This is a past event.
Rob Mazurek, Matt Lux, Joshua Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz, and John Herndon; DJ John Corbett
Price: $8
Tonight Mazurek and the superb quintet with which he recorded last year's Delmark album Sound Is—vibist Jason Adasiewicz, electric bassist Matt Lux, drummer John Herndon, and double bassist Josh Abrams—perform in Chicago for the first time. In some ways this group is among the most jazz-oriented projects the cornetist has pursued in years—certain melodies, like the one on "The Earthquake Tree," carry a whiff of the postbop he began his career with—but the music's most interesting elements have barely a lick of swing to them. Though it's natural to focus your attention on Mazurek's wonderfully lyric solos, delivered with typical precision and extroversion, even more rewarding is the constant subtle morphing of the background parts, which move between dancing polyrhythms, textural low-end rustling, and the ringing, resonating glow of vibes, piano, and synthesizer (the latter two variously added by Mazurek, Abrams, and Herndon). —Peter Margasak
-
Hideout
- Wicker Park/Bucktown 1354 W. Wabansia Ave.
-
773-227-4433 or 866-468-3401
- hideoutchicago.com
-
(based on 9 user reviews)
Reviews/comments (0)