Andalin & The Desert Wind Jazz Quartet

With food by Liberty Heights Fresh, wine and cheese, enjoy a nite out with four of the Desert Wind Players! This is part of the Jazz Series concerts sponsored by the IJ & Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center overlooking the city.

For over ten years, the live performances of Andalin & The Desert Wind Jazz Quartet, or simply "Desert Wind", have lifted audiences throughout the country. With solid jazz roots and adorned with the "Selmer Award for Excellence in Jazz Performance", The Intermountain Collegiate "Best Jazz Solist" Award and several scholarships including one from the Salt Lake Tribune for Jazz Studies, among other musical honors, jazz flutist Andalin Bachman has teamed up with an unstoppable group of musicians. Together they have performed at events from an International Dance Festival near San Francisco to a birthday bash at the Marriot Hotel in Boston. In the tradition of Miles Davis, they are known for pushing the envelope in their expression of jazz music.

Former Los Angeles resident, Isaiah Stewart has been drumming professionally since he can remember, and was a regular in many of the same L.A. and Hollywood jazz clubs as Kenny G, Richard Elliot, Freddie Hubbard, Tom Browne and Jeff Lorber. Isaiah has studied with many of the world's most renowned drummers including Dave Weckl, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Tony Williams, Dennis Chambers and Terry Bozzio. He has studied jazz and compositional musical theory since the age of 10 and composed numerous songs. One of Utahs most in-demand drummers, Isaiah has worked as a studio musician for over 15 years, completing session work on numerous commercial jingles and film scores.

Bassist Berno Danylik is originally from New Jersey, where he studied jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music. He continued as a serious working musician with cover bands that played the "club scene" throughout New Jersey, New York and Long Island. Interestingly, this East Coast gem found himself on the other side of the country in the Los Angeles Cherokee Studios doing recording sessions with the likes of Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum. Having worked as a lead singer, acoustic and electric bass player and movie songwriter, Berno is an unbelievable find in Salt Lake City, and a great addition to Desert Wind!

Glue it all together with Alan Scott Bachman's dazzling keyboard work, and you have a seriously exciting band. Originally from Rochester, New York, Alan studied at the Eastman School of Music. As any good Jewish boy, Alan took his mother's advice and crossed the country for law school, where he first started the band called Desert Wind. Passionate musician that he is, and between law jobs, Alan spent a Summer playing music in a Greek restaurant on the Las Vegas strip. Alan has 124 songs in the current BMI Works Catalog with many soon to be added. He has produced twelve Desert Wind CDs and numerous projects for other artists. Internationally known as an innovator of what has come to be called "tribal fusion" music, Alan is a perfect fit with this progressive and experimental group of jazz musicians.

Andalin is a native Salt Laker who was a jazz music major under the direction of William Fowler at the University of Utah. She received rave reviews in the "Jazz Voice" for her local performances and is a well known and respected jazz artist in this community. Following a Telluride Jazz Festival performance, the Denver Post called Andalin's flute performance "fiery, seductive, and strong!" For this jazz nite out, Desert Wind will perform a wide variety of jazz standards from "Take Five" and "All Blues" to "Satin Doll" and "In the Mood" as well as some of their own original jazz material. With this combination of jazz players, we can expect a night to remember! Please join Andalin & The Desert Wind Jazz Quartet on Saturday evening, March 6th, 7:30 pm a the Jewish Community Center, with food by Liberty Heights Fresh. Priced at just $10.00 for JCC Members and open to the public for $15.00, tickets are available at the JCC by calling (801) 581-0098.