Crossroads – Brian Jones “Redhead”
Crossroad’s has been hosting live music for a long time, but recently their lineup has had some of the best jazz in Richmond.
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Brian Jones’ Musicircus
Last Thursday night, the annual Brian Jones’ Musicircus took place at the Visual Arts Center.
Brian Jones – two nights, five sets
Brian Jones is one of the most prolific and original musicians in Richmond, VA. This week, he played five sets with two different bands.
Listening back: Brian Jones (Set 2)
On this recording from The Camel, Brian Jones, Sean Moran, Adam Larrabee and Randall Pharr team up to explore original compositions and a few covers.
Listening back: Brian Jones
On this recording from The Camel, Brian Jones, Sean Moran, Adam Larrabee and Randall Pharr team up to explore original compositions and a few covers.
Ombak – Fan Bricks
After two years of anticipation almost to the day, Richmond’s own Ombak will release their sophomore album, Fan Bricks tonight, Wednesday May 4th at 10pm at Balliceaux. The album is only available for digital download, but the band will be selling limited edition posters at the release party that contain download codes on the back.
Richmond reuinion
On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Sean Moran will reunite with Brian Jones, Randall Pharr and Adam Larrabee for the first time since Moran began studying at New York University in 1998. This weekend, the quartet will have the the opportunity to relive some of the chemistry they developed fifteen years ago while playing all new compositions.
Listening Back: Brian Jones
In Listening Back, we chronicle the happenings at The Camel’s free weekly jazz series on Tuesday nights. Be there if you can. But if you can’t, stop by here every Saturday for a recap in sights and sounds. This week, Brian Jones continued the series with two of his groups.
This week’s jazz gems
Like any given week, there are some great nights of jazz ahead of us in the next seven days. Catch jazz on the more modern side tonight at The Camel with Lucas Fritz Quintet and Old Soul for free, or see Rattlemouth fuse worldly influences with pulsating western rhythms on Saturday at Emilio’s. In between those two, two more events are especially worth considering.
Listening Back: Brian Jones Quintet and The Music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
This week at The Camel, Brian Jones detoured the music to Monday night, leading two of his groups — Brian Jones Quintet and Brian Jones plays the music of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers — in two thrilling sets.
