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On November 14th, 2024 The Lost Mural Project and Ohavi Zedek will host a concert featuring saxophonist Marty Fogel and his quintet, Thread of Blue, including Tom Cleary on piano, Dan Silverman on trombone, Jeremy Hill on bass and Geoff Bernstein on drums. The program, co-sponsored by The Lost Mural Project, will include improvisational jazz music emanating from Jewish sources: liturgical melodies, original pieces inspired by religious text, Eastern European tunes and original arrangements of songs by American Jewish composers Jerry Bock, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Kurt Weill.

The performance begins at 7:30 pm.  Proceeds benefit The Lost Mural Project and Full Circle Preschool.

About the Lost Mural’s Music Memories Concert Series

The Lost Mural Project is pleased to sponsor this performance as the inaugural event of the Lost Mural Project Musical Memories Series.  Lithuanian immigrant Ben Zion Black, who painted the Lost Mural in a Burlington synagogue in 1910, was a mandolin player as well as a composer, director, singer and Yiddish music aficionado.  The Lost Mural Project’s educational mission explores the diversity of our Vermont communities through artistic and musical presentations which highlight how culture and traditions are transmitted through art and music. Programs will include music and musical groups featuring Vermont’s immigrant communities, their music and traditional instruments to deepen our understanding of our collective journeys.

About The Ohavi Zedek Concert Series  

Ohavi Zedek’s 2024-2025 concert series is co-produced by member Michael Schachter. Past performers in our series have included cellist Zoe Keating and the trio Fun Yener Velt (From Another World): Jessica Kate Meyer, Hankus Netsky and Itay Dayan.  Click here to see future dates as they are released.

About Full Circle Preschool 

Full Circle Preschool is the way Ohavi Zedek cares for and nurtures the youngest in our community. We offer high-quality, holistic care and nurturing for infants through five-year-children in five classrooms. Our program centers on child-led learning and exploration, along with Jewish values of kindness, generosity, and community from the youngest ages. OZ’s Full Circle Preschool is Jewish in content, character, and calendar, while also whole-heartedly welcoming interfaith, non-affiliated, and non-Jewish students and families. Inclusion, warmth, and kindness are the foundation of all we do.

About The Musicians

Marty Fogel (saxophones, clarinet, flute) has played and toured internationally with major jazz artists, trumpeter Don Cherry and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. He also spent several years performing and recording in the band of the legendary rock artist Lou Reed. Marty was a cofounder of The Everyman Band, an innovative and internationally acclaimed group which toured throughout Europe and recorded two albums for ECM Records. He also recorded a CD under his own name entitled, “many bobbing heads at last….” which was released on CMP Records. Marty has been on stage performing in a wide variety of musical styles with artists such as Ed Blackwell, David Bowie, Trilok Gurtu, John Lee Hooker, David Torn, Nana Vasconcelos, and Colin Walcott. He has also backed up The Four Tops, The Spinners and The Temptations. He currently performs with his own groups, Marty Fogel’s Mixed Bag Quartet or Trio, ClearFog Duo with Tom Cleary, and Thread of Blue. A new recording project of Marty’s original compositions, released under two separate titles, came out in June of 2023. Now and Then, and Now and Then 2 are available on YouTube and most major streaming platforms. Now and Then was also released as a CD. These releases feature the playing of the Mixed Bag Quartet, with Tom Cleary on piano, Geza Carr on drums and Jeremy Hill on bass. Marty has also been a recipient of a performance grant from the National Endowment for the Arts which funded several concerts of his original music.

Tom Cleary studied jazz improvisation with Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp, and classical piano performance with Sylvia Parker and Elizabeth Metcalfe. He has had extended collaborations playing piano and keyboards with artists including Mike Gordon, James Harvey, Ray Vega, Patricia Julien, and Jamie Masefield. His collaboration with his wife, vocalist and composer Amber deLaurentis, in the jazz quartet Birdcode can be heard on the 2019 album You Are Here. He has played on jazz recordings including Cerulean by harmonicist John LaRouche, Burmese Panther by guitarist/composer Paul Asbell, and recent releases including Now And Then by saxophonist and flutist Marty Fogel and the debut album by Saturn People’s Sound Collective. His work as an arranger and co-writer can be heard on deLaurentis’ solo albums Innocent Road and Hey Sadie. He has accompanied artists including Clark Terry, Lester Bowie, Fontella Bass, Ernie Watts, Chris Vidala, Pete Yellin, Max Weinberg, Judi Silvano, Joe Lovano, Joan Rivers and Steve Earle. As a composer, his work has been commissioned and recorded by groups including Social Band, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Saint Michael’s College Fine Arts Department. He teaches in the jazz studies program of the UVM Music Department, the Flynn Arts jazz program and his home studio; please visit https://soundcloud.com/birdcode and blog.uvm.edu/tgcleary.

Geoff Bernstein began playing drums as a 7th grade in Burlington. He studied with Tom Toner and Jeff Salisbury through graduation from the University of Vermont while playing a variety of musical settings including; musical theater; orchestras and concert bands; percussion ensembles; rock and jazz bands; and experimental music groups. Geoff
spent the next 20 years working with at-risk populations around the United States and the world, finding teachers and musical partners in a multitude of places from Houston to Boston and Afghanistan to Haiti. Since returning to Vermont 15 years ago, Geoff has studied with Gabe Jarrett and Brian Shankar Adlar and played with a multitude of groups
and musicians covering all styles and genres.

Dan Silverman is a trombonist, performer, composer and arranger, band leader, and recording artist, having produced two full length recordings under his own name, and is featured on a number of other recordings of local and international jazz artists. He earns a living as a licensed psychologist in the state of Vermont, providing evaluation, psychotherapy and clinical supervision for the past 34 years. He is married to OZ member Mary Beth Bowman, and has two grown-up children and two grandchildren.

Jeremy Hill is one of the most sought-after bass players in VT. Catch him playing regularly with Burlington’s finest jazz musicians including local legends Marty Fogel, Ray Vega, Brian McCarthy, Tom Cleary, Alex Stewart, Bruce Sklar, and many more. Jeremy is committed to continuously developing his craft and bringing his “A game” to every musical situation.