Stanley Maxwell

Andy Chatfield - Drumset, Percussion
Eric DellaVecchia - Alto Saxophone
Evan Green - Piano, Keyboard, Organ, Fender Rhodes, Melodica
Mark Crino - 5 String Electric and 4 String Fretless Bass

Photo by Sandy Aldieri of Perceptions Photography (January 31, 2015)

Connecticut-based four-piece Stanley Maxwell plays original music that blends (among many other influences) jazz, funk and rock with tight arrangements and intricate group improvisations. They are a no-nonsense, conservatory-trained group of musicians who share a love for playing soulful music together and making people dance. The band has built a grassroots name for themselves throughout the Northeast since 2001, and joined the Home Grown Music Network in 2008. From colleges to festivals, the group is a “must see” experience. Aesthetically, they combine both the virtuosic and the simple into a visceral concoction.

Stanley Maxwell’s independently-produced debut album Don't Wake The Baby! was recorded in Bristol, CT by Dan Silvia of Hillgrove Recording (a company based in West Roxbury, MA) and mastered by Anthony Lattarulo of the LattKave Recording Studio in Yonkers, NY. The album included Mousetrap, an eleven-bar blues influenced by Thelonious Monk. The band’s recording of the composition by pianist Evan Green attracted international attention including:

• Mousetrap winning "Best Jazz Song" in the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards (December 2007), an international program that helps indie artists and releases overcome mainstream obstacles and reach wider audiences by providing year-long promotion, marketing and distribution opportunities that place those selected in front of more than 15 million music fans and industry decision makers around the world.
• Winning the Relix Magazine November 2007 "JamOff" contest for unsigned artists, with Mousetrap featured on the November Relix CD sampler, included with over 100,000 issues of the internationally distributed magazine, dedicated to jam bands and improvisational music.

• Featured performances at annual festivals and prestigious venues including
  • Adirondack Music Festival (New York, 2004)
  • The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
  • The Connecticut Forum (2005)
  • Mixed Bag Concert Series (2003)
  • Ha! Ha! Hartford (2003)
  • Clinton Art and Music Festival (New York, 2008)
  • Connecticut Film Festival (2010)
  • Connecticut Historical Society Museum for Connecticut Brewfest (2004)
  • Dfest (Diversafest - Oklahoma, 2008)
  • First Night Hartford (2008, 2007,2005,2002)
  • Hartford Advocate’s Grand Band Slam (Performances in 2010, 2008, 2007, 2003; Winner - “Best Jazz Band” in 2010, 2009 and 2007 Readers’ Polls; 2008 Nominations for "Best Jazz" and "Best Funk/Fusion," 2003 Nomination for Best R&B)
  • ING Hartford Marathon (2009, 2008)
  • Jonathan Edwards Winery Summer Nights Music Series (2004)
  • New Haven Jazz Festival at the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament (2004)
  • Northeast Kingdom Music Festival (Vermont, 2004)
  • Old State House
    • Connecticut Brewfest (2005)
    • Lunchtime Summer Concert Series (2003, 2002)
  • SoNo Arts Celebration (2004)
  • Taste of The Litchfield Hills (2008)
• College tours including Brandeis University, Bryant College, Colby Sawyer College, Curry College, Fairfield University, Framingham State, Maine Maritime Academy, University of Massachusetts, Vassar College, Williams College, and Yale University;
• Weekly residencies at the free outdoor summer concert series "Jammin' on Jim Brook" in the Ben & Jerry's Courtyard at the open-air shopping destination the Shoppes at Farmington Valley in Canton (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010); the upscale Zen Bar in Farmington (2004); the trendy Backroom Lounge @ Bottega in New Haven (2004, 2003); and the New York City comedy show "Stand-Up Stew" in Chelsea (2002);
• Chosen out of thousands of acts to showcase at the Northeast Regional Conference of NACA (National Association of Campus Activities) in Marlboro, Massachusetts (2002).
• Selection as the band to play for thousands at the ESPN X-Trials at Lake Compounce Amusement Park (2001);
• Honored for their support of benefit concerts including the annual "Wish You Were Here" events for the AJR Nocera Memorial Foundation (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009); Common Ground's "Feast from the Fields" in New Haven (2014, 2013); Haitian Relief Show at Freight Street Gallery (2010); Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth at the Green Street Arts Center (2008); and the National Spinal Chord Injury Association (2002, 2001);