Lisa Gutkin on Stage w/ Brian Glassman

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Lisa Gutkin has crafted a courageously varied artistic career by bringing an instantly relatable style to audiences through her theater, music, and storytelling. A masterful Grammy Award-winning and Tony adjacent violinist, singer/songwriter, actor, and composer, Lisa is recognized for her work with the groundbreaking, Grammy winning Jewish Roots band The Klezmatics, as fiddler for the Downtown Celtic band Whirligig, and for her scoring, performance, and music direction in the two time Tony Award-winning play, Indecent. She had an on-screen cameo and compositions featured in Sex and the City; performed in Sting’s Broadway musical The Last Ship; and her song Gonna Get Through This World - with words by Woody Guthrie - was hailed by Pete Seeger, as “a piece of genius.” Lisa appears on hundreds of recordings with countless luminaries. Inspired by these, she released a CD of her own songs, produced by John Lissauer titled From Here On In. Accompanied by phenomenal bassist Brian Glassman, Lisa presents a whimsical wander through her musical styles, intertwining Irish, Jewish, and American sounds, with improvisations. Lisa’s playing and stories are fun and poignant, and her voice has been praised by the LA Times as “hauntingly emotional.” 

One of NYC area's most in-demand double bassists, BRIAN GLASSMAN is best known for his work in Jazz and Klezmer musical styles. Some of the Klezmer and Jewish music legends that Brian has worked with include Andy Statman, Frank London, The Klezmatics, Zalmen Mlotek, Alicia Svigals, Mandy Patinkin, Sid Beckerman, Pete Sokolow, Theodore Bikel, Adrienne Cooper, and Neshama Carlebach. And he has collaborated with Jazz greats like Paquito d'Rivera, John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Lionel Hampton, Kenny Burrell, Benny Golson, Randy Brecker, Gene Bertoncini, Billy Cobham to name just a few. Brian and his historic c.1820's Prescott American double bass are featured on new recorded releases from, Alicia Svigals, Neshama Carlebach, Woody Mann, Carol Hall, Andy Statman, Klezmerfest, Liza Minnelli, and the Johnny Rodgers Band. Brian is an Ambassador of American Music for the U.S. State Dept. and is Professor of Jazz Bass at Princeton University and Kean University.