BT ALC Big Band - Album Release Show

Details for Show:

• $20 Advance // $25 Door
• 7pm Doors // 8pm Show
• 21+ Show
• No ticket refunds.

About BT ALC:

Since the group's formation in 2011, BT ALC Big Band, led by trombonist Brian Thomas and trumpeter Alex Lee-Clark, have gained a reputation for hard grooving original compositions featuring a rotating collective of some of the most virtuosic, soulful and funky musicians in Boston. The band draws from the big band traditions established by American icons like Duke Ellington and Count Basie infused with grooves inspired by the likes of James Brown, The Meters, Fela Kuti and A Tribe Called Quest, creating an undeniably unique sound and a mind blowing live show experience.

In 2020, BT ALC Big Band, in partnership with Soulive drummer, Vintage League Music founder and studio wiz Alan Evans, began working on the album Hearing The Truth, slated to be released on Vintage League Music on April 14, 2023. Rhythm section tracks were recorded at Evans’ Iron Wax Studios in Western Massachusetts while horn players individually recorded their parts remotely while abiding by the social distant protocols of the time. This recording formula manifested three singles released in 2020 stacked full of special guests; Bring Forth Change (feat: Nigel Hall and Eric “Benny” Bloom), The Iguana (feat: Eric Krasno and Karl Denson) and What Will You Do (feat: John Medeski). In 2022, the horn sections were able to gather in person at Chillhouse Studios in Boston to finish the remaining six tunes for the album. Additional guests include Lettuce drummer Adam Deitch playing on a big band arrangement of his tune Egyptian Secrets and a collaboration with vocalist G. Love on a hip hop tune called That Sound.

Hearing The Truth follows BT ALC Big Band’s previous 4 albums; The Search For Peace (2019, Ropeadope Records), The Herd Sessions Vol. 2 (2016), The Herd Sessions Vol. 1 (2016) and Superhero Dance Party (2013).

In addition to recording, performing at clubs, theaters and festivals, BT ALC Big Band demonstrates their commitment to education through clinics, workshops and performances with students throughout New England. Their compositions are available for purchase at btalc.com, and have been performed by college and high school jazz ensembles including West Virginia University, UMASS Amherst, Ithaca College, and honor bands in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maryland.

BT ALC Big Band continues to push the art of the big band forward by utilizing a process that’s been followed by musicians for years: play the music you love, just in your own way.

Line Up

Tucker Antell - alto sax

Pete Levesque - alto sax

Mike Tucker - tenor sax

Dino Govoni - tenor sax

Jared Sims - bari sax

Bijon Watson - trumpet

Alex Lee-Clark - trumpet

Mark Berney - trumpet

Eric “Benny” Bloom - trumpet

Brian Thomas - trombone

Clayton DeWalt - trombone

Rob Krahn - trombone

Angel Subero - bass trombone

Dean “The Dux” Johnston - drums

Amy Bellamy - keyboards

Sam Gilman - keyboards

Jeffrey Lockhart - guitar

Steve Fell - guitar

Aaron Bellamy - bass

Yahuba Garcia-Torres - percussion

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