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CONNIE CROTHERS, pianist, is known for an uncompromising approach to spontaneous improvisation. Eight of her CDs have been chosen by critics for their year's best lists. Her quartet's
most recent CD, featuring Richard Tabnik, Roger Mancuso, Ratzo Harris - "Music is a Place" - was chosen for four best of the year lists. Her duo CD with bassist Michael Bisio, "Session at 475 Kent," was just released by Mutable. Connie recorded duo
with Max Roach, "Swish," and performed duo with him at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Tokyo, and at Harvard University, where she was honored as Visiting Jazz Artist. She has performed solo in the Vision Festival and at Merkin Hall in NYC; the Berlin Jazztage; Jazz at Middleheim, Belgium; DuMaurier International Festival in Toronto; Carnegie Recital Hall. She performed with her quartet at The Stone, the JVC New York Jazz Festival; De Singel, Belgium; Bim House, Netherlands; the Blue Note and Birdland, NYC. Other performances include appearances with Kevin Norton, Henry Grimes, Jemeel Moondoc, Lenny Popkin, Bill Payne, Ken Filiano, Andrea Wolper, Warne Marsh. She performed in the NYC venues Location One, The Stone, Tonic, The Village Vanguard.