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Musicians Featured on SERENADE CITY
Rachelle Garniez - vocals, accordion
Joe Ruddick - piano,
keyboards, saxophones, flexatone
Rob Thomas - violin
Dave Hofstra - bass, tuba & snaps
Phil Leone - drums & percussion
Clay Ruede - cello
John Diaz - percussion samples
Joe
Ruddick - pianist, saxophonist, synthesist, composer, cosmic noise-maker
- has performed for decades throughout the United States, Canada, and
Europe. His compositions, arrangements, sound design and/or instrumental
virtuosity have been featured on Bravo, MTV, Nickelodeon, and HBO, and
film soundtracks --- Paul Mazursky's "Faithful," Albert Maysles' "Umbrellas,"
and Philip Haas' "The Music of Chance." He has played and recorded with
a multitude of ensembles, ranging from children's music superstar Laurie
Berkner, to Phillip Johnston's idiosyncratic exploratory jazz projects,
to William Parker's avant-garde Little Huey orchestra, to the platinum-selling
pop group DEEE-LITE. On an early solo LP - New Music for Quadruple Octet
- Mr. Ruddick performed his original compositions, playing over twenty
different overdubbed instruments and the kitchen sink. Jazz Track noted
his "percussive piano... silvery runs and triple-jumps... shifting perspectives
that brush past multiple styles in a restlessly roving, seemingly freeform
manner." George Kanzler wrote: "Invigoratingly creative, Ruddick brings
a swinging antic wit to the jazz tradition." Down Beat magazine heralded
his "brilliant keyboard playing." And Options magazine proclaimed: "Some
kind of genius, Joe Ruddick is a brilliant instrumentalist making inspired
music."
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