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MTO does Laurel & Hardy do the Montreal Jazz Festival

Classic comedy is given a rollicking musical goose by trumpeter/slide trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, and composer extraordinaire Steven Bernstein, who has created new original scores to a selection of Laurel and Hardy films. When Bernstein’s incendiary Millennial Territory Orchestra — jam packed with some of New York’s finest musicians — takes the stage and Laurel & Hardy hit the screen, hilarity, along with some astonishing musical invention, will ensue

Don’t miss this very special gig!

Bernstein, Levon and Phil

Levon Helm, along with Jimmy Vivino and the horns sat in with Phil Lesh for a sweet version of W S Walcott’s Medicine Show. Growing up in the 60’s and loving Snooky Young never felt so good!

NoSpace

After 12 years, Grammy nominated downtown NYC super band Sex Mob has changed their name….. to….. sexmob!

The decision was made in Berlin, Germany while on their current European tour.

A fan was overheard saying, “It’s very eco-friendly since it no longer requires the energy to hit the shift key and space bar! Kudos to sexmob for greening their name!”

Sweet Little Hitmaker

S Bernstein and MTO drummer Ben Perowsky are featured on Hercules and Love Affair’s WORLWIDE hit song “Blind” featuring Antony on vocals… Check out the video!

Sex Mob tours Europe

...long awaited (for the band) return to the road for Sex Mob! See schedule for details – or visit the Sex Mob mini-site

Alarm Will Sound

Alt music mags Alarm and Playback give love to S Bernstein – and the venerable Utne Reader sounds off, too! See Press

Roswell Loves Sex Mob - Sex Mob Loves Roswell

Our friend and hero Roswell Rudd was the feature of the recent Musica Jazz magazine in Italy, which included a CD of Roswell’s music…featuring Steve Lacy, Paul Motain, Enrico Rava, Sheila Jordan + Sex Mob

Roz came and played with us at Scotty Hard’s benefit at the Highline…the man rocks….and he don’t stop

MTO NYC

Don’t miss this very special show – this Monday night at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park South.

Click here to dowlnoad and print the flyer

Scott Harding Benefit

Downtown NYC luminaries unite for one astonishing benefit concert at the Highline Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, coming to the aid of beloved record producer Scott Harding and the Scotty Hard Trust.

The confirmed lineup for the Scott Harding benefit concert includes: John Medeski, Billy Martin, John Scofield, DJ Logic, DJ Olive, Bill Laswell, Eric Krasno, Neal Evans, Marco Benevento, Joe Russo, Antibalas, Sex Mob, John Ellis, Michael Blake, Vijay Iyer, Tommy Hamilton, Kevin Kendrick, and many more.

At 3am on Friday, February 15, music producer Scott Harding was a victim of a car crash in which...

Louis Armstrong Once Removed

Catherine Russell is a great singer, and is also the daughter of Louis Russell, who was Louis Armstrong’s bandleader in the 30’s. S Bernstein wrote a rearrangement of her father’s song “So Little Time”, originally recorded by Louis Armstrong and his orchestra in 1938. Steven and Erik Lawrence also play along with maestro Howard Johnson (on tuba) on a piece Louis Russell wrote for King Oliver. The CD also features MTO guitar hero Matt Munisteri and was produced by Levon Helm bandmate Larry Campbell. “I guess this is as close as I’ll get to the source”