HaffSteinMills Trio

Kellen Mills – bass guitar
Jonathon Haffner – alto sax
Joe Hertenstein – drums

“John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he kept trying to reach new levels of awareness, of peace, of spirituality. That’s why I regard the music he played as spiritual music — John’s way of getting closer and closer to the Creator.
Albert Ayler”
Kellen Mills Jonathon Haffner and Joe Hertenstein are alien beings and players with sinister intentions with regards to Jazz, free improvisation and avant garde music. This trio will enter into realms as of yet unheard except maybe on mars or something.

Kellen Mills – bass guitar
was born in Merced, California and moved to Seattle in 1990. Leads experimental cross-over jazz project TRYON from Berlin (Germany), founded in 2020 by and led by Kellen Mills and called after his middle name. Which encompasses several musicians in the jazz, free improvisation scene. (Oli Steidle, Rieko OKuda, Jasper Stadhouders, Philip Gropper, Taiko Saito etc) Plays Bass, and electronics combining both into a suprising whole. Utilizes rock and roll/punk experimentation into jazz and avant garde improvisation.

Jonathon Haffner – alto sax
was raised in Southern California where he began playing saxophone at an early age. While in California Jonathon began studying saxophone with Phil Sobel.
Since moving to New York City Jonathon has performed/recorded with Butch Morris, Kenny Wollesen, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Steven Bernstein, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Uri Caine, Jim Black, Eddie Henderson, Chris Potter, Sex Mob, Cindi Lauper, Jesse Harris, Brazilian Girls, Brian Blade, Graham Haynes, Jonas Mekas, The Nublu Orchestra, Ilhan Ersahin, Elliott Sharp, Art Baron, David Binney, Rickie Lee Jones and Red Baraat,

Joe Hertenstein – drums
Joe has released six albums as a leader with the bands HNH, POLYLEMMA, Future Drone, TØRN, and his trio with Michael Moore & Greg Cohen. He has released many more as a sideman on labels such as MoersMusic, Cleanfeed, Red Toucan, jazzwerkstatt Berlin, Creative Sources, 2nd Floor/Loft-Cologne, Skirl, Leo, Engine, EvilRabbit, FMR, Chant, Gaucimusic, Konnex, Springstoff, Ravello/PARMA, Meta, muworks, Off, Fundacja Słuchaj, a.o.
He has performed at the Philharmonic in Cologne, Elbphilharmonic in Hamburg, and at the Moers Festival in Germany, the Warsaw Jazz Summer Days, the Bush Hall London for BBC, the Opera House in Toronto, the World Trade Center in Dubai, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, as well as Carnegie Hall (Weill), Webster Hall, Roulette, Issue Project Room, The Stone, Dizzy’s Club, Smalls, Nublu and the Vision Festival in New York City and many others.

Eintritt frei – um angemessenen Kulturbeitrag wird gebeten.
Free entry – it is suggested to give some money if you like the band.

Live auf YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPvaKVVw7Po

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