The Westerlies -- two trumpeters and two trombonists from Seattle -- breeze into our performance studio. This chamber jazz setting features a "blues fugue" and an arrangement from a 17th-century English and Scottish folk ballad discovered by Sam Amidon and Nico Muhly. The band features Riley Mulherkar & Zubin Hensler (trumpets), and Andy Clausen & Willem De Koch (trombones). They play Day 1 of The 2017 NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon on January 6th.

The Westerlies -- two trumpeters and two trombonists from Seattle -- breeze into our performance studio. This chamber jazz setting features a "blues fugue" and an arrangement from a 17th-century English and Scottish folk ballad discovered by Sam Amidon and Nico Muhly. The band features Riley Mulherkar &amp; Zubin Hensler (trumpets), and Andy Clausen &amp; Willem De Koch (trombones). They play Day 1 of The 2017 NYC Winter Jazzfest Marathon on January 6th.

The Westerlies

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