Jacob William Trio at The Green Room

For close to a decade bassist Jacob William and drummer Laurence Cook have built a rhythmic association that is considered to be one of the finest anywhere. With uncanny rhythmic elasticity, they explore the play between rhythm, melody and harmony.

Cook, one of the pioneering elders in the improvised music scene, is also a visual artist, and his work on the drums is a play of sound and color - at once gentle, cutting and explosive.

Jacob's bass playing is a reflection of his life spent in India and in the United States and other travels - rhythmically searching and focused on relationships. ...

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For close to a decade bassist Jacob William and drummer Laurence Cook have built a rhythmic association that is considered to be one of the finest anywhere. With uncanny rhythmic elasticity, they explore the play between rhythm, melody and harmony.

Cook, one of the pioneering elders in the improvised music scene, is also a visual artist, and his work on the drums is a play of sound and color - at once gentle, cutting and explosive.

Jacob's bass playing is a reflection of his life spent in India and in the United States and other travels - rhythmically searching and focused on relationships.

For this show, they’ll be joined by saxophonist Jason Robinson. Robinson is an acclaimed voice in a new generation of creative musicians in dialogue with jazz, popular music, experimental music, and electronic music, and has performed and recorded with artists as varied Rudresh Mahanthappa, Marty Ehrlich, Toots and the Maytals, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

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