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8:30pm.Steph Richards: POWER VIBE
Steph Richards: trumpet, Joshua White: piano, Stomu Takeishi: bass, Max Jaffee: drums, sensory electronics
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Steph Richards is a dynamic experimentalist known for her innovative approach to the trumpet and interdisciplinary expression as a composer. A "rising force in avant-garde jazz...a virtuoso of otherwordly trumpet" (Jazz Times), Steph has collaborated with visionaries ranging Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton Muhal Richard Abroms and John Zorn to art pop luminaries Yoko Ono, St. Vincent, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson.
Richards' latest full-length, Power Vibe marries avant garde and saturated vibe with an infectious and patently pleasing tunefulness. “Sensory electronics” –– subtle but compelling textures and tactile rhythms which are physically triggered by drum-mounted sensors –– compel fascination here, interweaving a kind of aural hyper-lucidity throughout the record. Though boldly original, this music strides surefootedly alongside the work of contemporaries like Nicole Mitchell and the late Jaimie branch. What’s more, the record is built around a series of musical cues that, when played, redirect all the players to move into a new structure. The trick is that any of the players can play one of these cues at any time, ensuring that the music unfolds in an even more radically democratic way than in totally open-ended improvised music performance. While Richards’ virtuosity and boundless creativity is clearly on display here, pianist Joshua White, whose playing sometimes veers into McCoy Tyner rapture, and drummer Max Jaffe do more than simply support –– instead, their playing proceeds from a sense of commitment and soulfulness that is born of that redistribution of power. And Stomu Takeishi’s upright and electric bass guitar playing helps to push these tunes headlong into realms of groove and infectious kinesis that make it what it is: a powerful vibe.
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3111 N Western Ave Chicago IL 60618, 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618-6409, United States,Chicago, Illinois
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