Band Announces Upcoming Performances

After a successful two-night run at the Jazz Standard in January, The Stryker / Slagle Band decided to strike while the fire was hot and headed back up to bassist Jay Anderson's Mountain Rest Studio in New Paltz, NY to lay down nine new original tracks as well as a cover of Thelonious Monk's "Ruby My Dear." This is the 3rd CD by the same quartet: Dave Stryker (guitar), Steve Slagle (sax), Jay Anderson (bass), and Victor Lewis (drums), that released The Scene to critical success in 2008. Their fifth CD as the Stryker / Slagle Band - Keeper captures the live energy and group dynamics of a band that has been honing their sound for over 20 years, always striving to push the music ahead.

The Stryker / Slagle Band
Upcoming Appearances + New CD

Friday May 14
8pm
The Stryker / Slagle Band
Dave Stryker - guitar
Steve Slagle - sax
Ed Howard - bass
Victor Lewis - drums
Downfront Jazz Series
Union Co. Performing Arts Center
1601 Irving Street
Rahway, NJ 07065
http://www.ucpac.org

June 18-19
9pm - 1:30am
The Stryker / Slagle Band
Cecil's Jazz Club & Restaurant
364 Valley Road
West Orange, NJ
(973) 736-4800
http://www.cecilsjazzclub.com

Check Out A Cut From The Forthcoming Stryker / Slagle Band CD "Keeper"
Download the free track here:
Bailout
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownload.php?id=5414

NEW CD

The Stryker / Slagle Band "Keeper" (Panorama Records PAN003) Street Date June 1, 2010
Dave Stryker-guitar, Steve Slagle-alto and soprano sax, Jay Anderson-bass, Victor Lewis-drums

"A superior snapshot of the contemporary center of jazz"

John McDonough - 4 Stars in Dec. 2008 Downbeat Magazine

"One of today's most inspired two-man teams."
David Adler / JazzTimes

"In this era of ever-shifting alliances and endless maleable bands, guitarist Dave Stryker and saxophonist Steve Slagle have achieved, for two decades, a contemporary rarity;
a band with a distinct, highly developed sound." -George Kanzler JazzTimes 12/08