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Premik Russell Tubbs

Premik Russell Tubbs, a composer, arranger, producer and an accomplished multi-instrumentalist performs on various flutes, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, wind synthesizers, and lap steel guitar. Premik has worked with everyone from Carlos Santana, Whitney Houston, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Ravi Shankar, Narada Michael Walden, Clarence Clemons, Ornette Coleman, Jackson Browne, Jean-Luc Ponty, Lonnie Liston-Smith, Scarlet Riveria, James Taylor, Sting and Lady Gaga just to name a few. He is equally adept in pop, R&B, jazz, world and experimental genres. Brief Highlights ~ Recent Years Premik’s May of 2008 schedule led him to perform in Sting's Rainforest Foundation Fund benefit concert Some Kinda Legacy at Carnegie Hall followed by extensive touring with Russian legend Boris Grebenshikov beginning in London at the Royal Albert Hall, continuing on to Dublin, Kiev, Milan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, ending the year in Vienna. In 2008 he accompanied both Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka Shankar on tamboura at the Kimmell Center in Philadelphia and on various occassions in 2009 he accompanied on flute and saxophone the contemporary Rabindrasangeet vocalist Rezwana Chowdhury Banya. May of 2009 brought Premik to California for the Narada Michael Walden Foundation, Let the Sunshine In benefit concert. May of 2010 Premik played at Carnegie Hall in the The Rainforest Fund's 21st Birthday Celebration Benefit Concert. June of 2010 Premik performed at Sting & Trudie Styler’s NYC apartment (private dinner- fund raiser) following the Jazz at Lincoln Center performance of Twin Spirits, a celebration of composer Robert Schumann’s 200th birthday. Premik took part in several workshop/performances, January 2011 in Bangalore, India titled Cornucopia of Groove with tabla master Ustad Kadar Khan and trumpeter, Joe Kaminski and young sitar master Deepsankar Bhattacharjee. November 2011, Premik toured with renowned Indian vocalist and 2011 Grammy nominee, Chandrika Tandon, in Fairfield, Iowa and Boulder, Colorado along with bansuri master Steve Gorn. Premik completed the original music composition and arrangement for Vinit Parmar’s award winning documentary Living River.. in 2011. The Ganges, the iconic river of India supports 400 million people everyday. Volunteers clean the river only to find the river is still polluted. This poignant film tells their story, following the journey of hope to the death and cancers that follow. 2011-2012 Premik, along with the talented young composer Andrew Cass, assisted in co-writing and arranging the music for Princess K.I.M. The Musical. It was the first place winner of the 2012 National New Play Festival at the Caryl Crane Children's Theater in Huron, Ohio and was awarded a full production in Ohio in April 2013 (date to come).

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Premik Russell Tubbs: A Musical Celebration Of 60 Years On The Planet

Premik Russell Tubbs: A Musical Celebration Of 60 Years On The Planet

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Will this wonderful trendy little jazz cafe be able to hold all those whom may come together for this milestone of a celebration? What a memorable night of friendship and music this promises to be! Premik is one of those diehard musicians of immense talent who just keeps going and going, for lack of a better description. His love of music, and life in general, is coupled with a dedication to a spiritual/meditation practice. This combination has enabled him to ...

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Carman Moore and The Skymusic Ensemble May 8th - A Mother's Day Special

Carman Moore and The Skymusic Ensemble May 8th - A Mother's Day Special

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This past Sunday, May 1st at Merkin Concert Hall the internationally-renowned Continuum, in being one of New York's oldest contemporary music-presenting organizations—in celebration of its 45th New York season, premiered major new works written for Continuum by 5 composers. Among those granted this honor was the very gifted, eclectic Carman Moore. The talent and vision of Mr. Moore is difficult to put into words. So what a treat it is for the communities of Huntington and surrounding LI towns this ...

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Ljova and the Kontaband at Cinema Arts Centre (Huntington, NY) on April 3rd

Ljova and the Kontaband at Cinema Arts Centre (Huntington, NY) on April 3rd

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Ljova and the Kontraband is new music, i.e. chamber-jam music for the remix generation. As if by alchemy, Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that fearlessly forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past. Since making its debut in June 2006, the ensemble has performed at venues such as New York's Lincoln Center & the Museum of Modern Art, The Kennedy Center in ...

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East Meets West @ Cinema Arts Centre with World Music Performance featuring Steve Gorn, Premik Russell Tubbs and Mathias Kunzli

East Meets West @ Cinema Arts Centre with World Music Performance featuring Steve Gorn, Premik Russell Tubbs and Mathias Kunzli

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Steve Gorn plays with liquid grace. He is a master of sound-magic; may the world discover his gift. ~Paul Winter I suddenly saw how this music went beyond notes, beyond what we think of as music. How it is, in truth, a yoga, a form of meditation, devotion, a form of love. ~Steve Gorn Multi-instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs with Cinema Arts Centre present a special Sunday afternoon concert. A 'jugalbandhi' composed of Premik, world renowned flutist Steve Gorn and master ...

