Eleni + Joshua Crumbly + William Alexander

Eleni

Eleni Arapoglou is a dynamic singer from Athens, Greece. After graduating from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in drama and dance, she continued her studies at Berklee, where she obtained a professional diploma in vocal performance. While at Tufts, Arapoglou toured with the Tufts Jazz Orchestra and opened for the Roots with her band in May 2010.

Highlights of her Berklee career include performing in the Latin Grammys with Alejandro Sanz in November 2013; singing at the Berklee commencement concert in May 2014; performing with her trio at the MMI Master of Mediterranean Music Award ceremony in Madrid, honoring flamenco legends José Mercé and Pepe Habichuela; and many other notable performances across the United States and Europe.

Joshua Crumbly

As daunting as it may seem to describe the multi-faceted career of Joshua Crumbly in one word, you couldn’t do any better than the one he’s chosen to title his debut album: Rise. Since making his professional debut at age 10 alongside his saxophonist father, the gifted bassist has continued on a remarkable trajectory. With the release of Rise, due out May 15 on Open Book Records, he takes the next bold leap, unveiling a stunning, uplifting vision that embraces the full spectrum of his musical experiences. After being mentored by such iconic bassists as Reggie Hamilton (Whitney Houston, Seal), Al McKibbon (Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins) and Victor Bailey (Weather Report), Crumbly went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard School. By the end of his freshman year he’d been recruited to join trumpet great Terence Blanchard’s acclaimed band, recording the acclaimed Blue Note album Magnetic. Since then he’s recorded and toured with a staggering list of genre-blurring artists including Kamasi Washington, Lizz Wright, Stefon Harris, Ravi Coltrane, Anthony Wilson and soul singer-songwriter Leon Bridges. Somehow the music on Rise manages to draw inspiration from all of those artists, melding into an uncategorizable but eminently inviting sound. (Bio by: Shaun Brady)

William Alexander

William Alexander is a genre fluid independent artist based in Brooklyn, New York.