"Listen To This" returns to Dave Bryant's "Third Thursdays" exploring early electric Miles Davis.
When:
Thursday, Jul 20, 2023 8:00p -
10:00p
Thursday, Jul 20, 2023 8:00p -
10:00p
Where:
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church
1555 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
$10
Hosted by:
Categories:
Date Idea, Good for Groups, Music, Nightlife
Event website:
https://dbryantmusic.com/third-thursdays/
"Third Thursdays" with Dave Bryant and Friends: a monthly harmolodic jazz series, continues in July with "Listen To This" playing the music of Miles Davis from his early electric period 1968-1975.
For the past year, improvising keyboardist Dave Bryant, curator and host of the "Third Thursdays" series of monthly harmolodic jazz concerts, has also been involved with the "Listen To This" musical project, which explores the rich musical legacy of Miles Davis, particularly from his early electric period 1968-1975. The project includes founder Jerome Deupree of Morphine and Either/Orchestra (drums), Russ Gershon of Either/Orchestra (woodwinds, organ), Rick Barry of Bim Skala Bim and Lookie Lookie (percussion), Todd Brunel of Know Orchestra (bass clarinet), J. Johnson of Parlour Bells (guitar), Rick McLaughlin of Either/Orchestra (bass), and Bryan Murphy of The Shills (trumpet), along with Bryant of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time (keyboards).
"Listen To This" appeared at "Third Thursdays" last May 2022, and since then the group has been performing in local and greater New England venues. As one audience member so rightly put it: "Listen To This fills the room with hot blue sparks and a primeval, funked-up vibe, the element that pushes a good show to greatness . . . a brilliant flash of improvisation, beyond genre, the ghost of a ghost who shows up out of nowhere and just hangs out. . . ."
About the "Listen To This" project, Bryant notes "It's been remarkably gratifying to see the Listen To This group, so ably founded by Jerome and Russ, continue from its Third Thursdays debut to take on a life of its own. This is a band composed of very special individuals with a unique chemistry."
