Connection Works, a leader in artist-run organizations, presents the critically acclaimed music series:
Me, Myself and Eye at 440 Gallery
J. Granelli - bass
Celebrating the soon to be released solo bass album entitled "Why can't I be beautiful like you".
Sunday, February 19, 2023, 4:40pm
440 Gallery
440 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
$10 suggested donation
"Me, Myself and Eye" curated by Michel Gentile
started in 2015, is an innovative concert series of solo improvisers at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn. Each month a different musician performs solo surrounded by a new art installation in the gallery. The series has brought the visual art and music communities together.
about the artist:
J. GRANELLI
J. Anthony Granelli is a native of northern California. He began to study bass at age eight with bassist and musical instrument pioneer Fred Marshall. In his teens Granelli moved to Seattle Washington where he performed with Jay Clayton, Julian Priester and Jerry Granelli while studying at Cornish College of the Arts.
Granelli received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts in 1991. At Cal Arts he explored creating a personal vocabulary of improvisation while studying with Charlie Haden and performing with John Bergamo and Miroslav Tadic. In 2006 Granelli earned a Masters Degree in Jazz Composition from New York University.
After moving to Brooklyn New York in 1992 Granelli was very active in the scene that flourished around the Knitting Factory. While in New York he was a founder/ assistant director with Ralph Alessi of the School for Improvised Music, an internationally attended program that runs during the summer. Granelli also helped to found and is now artistic director of Jerry Granelli’s Creative Music Workshop in Halifax Nova Scotia, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022.
In 2000 Granelli started Love Slave Records which released nine critically acclaimed records by his own bands as well as other “downtown” musical luminaries. J. Anthony has been covered in all major Jazz publications as well as various local media outlets.
J Anthony continues to compose and play in New York City and internationally. He currently leads his own Mr. Lucky Trio as well as Jazz/Reggae band the Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society and plays with numerous local projects. Granelli was the musical director and arranger for the “Love Love” project with Julian Priester, Jerry Granelli’s “Sand Hills Reunion with Rinde Eckert and the “Dance Hall Project” featuring Bill Frisell and Robben Ford.
In 2019 and 2020 Granelli released "My Pretty Demon" and "End To Begin" with his trio Mr. Lucky. A solo bass album entitled "Why Can't I Be Beautiful Like You" will be released in late 2022.
Granelli has performed with:
David Tronzo, Julian Priester, Jay Clayton, Jane Ira Bloom, Mose Allison, Brad Shepik, Francoise Houle, Jerry Granelli, Briggan Krauss, Bill Frisell, Robben Ford, John Abercrombie, Anthony Cox, Ralph Alessi, David Mott, Rinde Eckert, Jamie Saft, Buck 65, Miroslav Tadic, Aaron Alexander, Peter Epstein, John Bergamo, Alicia Svigles, Jamie Haddad, Mike Dillon, Cedric “Im” Brooks, Ohad Talmor, Michael Blake, Dave Douglas, Smokey Hormel, Ben Goldberg, Ned Rothenberg, Andy Laster, John Schott, Anthony Coleman.
J Anthony has studied privately with: Charlie Haden, Gary Peacock, John Clayton, Joe Bongiorno, Mark Helias, Gil Goldstein, George Garzone and Mark Dresser.
Connection Works is an artist-run non-profit organization (501c3) that engages the Brooklyn community with world-class jazz performances and educational events. Our programs promote and facilitate new work by established and up-and-coming artists alike. We provide a forum that supports the astonishing number of brilliant artists in our borough. We at Connection Works believe in and encourage the practice of creativity as a means to nourish the mind, body, and spirit.