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 – 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.
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.
May: Recording In Our Clubs Month
With May flowers came a couple notable club gigs in Richmond this month, gigs that should stand the test of time.
Jones and company round out week at The Camel
It was a good week for seeing jazz at The Camel. Smack dab in the middle of three solid nights of jazz musics this past week was the Brian Jones Quintet.
Guitar summit (but everyone’s invited)
Looking into an audience of mostly musicians between tunes on a Monday night in December, guitarist Alan Parker quipped something to the effect of “Welcome to the RVA jazz musician’s summit.” It was a pretty accurate assessment: like that one, some shows just turn out to be musician hangs with nary a casual non-musician observer […]
Adam Larrabee Trio: Modern brew
With the Adam Larrabee Trio, guitarist Larrabee has formed a group whose reverence for the classics is tempered by a propulsive modern musicality.
Successful series caps the year
Drummer Brian Jones closes out the first season of his Third Tuesday series this week at The Camel. With performances by his Double Quartet and Wurlitzer Trio and new albums from both, this is the big one, ladies and gentleman.
