CD RELEASE TUESDAY MAY 7, 2013
Shayna Dulberger Ache & Flutter
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All tracks written, arranged and composed by Shayna Dulberger
Recorded February 19, 2013 by Peter Karl’s Studios Brooklyn, NY
Mixed and mastered by Jonathan Goldberger
Design by Stephanie Lak & Shayna Dulberger
Photo by Peter Gannushkin
Liner notes by William Parker

Personnel
Yoni Kretzmer- tenor saxophone
Chris Welcome- guitar
Shayna Dulberger- upright bass
Carlo Costa- drums

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"Shayna Dulberger is an integral part of that generation who has made the commitment to unlocking further mysteries inside the tone world."
William Parker, Ache & Flutter Liner Notes

"One notices Dulberger’s playing immediately - simply put, she’s a monster."
Clifford Allen, New York City Jazz Record

"Her full-throttle quartet, covers... expansive ground, citing influences from Paul Chambers to Ornette Coleman to Ahmad Jamal."
Shaun Brady, Philadelphia City Paper

"Dulberger provides the music’s muscular backbone: she drops assertive accents, judiciously prods her cohorts without getting in anyone’s way, and contributes seething solo work that hints at the playing of one of her mentors, William Parker"
Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader

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Shayna Dulberger Quartet
Formed in 2011 and based out of New York City, this band performs instrumental music with 1960s Jazz/Post Punk/World influences. Original tunes by Dulberger written for herself (upright bass), Yoni Kretzmer (tenor sax), Chris Welcome (guitar) and Carlo Costa (drums). This band is creatively modern sounding with rowdy as well as tender moments. Shayna has been in the NYC scene since 2004 and is most known for her work with Ras Moshe, Bill Cole and William Parker. “Acoustic bassist, Shayna Dulberger, is another important new musician to watch…” Downtown Music Gallery. “Bassist Shayna Dulberger has become an important presence on the local free-jazz scene.” Time Out New York ”…ever-inventive Shayna Dulberger on bass—she’s a strong soloist and superb accompanist.” Exclaim

About Shayna Dulberger
Shayna Dulberger is an upright bassist who has been living and working in NYC since 2005. She has worked with many artists including William Parker, Bill Cole, Warren Smith, Joe Daley, Jonathan Moritz, Darius Jones and Ras Moshe. Dulberger has performed throughout the USA, Canada, Israel, Berlin and Amsterdam. She has been an upright bassist since 1995 and attended Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division and Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (BM/2005). Dulberger has released three albums as a leader.  For her first album Time Out New York wrote "Led by bassist Shayna Dulberger, TheKillMeTrio [SR/2006] is one of the stronger avant-jazz groups we’ve heard in some time." Her second album "No more than a patch of wilderness is The Basement Recordings uniformly beautiful and vibrant" said New York City Jazz Record. In a review of her third album Ache & Flutter the Chicago Reader wrote "Dulberger provides the music’s muscular backbone: she drops assertive accents, judiciously prods her cohorts without getting in anyone’s way, and contributes seething solo work that hints at the playing of one of her mentors, William Parker".