Dan Blacksberg is “a maestro who effortlessly hops between—and, ultimately, deconstructs—genres with abandon, influenced equally by traditional Jewish music and the heyday of downtown New York City avant-garde jazz.“- Bandcamp Daily
Rabbi Goldman (Joey Weisenberg’s Hadar Ensemble), Jaimie Branch (trumpet, Fly or Die), Chad Taylor (drums, Marc Ribot, Eric Revis Quartet), Nick Millevoi (guitar, Desertion Trio, John Zorn), Matt Engle (bass), Dan Blacksberg (trombone, composition)
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel), Ashley Tini (vibraphone), Michael Szekely (drums), Matthew Stein (bass), Dan Blacksberg (trombone, composition)
“Out of Heaven” (2019) premiered as a part of Dan’s concert series, Encounters at the Mothership
Judith Berkson (Voice & Piano), Nick Millevoi (Guitar), Tom Kraines (Cello), Dan Blacksberg (trombone, composition)
Nick Millevoi (guitar), Dan Blacksberg (trombone)
Dan Blacksberg (trombone), Nick Millevoi (guitar), Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board)
Nick Millevoi (guitar) and Dan Blacksberg (trombone)
Archer Spade has collaborated with some of the leading improvisers and composers of the day, including: neuroscientist Dave Soldier, free funk pioneer Jamaaladeen Tacuma, pedal steel wizard Susan Alcorn, and 25-piece electro-acoustic Spectrum Ensemble.
Nick Millevoi (guitar), Yoshi Fruchter (guitar), Eli Litwin (bass), Johnny DeBlase (drums), Dan Blacksberg (trombone)
Deveykus means “To cleave to god” and refers to an ecstatic, trance-like state brought on by the singing of nigunim. Their debut album Pillars Without Mercy (2013) was released on Tzadik Records as part of their Radical Jewish Culture Series.