So long, RVA!
From the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center to Subterranean A, last Wednesday night was a night of opposites. In an event advertised as “North meets South”, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society from Brooklyn and Richmond’s Fight the Big Bull did just that.
Last night at The Camel, Trio of Justice and Marcus Tenney Trio continued the venue’s weekly jazz series to an enthusiastic crowd. Even trombonist Sam Savage was there to share in the magic, and we got audio from the whole night.
From Richmond to New York and back, Lucas Fritz enjoyed performances from four very different bands over the course of a weekend.
Last week’s Musicircus was smaller than years past but it contained all the signature elements of the successful annual event curated by Brian Jones. Some of Jones’s favorite musicians found their niche in the mazy Visual Arts Center on Thursday night, playing their own music against a noisy backdrop and demonstrating the relationship between sound and space.
Jason Scott can’t get away from the music of Lennie Tristano, and it’s a good thing. The gigs on which he performs the piano master’s compositions, as he did on Monday night, are just as much entertaining history lessons as they are a couple sets of interesting and not often heard jazz.
Composer and guitarist Scott Burton’s compositions drip with drama, but it’s input from the entire band that makes everything go. On Sunday and Monday nights, Glows in the Dark brought their cinematic music to the stage.
There’s something about Rene Marie’s voice that is alive and real; it’s an extension of her soul that has been battered and bruised but otherwise prevails as strong, independent, and, at times, even giddy.
On Tuesday night in the Carpenter Theater, the all-star musicians of the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour played a program that was carefully planned out to feature the whole group as well as smaller ensembles. In other words, not much was left to chance in regards to the set list. The music itself, on the other hand, was a different story.
On Thursday night, Marco Benevento brought his adventurous jazz/indie dance pop/electronic jam band/whatever you want to call it trio to the Capital Ale House Downtown Music Hall. Identify it as you will, energy was high and improvisation was acute.
On stage at University of Richmond’s Modlin Center last night, Luciana Souza introduced her colleagues as “two of the most creative and soulful musicians I know.” As creative and soulful as guitarist Romero Lubambo and percussionist Cyro Baptista are, they’re made whole by Souza, the dynamic vocalist, improviser, lyricist (in Portuguese and English), and storyteller whose tone is sweet and presence is captivating.
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