Eugene Marlow's "The Heritage Ensemble"

Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble is a quintet devoted to the concert performance of Hebraic liturgical and folksong melodies in various jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and neo-classical styles. For this performance the group consists of: Eugene Marlow (founder/leader/piano/arranger), Bobby Sanabria (drums), Todd Bashore (alto/soprano saxophones), Frank Wagner (acoustic bass), and Cristian Rivera (percussion). All arrangements are by founder/leader Eugene Marlow.

The Heritage Ensemble performed its unique set of arrangements most recently at the Eldridge Street Synagogue. On December 17, 2009 the quintet will perform a special Chanukah concert at Baruch College’s Performing Arts Center. Previously The Heritage Ensemble has performed at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Engelman Recital Hall (Baruch Performing Arts Center), the Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue, the Riverdale YM-YMHA, Hunter College, the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, Symphony Space, and Tavern on the Green (New York City), among other venues.

Its inaugural CD, “Making the Music Our Own,” a collection of eight arrangements on the MEII Enterprises label (2006), is available at cdbaby.com.

What People Have Said About The Heritage Ensemble:

"Gene Marlow's 'Making the Music Our Own' is a remarkable musical achievement--

traditional liturgical melodies meet up with a contemporary jazz sensibility, and are

rediscovered in a new musical and spiritual light!"

Isaiah Sheffer

Artistic Director

Symphony Space, New York City

“Gene Marlow’s performance with The Heritage Ensemble stands out as one of the more exciting events presented at the synagogue. The concert built towards an amazing climax as jazz mixed with folk and sacred.”

Hanna Griff-Sleven, Ph.D.

Director, Cultural Programs

   And the Family History Center

The Eldridge Street Synagogue

"Eugene Marlow gives a fresh and contemporary flair to some of the most beloved songs and

prayers of the Jewish people."

Hadassah Markson

Former Music Director, 92nd Street Y

President, Center for Contemporary Opera

"Gene Marlow's jazz renditions let us hear traditional Hebrew melodies in stirring new ways. I

loved it. I just loved it!"

Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

Co-Host and Co-Producer "Beyond The Pale: The Progressive Jewish Radio Hour"

WBAI (New York City)

"Your remarkable ingenuity in resetting very familiar Hebraic melodies into concert-jazz

settings inspires a sense of renewed commitment to our Jewish heritage, and reminds us that

we are a surviving people precisely because of our abilities to adapt to new realms and bring

our unique culture and philosophies always into the present."

Charles M. Mirotznik, Esq.

former President

Dance Library of Israel

"The Heritage Ensemble concert at the Riverdale Y was superb. We enjoyed it so much as it

encompassed both the Jewish music with which we are familiar and the jazz arrangements

that we all love so much. . . .Your group is a wonderful way to introduce young people to jazz, a genre that seems unfamiliar to younger generations. It's too good not to be shared by music lovers of all ages."

Gerald P. Goldsmith, Esq.

Program Chairman and Secretary

Riverdale YM-YWHA (New York City)

"Just as the history of the Jewish peoples

Admission is 15.00, $10.00 for students.

Tickets will be sold at the door, or call 212-222-5159 for reservations and information.