{"id":1141,"date":"2021-09-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/09\/21\/trey-anastasio-band-welcomes-new-members-at-westville-music-bowl\/"},"modified":"2021-09-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:00:00","slug":"trey-anastasio-band-welcomes-new-members-at-westville-music-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/09\/21\/trey-anastasio-band-welcomes-new-members-at-westville-music-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Anastasio Band Welcomes New Members at Westville Music Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What a Sunday for a summer review in September. Trey Anastasio Band debuted their new lineup at Yale\u2019s Westville Music Bowl in New Haven, CT.  During its brief history, TAB has continued to add members, starting as a trio and evolving into an octet. New bassist Dezron Douglas said, \u201cI\u2019ve been familiar with his work with Phish since high school; I\u2019m from Hartford, CT, so you can\u2019t grow up in New England and not know about Phish.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brooklyn saxophonist Cochemea Gastelum, filling in for James Casey<\/a>, has worked with Aaron Neville, David Byrne and St Vincent, and collaborated with Soulive drummer Alan Evans<\/a>. Cochemea is part of Brooklyn\u2019s emerging afrobeat and soul scene and is a great fit with TAB drummer Russ Lawton and keyboardist Ray Paczkowski\u2019s sound. Like Trey this summer with Phish, Soule Monde<\/a> has been on the road supporting their new album Mimi Digs It<\/em>, leading up to this East Coast TAB run. Insert Cyro Baptista’s full percussion sections and add Jennifer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman on horns and backing vocals and it\u2019s a whole new groove. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 6:30pm start time at the Westville Music Bowl allowed the whole crowd to be visible from the stage. Trey commented, \u201cThis place is pretty cool, I can see all of you.\u201d They kicked it off and suggested to the crowd \u201cto roll with the funk now and turn it around\u201d during \u201cSet Your Soul Free.\u201d \u201cOlivia\u201d stayed Latin-funky, from Trey’s Horseshoe Curve<\/em> album. Rolling with the funk now, the band then took on Phish’s \u201cGhost.\u201d That saw Ray P stretching out on the clavinet. More fitting for a new band lineup is new material to debut, including \u201cAnd Flew Away\u201d and \u201cNever Left Home\u201d from Anastasio’s Lonely Trip<\/em> record. Jennifer Hartswick’s voice carries across the Long Island Sound like water on the breeze during \u201cNight Speaks to a Woman.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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