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Slingshot Improv Trio didn't so much form as detonate slowly over two decades — a controlled explosion of shared history, deep grooves, and accumulated musical mischief that the Bay Area never quite saw coming but probably should have.Bassist Pete Novembre and drummer Bret Bailey formed the funk-jam powerhouse Elephino back in 1999. Bret and guitarist Matt Hartle formed Shady Groove in 2001. All three had played together as hired guns countless times before the lightbulb moment when someone finally said: what if we did our own thing?
With a big map and no planned destination, this trio of seasoned improvisers use song and structure the way spacecraft use planets: not to land and stay, but to slingshot around and be propelled back out into the galaxy. During their mostly-improv shows, a familiar song could materialize at any time. Or not. All we can promise is that nobody knows what's going to happen.
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Event venue
The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave,Santa Cruz,CA,United States
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