Fri 20 Apr 2012 - 9: pm
Brooklyn, NY
8pm Jon Lundbom and his band Big Five Chord play “assaultive, cleverly fun punk jazz” (Lucid Culture), “forward-thinking, boundary-stretching jazz that still manages to sit well on more mainstream ears” (Creative Loafing). The quintet features Thelonious Monk Award-winner Jon Irabagon on alto saxophone and bassist Moppa Elliott (“Mostly Other People Do the Killing”); their new album “Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!” is available now from Hot Cup Records. “Pure jazz with rock attitude” (All About Jazz). www.jonlundbom.com
- Jon Lundbom and his band Big Five Chord
9pm The Union Street Preservation Society: A Brooklyn-based string band whose soulful vocal harmonies blend with down-home country pickin’ on beloved American roots tunes. They call their unique sound “cosmic American music” inspired by the description Gram Parsons gave for his own music: “a holy intersection of unpolished American expression: gospel, soul, folk, Appalachia, R&B, country, bluegrass, blues, rockabilly, and honky-tonk. 3rd Fri each Month at 9pm http://www.myspace.com/
10pm DJ Dance party in the back!!