EMILY ASHER: DREAMS MAY TAKE YOU

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

DREAMS MAY TAKE YOU

It's officially finished and the only way to get it is here! Download all of the tracks or pre-order your copy right now:

For a limited time you can name your own price for a full album download! The minimum is $7, please encourage friends (or foes) to download and pay what they can.

Emily Asher, Trombone and Vocals

Wycliffe Gordon, Sousaphone (3,8,9,12) Trombone (3, 8)

Bria Skonberg Trumpet (1,3,4-7,10,12 ), Vocals (7)

Philip Dizack, Trumpet (3,8,9)

Dan Levinson, Tenor Sax and Clarinet (1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,12)

William Anderson, Alto Sax (2)

Nick Russo, Guitar and Banjo (except 11)

Gordon Webster, Piano (4,6,7,11)

Kelly Friesen, Bass (1,4-7,10)

Rob Adkins, Bass (2)

Kevin Dorn, Drums (1,4-7,10)

Rob Garcia, Drums (3,8,9,12)

Produced by Emily Asher and Jeff Jones "The Jedi Master"
Mixed and Mastered by Jeff Jones "The Jedi Master" at World Alert Music New York City.
Photography by Joanne Levey www.joanneleveyphotography.com
Art Design by Jocelyn Curry www.jocelyncurry.com

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BIOGRAPHY

Emily Asher is a Brooklyn-based trombonist and singer of "buoyant charm” (Nate Chinen, The New York Times) in strong demand as a bandleader and sidewoman in New York City and internationally. As a leader, Asher has produced four CDs and led US and Israel tours with Emily Asher’s Garden Party and earned a prestigious Banff Residency with her Endangered Species Trio. She recorded and performed with Wycliffe Gordon on his “Hello Pops!” tribute to Louis Armstrong, and was a member of Nicholas Payton’s Television Studio Orchestra. “Ms. Asher plays with both grit and grace” (Will Friedwald, The Wall Street Journal) and has shared the stage with a wide variety of artists including Tony Bennett, Carol Burnett, Mø, Talib Kweli, Chaka Khan, Terri Lyne Carrington, and many others. Emily’s debut album, Dreams May Take You, featuring Wycliffe Gordon, was officially released April 15, 2012. June 6, 2013 marked the release of Emily Asher’s Garden Party’s six song EP: Carnival of Joy! a celebration of Hoagy Carmichael which the Wall Street Journal called a “superior album.” Endangered Species Trio, A "concentrated chamber group with the intriguing instrumentation of accordion, bass saxophone and trombone" (Seattle Times) released their six-song EP Home on the Range in November, 2014. Her most recent release from 2015 is titled for Asher's original composition, "Meet Me in the Morning."

Originally from Seattle, Emily earned three Bachelors degrees from the University of Washington. Upon graduating in 2004 she was hired as the Director of Bands at Ballou Junior High School in Puyallup, Washington where she taught for three years. In May of 2009 she completed her masters in music performance from CUNY Queens College.