Chris Morrissey's Sans Vox Quintet

Name: Chris Morrissey's Sans Vox Quintet
Brand: loove labs
SKU: 2854999
Price: 20.00 USD
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Artists: Chris Morrissey · Marvin Sewell · Sam Newsome · Steven Bernstein · Dan Weiss

Brooklyn-based bassist, composer, and bandleader Chris Morrissey brings his acclaimed new instrumental quintet Sans Vox—featuring Marvin Sewell (guitar), Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone), Steven Bernstein (trumpet & slide trumpet), and Dan Weiss (drums)—to LOOVE Annex on Saturday, December 12, 2026 for an intimate concert on the eve of the ensemble’s studio album recording.

Following a celebrated debut at The Jazz Gallery, Sans Vox marks both a departure from Morrissey’s recent work as a singer-songwriter and frontman across four releases on GroundUP Music and a vital return to an earlier musical entry point—recalling the lyrical, elastic acoustic chamber music of his Sunnyside debut recordings The Morning World and North Hero. Recalling, without repeating: Sans Vox convenes five singular voices of modern improvised music to road-test a book of brand-new compositions the night before entering the studio on December 13–14.

The Lineup

Chris Morrissey — Bass & Compositions: Bandleader across seven acclaimed albums on Sunnyside, Edition Records, and GroundUP Music (The Morning World, North Hero, Impact Winter Formal, Grey Like The Color), and first-call bassist with Mark Guiliana’s Jazz Quartet and Beat Music, Dave King Trucking Company, Norah Jones, Jim Campilongo Trio, Nate Smith, Gretchen Parlato, Sara Bareilles, and Chris Thile’s Live From Here house band.
Marvin Sewell — Guitar: Chicago-born guitar stylist renowned for his work with Cassandra Wilson (Traveling Miles, Belly of the Sun), Jason Moran’s The Bandwagon and Fats Waller Dance Party, Jack DeJohnette, and Lizz Wright.
Sam Newsome — Soprano Saxophone: Internationally acclaimed soprano saxophonist, composer, and improviser known for extending the acoustic vocabulary of the horn through solo projects (Sopranoville, Blue Soliloquy) and collaborations with Donald Byrd, Terence Blanchard, and Wadada Leo Smith.
Steven Bernstein — Trumpet & Slide Trumpet: Downtown New York brass innovator, arranger, and bandleader of Sexmob, the Millennial Territory Orchestra, and Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9, and longtime member of The Lounge Lizards and the Levon Helm Band.
Dan Weiss — Drums: Groundbreaking drummer, composer, and tabla player (Starebaby, Fourteen, Sixteen: Drummers Suite), longtime collaborator with Lee Konitz, Craig Taborn, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Matt Mitchell, and Chris Potter.