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Bert Seager Chamber Jazz - Why Not at Lilypad

Courtesy of Bert Seager | Posted on November 28, 2019

Where

Lilypad
1353 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA
Map
(617) 395-1393

When

Wed, December 4, 2019
7:30 pm

At Door

$10.

Musicians

Rick DiMuzio
saxophone, tenor
Andrew Schiller
bass, acoustic
Brian O'Neill
vibraphone

About

The Why Not is a chamber-jazz quartet featuring piano, clarinet, upright bass, and hand percussion. These instruments bring listeners into unexpected sonic landscapes not always associated with improvised jazz. Combined in new ways with dance rhythms from many cultures, the music makes one wonder what Schubert would have sounded like had he lived in Peru and played odd meters, or if Ravel had lived in Ghana and had been able to improvise over chord changes. The joyful expression of this musical intimacy, the shimmering transparency of the sound, and the sense that these musicians are as much involved in listening as in playing makes for compelling and memorable performances.

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