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Old Time Musketry

Old Time Musketry presents a joyous music that draws on the exuberant spirit of early jazz, the poignant melodies and soulful grooves of rock and folk music, the energy and spontaneity of free improvisation, and a willfully experimental attitude towards combining these elements into a unique vision of American music. Old Time Musketry joined forces in early 2009 in Brooklyn and has been developing their unique sound by performing widely in the New York area and around the Northeast.

Born in Portland, Maine and educated at the New England Conservatory in Boston (where he studied with Steve Lacy, Bob Brookmeyer, and Joe Morris among others), saxophonist and clarinetist Adam Schneit has been a vital presence on the New York music scene since moving to Brooklyn in 2006. Aside from sharing the stage with jazz legends and up-and-coming originals such as Lacy, Drew Gress, Eivind Opsvik, George Schuller, and Jacob Sacks, Adam has contributed his voice and wide-ranging aesthetic to the work of singer-songwriters Heather Masse, Sofia Koutsovitis, and Noam Weinstein. His roles as both leader and sideman have brought him from Lima, Peru (Lima International Jazz Festival) to Aspen, Colorado, to tours of the Northeast and Midwest with several bands.

Drummer Max Goldman is an active musician based in Brooklyn’s fertile music scene. He spends much of his time touring Europe, the US and Canada with a diverse line up of artists. Whether it is with The Danny Fox Trio (Songlines), Tim Berne, The Elan Mehler Group (Brownswood Records) Midnight Magic (Permanent Vacation), Jessica 6, Basement Magic, Old Time Musketry or Aella, Max brings a unique sound and sensibility.

JP Schlegelmilch is a Brooklyn-based pianist, accordionist and composer. Born in New Hampshire, JP was drawn to the vibrant music scene in New York City which offered an environment where he could pursue his many different musical interests. In addition to Old Time Musketry, JP plays with the acoustic trio Minerva, which released its debut recording on Between the Lines Records in 2011; and the experimental rock group NOOK whose debut album was nominated for an Independent Music Award in 2009. JP has performed with renowned improvisors such as Tim Berne, Oscar Noriega, and Loren Stillman, and also frequently plays with rock groups and has toured the country with the chamber-pop group The Silent League, and the indie rock singer Abby Payne.

Phil Rowan is a Queens-based double bassist. He began taking formal bass lessons at age 13 and performed on occasion with drummer Bob Meyer while in high school.

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Old Time Musketry: Drifter

Read "Drifter" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Old and new collide and intermingle in a variety of appealing ways on Drifter, the second long-player by the Brooklyn-based collective, Old Time Musketry. It's funny, though, how old has become new and new has become old. J. P. Schlegelmilch, the keyboardist and primary composer for the band (he wrote all but 2 of Drifter's varied and evocative compositions) specializes in the accordion, an instrument all but conscribed to the scrapheap of history until the innovations of artists such as ...

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Old Time Musketry: Different Times

Read "Different Times" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Brooklyn-based Old Time Musketry is a band whose moniker foreshadows one aspect of the sound it's after, steeped in folk music and Americana. But the quartet's debut, Different Times, contains so much more. First and foremost, Old Time Musketry is a jazz quartet. Sure there's quite a bit of accordion and clarinet on this recording, but these guys are jazz guys. Mostly.The title track, with its rhapsodic tenor and piano melody sprawling over pattering free-ish rhythms, evokes memories ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Drifter

NCM East
2015

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Different Times

Steeplechase Lookout
2013

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Transmitter Park

From: Drifter
By Old Time Musketry

Star Insignia

From: Different Times
By Old Time Musketry

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