sweet world
out now on
out of your head records
Kenny Warren trumpet & compositions
Nathan Ellman-Bell drums
Christopher Hoffman cello
Kenny Warren is a trumpeter and composer who has been active in NYC’s improvised music community since 2006. He has made over a dozen records of his own music. In 2024 his trio with Christopher Hoffman on cello and Nathan Ellman-Bell on drums released an LP called Sweet World on Out of Your Head Records which the Best of Bandcamp hailed as “the sonic representation of a beating heart”. As a side-person Warren has recently recorded with The Angelica Sanchez Nonet, Stephan Crump’s Slow Water, Anna Webber/Angela Morris Large Ensemble, and Tony Malaby’s Jersey Condombe. Warren's 20 plus years in Brooklyn have produced a body of work in conversation with generations of the city's greatest musical artists.
Christopher Hoffman is a cellist, composer, producer, engineer and filmmaker. Her currently performs in Henry Threadgill's Pulitzer Prize winning ensemble Zooid, Grammy-Nominated Anat Cohen Tentet, Kenny Waren's trio Sweet World, Darius Jones Quintet and his own projects. He has directed several music videos, 3 short films and BTS pieces for feature films. His short "You Dog Likes Me More Than You" is available to view on Amazon Prime and his short "Salamander" is currently screening in American and European festivals. He served as the Director of Production and Engineering at New School for 17 years. He has worked with Martin Scorsese, Yoko Ono, Jack Antonoff, Iron & Wine, Ryan Adams, Jack Huston, Marianne Faithfull, Michael Pitt & Pagoda, Marc Ribot, Butch Morris, Lee Konitz, Anna Webber, Ryan Scott, Anthony Coleman, Jeremiah Cymerman and many others.
Nathan Ellman-Bell is one of NYC’s most versatile and in demand drummers. He co-leads the avant-pop band Wild Idol with singer Nora Palka, and the Brooklyn jazz-rock band Slow Tiger. He plays with countless bands including those of Sebastien Amman, Olli Hirvonen, Kenny Warren, Michael Sarian, and Aleksi Glick. He is also a member of Brass Against who he has recorded and toured with extensively. In 2024 Brass Against spent 3 months in Europe on tour which included a five week run in support of the rock band Tool. Nathan grew up in Southern California and studied music at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.