From abohachewsky@draper.com Tue May 06 08:58:46 2008
Subject:Outbound at the Harvest Cafe this Friday
Hi all,
Just a quick announcement: Outbound featuring Andy Bohachewsky on the Hammond organ and Michael O'Connell on drums and percussion will be appearing this Friday May 9th at 8PM at the Harvest Café located in downtown Hudson, Mass at 40 Washington Street (directly across from Ace Hardware).
We will be playing a mix of jazz standards and freeform funk explorations.
More information is available at the Harvest Café website: http://www.harvestcafeonline.com/ or by calling the Harvest Café at 978-567-0948.
Hope to see you there!
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Outbound showcases the collaborative efforts of percussionist extraordinaire Michael O'Connell and keyboard wizard Andy Bohachewsky, inventing a new musical language based on a respect for tradition and a thirst for fearless exploration - with a touch of soul thrown in!
Andy Bohachewsky hails from New York City where he formerly formally studied classical piano and organ, composition and music theory at the Manhattan School of Music.
On the New York City music scene Andy was involved in a range of diverse projects: the pop oriented "The Least of Your Worries"; the experimental power trio "Slake"; the sultry jazz vocal ensemble "Blue Tulip"; even a brief stint in a polka band "The Suzy-Qs".
After moving to the Boston area in 1996 Andy briefly played bass guitar for the alternative rock project "Deeper" before returning to his keyboard roots with the jazz oriented "groovelatoR". Originally a quartet, "groovelatoR" went through several personnel changes, appearing as a trio, a duo, and with guest artists. More recently Andy formed "Outbound" with "groovelatoR" alumnus Michael O'Connell to explore a musical direction incorporating jazz, ambient, world music and "wherever else we may want to go".
Andy participated this year in the Lily Pad's annual 3 day Piano Festival with a solo performance of jazz works.
Andy insists on playing the heaviest instruments possible. As he explained "Heavier things just sound better. It's all about how sound waves refract in the presence of strong gravitational fields".
With various projects Andy has played the Pour House, the Zeitgeist Gallery, Stow Town Hall, the late lamented Sit'n'Bull, the Lily Pad, the Middle East and the Harvest Cafe.
Michael O'Connell hails from Baltimore, where he got his first drum set at age 16 and promptly entered into drum studies with the head of the drum department at Baltimore's Peabody Institute. Departing for college in the mid-west a few years later he was part of the experimental fusion quintet "Pilot"; when former musical associates from his Baltimore days joined him out in Indiana the rock and blues suffused group "Simply Put" was born.
In 1974 Michael moved to Boston where jazz bassist John Neves heard Michael play and hooked him up to study with legendary jazz drummer Alan Dawson. During this period Michael joined the New York based fusion group "Jatra" fronted by former Mandrill guitarist Omar Mesa and saxophonist Russell Tubs. He also studied tablas under the tutelage of Pandit Sashi Nayak who lived in Boston. Boston based bands included the Hammond organ fronted blues quintet "Shakey Legs", the progressive rock band "Lotus" and projects with acoustic guitar virtuoso Peter Janson.
Michael established his home project studio in Acton in 1999 where he self studied composition, harmony, audio engineering and audio production. At this time Michael occupied both the drummer's throne and the recording engineer's chair for the fusion rock jazz monster "groovelatoR" in its early quartet incarnation.
More recently Michael released a solo effort of acid jazz influenced New Age music entitled "Heart of Matter" which in 2007 placed in the New Age Reporters top ten worldwide resulting in nominations for Album of the Year, Best New Artist, and Ambient Album of the Year.
Michael has played numerous Boston area venues including Johnny D's, Club 3, the Kirkland Cafe, Chameleons, Durgin Park, UMass Boston, the Lily Pad, the Sit'n'Bull, Firefly's, Arlington Town Day, Arlington Cable Access Show, Stow Town Hall and Artisans World Gallery.
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