BATIK

Dave Anthony: Drums, World Percussion & Mallet Instruments Barry Hartglass: Bass, Guitar, Synthesizers & Saxophones Tom Nazziola: Percussion, Mallet Instruments & Vocals Tim Ouimette: Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Valve Trombone John Roggie: Piano & Synthesizers During the course of composing for TV, film and music libraries, composers Barry Hartglass and Tom Nazziola felt that their collaborative music was begging to be performed live. In fact, it was one of their library pieces, “Grey Ghana,” that inspired the question: “Why don’t we form a group that performs this kind of exciting, colorful, exotic, multi-cultural music with a classical/jazz twist?” And so Batik was born in 2007. The result was an innovative ensemble made up of 5 composers/performers with a very unique chemistry, who expressed an interest in blending the music of jazz, classical, various ethnic cultures (and anything else they can find) to take the listener on a sonic journey‚ always wanting more. Imagine a modern Weather read more...