The Priya Carlberg Quartet is a Brooklyn-based improvising group featuring Priya Carlberg, voice/piano/compositions; Lisa Hoppe, bass; Travis Bliss, tenor saxophone and Aaron Edgcomb, drums.  The four members are active performers in the improvising, jazz, experimental and rock scenes in NYC, Boston, Berlin and Helsinki. 

Although the four members have previously collaborated in various settings, the record, “soft & sweetly” is their debut full length record (released November 18, 2022).  The music weaves slow contrapuntal lines with blossoming delicate harmonies orchestrated between the piano, saxophone and bass.  The lyrics come across as vague fragments; as it feels hard to piece together concrete meaning within but rather leaves much interpretation open for the listener. 

Listen to “soft & sweetly” out now

*not pictured Lisa Hoppe, bass