VOTE GTO!
21st April 2012
Ghost Train Orchestra has been nominated for Best Jazz Act this year by the Boston Phoenix. Vote for us today! Polling ends on May 18. Vote here.
GTO at Jalopy Theatre
21st April 2012
Here's a great video of the Ghost Train Orchestra performing at the beautiful Jalopy Theatre in Brooklyn, NY last month. This is Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 2nd Movement reimagined for jazz orchestra. Brian Carpenter (trumpet), Petr Cancura (clarinet, tenor saxophone), Dennis Lichtman (clarinet), Andy Laster (alto saxophone), Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Mazz Swift (violin), Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola), Avi Bortnick (slide guitar), Michael Bates (upright bass), Rob Garcia (drums).
GTO Performs Saturday March 31 at Jalopy Theatre
6th March 2012
The Ghost Train Orchestra will be heading back into the studio in April to record our follow-up to last year's acclaimed Hothouse Stomp. In preparation, we will be performing this material on Saturday March 31st at a special show at the beautiful Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn with Baby Soda.
Saturday March 31st
Jalopy Theater
with Baby Soda Jazz Band
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn NY
9:00pm
This will be our last show for some time so don't miss an opportunity to see the 10-piece perform this material live. It's unlike anything you've heard before. We will be performing all new unrecorded reimaginings of chamber jazz from the late 1930s and early 1940s originally conceived by bandleaders Alec Wilder, John Kirby, Raymond Scott, and Reginald Foresythe. The music created by these four was full of wonder, beauty, and adventure.
The band is comprised of Brian Carpenter (trumpet, voice, conducting), Andy Laster (alto saxophone, flute), Dennis Lichtman (clarinet), Petr Cancura (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Mazz Swift (violin), Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola), Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Avi Bortnick (guitar), Michael Bates (bass), and Rob Garcia (drums).
We hope to see some of you Saturday night for the ride.
GTO To Record Album #2 in April
13th February 2012
After 12-14 months of developing new arrangements, the Ghost Train Orchestra will be heading back into the studio in April to record their follow-up to last year's acclaimed Hothouse Stomp. The album will move ahead 10 years from the first album, featuring all new arrangements of strange and adventurous chamber jazz from the late 1930s, featuring the full orchestra plus guitarist Avi Bortnick, bassist Michael Bates, and a small choir. Grammy award winning producer Danny Blume will once again be collaborating with Brian Carpenter on the album.
In preparation for the recording, GTO will be performing this material on two special shows in NYC leading up to the recording: Saturday February 18th at Barbes and Saturday March 31st at Jalopy in Brooklyn. See the EVENTS page for more details. If you're in the NY area during that time, don't miss it!
