us.
the pulsar triyo began in 2004 when Pulsar Li and Eric Bishop (then freshmen members of the Duke Jazz Ensemble) started to apply the traditional and modern jazz concepts to other music genres out there. The addition of Adam Lord on bass in 2005 helped to diversify their music even more. Although the triyo’s original compositions, which range from new jazz to latin-jam to funk, serve as true representations of their musical tastes, there is much to be said on behalf of their interpretations of pre-existing music also. Be it bebopping Britney's "toxic," or funkifying a Tiffany tune from the 80's, this modern jazz piano trio tries to keep covers as original as their own compositions.
the pulsar triyo is broad in their musical influences.
Jazz colors of Brad Mehldau, jam grooves of Medeski Martin and Wood, unique
creativity from the
Bad Plus, and musical ingenuity reminiscent of Radiohead all help to define
the pulsar triyo's contemporary and ambitious music. Indeed, the pulsar triyo
aims to make your stay an enjoyable one by keeping inventive music on the
top of their to-do list.
individual bios are:
in
our time,
we have afforded the opportunity to perform with a number of really talented
guest musicians...
zach
kilgore was
our original bassist from spring '04 to spring '06.
guest
drummers include
antonio arce, rob dimauro, oliver grace, and josh stohl.
guest
guitarists ed nakayama and dave mosca have played with us.
then there was that
one gig with dan malech on sax...
we've even played with a traditional chinese lion dance percussion ensemble
(john kang [gong], daoxun lin [cymbals], and david tung [drum]).
oh yeah, and banjoist Béla
Fleck also played with us.
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for booking, please contact pulsar li, thepulsartriyo@gmail.com, (252)917-4336.
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download the triyo's press kit.
djs, venues, etc., feel free to email the pulsar triyo as we would be
happy to send over promotional material.