Ellen Pieroni & The Enclycopedia of Soul LIVE @ Marigold Brattleboro

Join us Saturday, April 11th, for an evening of Soul Jazz with Buffalo, NY’s own Ellen Pieroni & The Encyclopedia of Soul making their Marigold Brattleboro debut at 7:30 pm!

🪩⁣⁣ Marigold Brattleboro
📅 Saturday, April 11th
📍 157 Main Street – Brattleboro, VT
🍸 Bar & Kitchen open at 5:00 PM
🎶 Show @ 7:30 PM
🎟️ Free Admission!

🎤 Ellen Pieroni & The Encyclopedia of Soul
Ellen Pieroni is a soul jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from Buffalo, NY. She has been playing the saxophone since she was 8 years old and has been a sideman in a multitude of bands for over a decade. Pieroni’s smooth-infused soul jazz band, Ellen Pieroni & the Encyclopedia of Soul, was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered as one of three “jazz standouts” for the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest, where Felix Contreras said that “soul-jazz is alive and well with…Ellen Pieroni & the Encyclopedia of Soul.”

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The group is inspired by artists such as Grover Washington Jr., King Curtis, and the Crusaders. The sound is driven by Pieroni’s captivating and soulful melodies, supported by thoughtful improvisation from all members over deep-pocket grooves.

The band has played the GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, the Rochester Lilac Festival, and the Erie Jazz and Blues Festival. EoS has shared the stage with Bernard Purdie, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, BoomBox, and Sophistafunk.

“When Ellen takes her solo, it really warms my heart because I hear the same soulfulness of Cannonball, or any of the sax players who played with Ray Charles back in the 50s, or the more contemporary alto saxophonist David Sanborn.” – Felix Contreras, NPR’s All Things Considered

“800 grit sandpaper… smooth” – Vulfpeck