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Celebration of Fred Smith's Birthday with Travel Through the History of Jazz: Part 2-- The Jazz Age: Swing is the Thing

Celebration of Fred Smith's Birthday with Travel Through the History of Jazz: Part 2-- The Jazz Age: Swing is the Thing

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Fred Smith is an icon of our times. He has amassed an incredible wealth of experience as a performing musician and jazz historian. To celebrate Fred's birthday is a celebration of Fred's life. To experience Fred Smith is but a gift! Jazz historian Clarence Irving, multi-instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs and many others will be on board to help make this celebration one that is fitting for Fred's 76th birthday...guaranteed to be a night you will remember for years to come. ...

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Premik Russell Tubbs at Peacesmiths Coffee House with Anna Dagmar

Premik Russell Tubbs at Peacesmiths Coffee House with Anna Dagmar

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As a part of PeaceSmiths Cofee House concert series Anna Dagmar and Premik lend and blend their talents to provide a performance that will be remembered for years to come. This evening's highlighted music program will truly fit the description of 'a-typical, music, poetry and whatever coffeehouse' ...as one never knows what rhythms or instruments Premik might surprise us with...coupled with Anna's seemingly effortless piano skills and lyrics that free fall. Her haunting voice and poetic storybook tunes of a ...

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The Light Riders featuring Premik Russell Tubbs

The Light Riders featuring Premik Russell Tubbs

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Over the years, many are familiar with Premik Russell Tubb's performances coupled with a diversity of top musicians known as 'Premik & Friends.' This being said, his audience will likely recognize the players named here. To clarify, the The Light Riders are a separate and distinct group; the result of Premik's concentrated effort over time to both refine his sound and those who might work best as base members of this new quartet. The Light Riders consists of Nathan Peck, ...

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An Evening with The Light Riders featuring Premik Russell Tubbs

An Evening with The Light Riders featuring Premik Russell Tubbs

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Over the years, many are familiar with Premik Russell Tubb's performances coupled with a diversity of top musicians known as Premik & Friends. This being said, his audience will likely recognize the players named here. To clarify, the The Light Riders are a separate and distinct group; the result of Premik's concentrated effort over time to both refine his sound and those who might work best as base members of this new quartet. The Light Riders core ensemble consists of ...

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Premik Russell Tubbs with Buddha on Mars

Premik Russell Tubbs with Buddha on Mars

Source: Michael Ricci

Edgar Paterson Mills and Premik Russell Tubbs combined both skill and diverse talents to create this multimedia, multi-instrumental, global music concert that will not only lift your spirits but just maybe transport you to new dimensions of mind...through the marriage of sound and image. Edgar worked for 2 year collaborating with dancers and yoga teachers for the images of this project. The modern dance troupe Circle of Dance (Huntington, NY) in conjunction with other dancers and yoga teachers, are choreographed ...

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Premik & Friends with Premik's Annual Birthday Bash Celebration

Premik & Friends with Premik's Annual Birthday Bash Celebration

Source: Michael Ricci

Premik together with friends will bring you a very special night at the Bean Runner Cafe this Friday night.

All invited to join in the party as this has been the decided night for Premik's annual BIRTHDAY BASH!

As always there will be top line-up of musicians giving voice to their instruments to be sure to break any preoccupation remaining from the grind of your work week. Let the music transport you to another place and time of rhythms and ...

Review of Bangalore Breakdown/CD Diary
Which brings us to the question of what to call this music. Is it world music? Is it jazz? Is it some kind of new uncategorizable fusion that hasn’t yet been labeled? Whatever you call the music on Diary, it is undeniably heartfelt expression coming from a very genuine place. “I’ve played it to friends of mine who have heard me in more tame settings or even with the Mahavishnu Project, which is music that they recognize,” says Premik. “And they listen and say, ‘This is like a flavor of ice cream I’ve never tasted before.’” And who doesn’t like ice cream? - Bill Milkowski Bill Milkowski is a regular contributor to Jazz Times

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Primary Instrument

Saxophone

Location

Danbury

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

I was most fortunate to have studied under 2 great teachers: Joe Allard, former head of woodwinds at Juilliard and New England Conservatory, and with Ornette Coleman. This gave me a diverse background in teaching methods which I use to this day. I feel that Improvisation is one of the greatest forms of self-expression which can be brought out no matter what your current level of skill is on your instrument, although acquiring the basic skills of reading and technique are of course first and foremost. You are welcome to e mail me at: [email protected] for more details on available hours, rates, etc.

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Life Passage

Self-Produced
2022

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Aerial Views

MMG Records: Produced by Will Ackerman
2020

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Passport to Happyness

Vegas Records
2014

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Bangalore Breakdown

Vegas Records
2008

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