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.
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 more events are especially worth considering.
First, drummer Brian Jones brings his quartet to Virginia Museum of Fine Art’s weekly jazz cafe on Thursday. The energy there week after week is amazing, and it looks like Jones and the group (keyboardist Daniel Clarke, bassist Randall Pharr, and saxophonist JC Kuhl) will be playing “mid-60s jazz standards and original compositions.” View event details
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og1Sqgk59lc[/youtube]
The legendary alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune got his start with Elvin Jones and Mongo Santamaria before his career took him to playing with McCoy Tyner and Miles Davis. On Friday, he’s coming to Charlottesville to perform with Mike Wade Quartet. Thank the Charlottesville Jazz Society for this one. View event details
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txflz_hxYzo[/youtube]
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The Brian Jones group gig at the VA Museum was very cool. Driving version of McCoy Tyner’s Passion Dance was a big one for me. Still, as cool as the surroundings are there, the sound quality is pretty bad.
It’s definitely a very open space, and the closer you are to the band, the better it sounds.