Luke Sellick, Andrew Renfroe - Small Vacation (2020)

New York City jazz scene staples Luke Sellick and Andrew Renfroe are delighted to announce their first studio release as a duo, Small Vacation. The pair channel their improvisational prowess into a collection of enchanting arrangements of some popular songs of yesteryear. With a paired down instrumentation, guitarist Andrew Renfroe and bassist Luke Sellick create a wonderfully full sound. The duo demonstrate their jazz sensibilities on renditions of songs from such iconic artists as Tom Petty, Neil Young and Glen Campbell.

After playing together in various contexts as graduates from Juilliard, the duo premiered in 2018 at Caramoor Jazz Festival, Katonah, New York where Sellickand Renfroe first debuted these interpretations of classic songs. Small Vacation offers a collection of songs that had an impact on Sellick and Renfroe’s musical upbringings. Sellick notes, “what you are about to hear is our re-imagination of these classic songs in as honest and personal way as possible. I hope our love for the original versions is apparent. Each of these tunes present unique improvisational challenges and creative opportunities that we enjoyed tackling. Overall, I hope this is a record that you can enjoy for its musical conception and inventiveness, or just to relax at the end of a long day.”