Barry has participated in over a 160 recordings, 10 of which under his own leadership. He has studied with Charli Persip, Sam Ulano and Lee Konitz. When asked how his music is best described, he quotes the late great drummer Beaver Harris: "from Rag Time to no time". His performances have taken him all over the world, playing in major concerts, festivals, nightclubs, and on the radio and television. Bassist and composer Joe Fonda has performed with his own ensembles throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has collaborated and worked as a side man with Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, Archie Shepp, Ken McIntyre, Lou Donaldson, Bill and Kenny Barron, Randy Weston, Han Bennink, Xu Fengia, Curtis Fuller, Slid Hampton, Ramon Lopez, Carla Bley, Bobby Naughton, Bill Dixon, Gebhard Ullmann. Saxophone player Jon Irabagon will be in Rochester on the heels of a September trip to Buenos Aries with his Behind the Sky quartet (with Rudy Royston, Luis Perdomo and Yasushi Nakamura). Jon recently performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival with Barry Altschul's 3dom Factor, and he's also been performing with the Dave Douglas Quintet, the Mary Halvorson Quintet (and Septet and Octet) and, of course, the highly acclaimed Mostly Other People Do the Killing. Jon, the 2008 winner of the Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, is also shepherding great releases on his Irabbagast Records.

[source: Bop Shop website, 2016-Sep-19]