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05/03 Thursday
10:00 PM Sean Wayland Trio
Original jazz music by Australian born New York resident and his trio
featuring Greg Ritchie on drums and Fellow Australian acoustic bassist
Sam Anning .
05/11 Friday
7:00 PM The Fearless Combo
Steve Mossberg – keyboards and compositions
Adam Friedman – flute
Reid Angwin – guitar
Fabio Pirozzolo – drums
The Fearless Combo speaks the language of funky jazz in a fresh and original dialect. They play the soundtrack of your life with wit, intellect, and impeccable timing. As you wander from day to day, slashing madly into the world’s unforgiving massiveness, the Combo is there by your side with a happy song, a slice of pizza, and wild words of encouragement.
7pm - 9pm
05/18 Friday
7:00 PM The George Lernis Jazz Quartet and World Fusion Ensemble, Esthema Live at the Lily Pad
Join The George Lernis Jazz Quartet and the World Fusion Ensemble, Esthema for an inspired evening of music. This is the first time these two unique ensembles will be sharing an evening, the common thread being George Lernis, leader/composer of his Jazz Quartet and percussionist extraordinaire for Esthema. The all ages evening begins promptly at 7PM and has a cover of $10.00.
Esthema's music has been called "breathtaking World Fusion music" by Indie-Music.com and Joel Simches in Boston's The Noise Magazine stated that "I could not recommend this more highly to lovers of world and jazz music." Janie Franz in Skope Magazine wrote that Esthema are "masters of world fusion like no one has ever done before" and Barry Cleveland in Guitar Player Magazine wrote that Esthema "plays at a truly world-class level, with authenticity, aplomb, and exuberance." Join Esthema as they premiere compositions from their future release, Long Goodbye.
The George Lernis Jazz Quartet just released their first album called "Shapes of Nature". "Shapes of Nature, the debut recording of George Lernis Jazz Quartet, introduces the distinctive music of the talented drummer-percussionist-composer. Citing the last Tony Williams as his primary model for his modernistic approach to drumming, Lernis expands up on the restrictive role of timekeeper, playing a naturally flowing amalgamation of shifting rhythms the distinguishes his work from more typical mainstream jazz while maintaining an appealing sound. The melodies of the compositions were greatly influenced by middle-eastern scales. Like the Shapes of Nature, this album serves as a canvas of variform sounds, colors and rhythms."
- Drumhead Magazine, Published: October, 2011
10:00 PM Torn Shorts
Torn Shorts started in June 2010 as Josh Grabert's studio project. Josh also started gigging solo at bars and clubs in the Providence area and all over New England. Over a year later Torn Shorts has formed into a full band including members of the band The Sun*Dried Alibi: Nick Molak (guitar/bass) and Brendan Tompkins (drums/percussion), who have been playing together in different bands since 2006.
Torn Shorts has re-worked the studio tracks to full band rockers, and the live shows also include new material the band has been working on together. The band is working hard at tightening their sound and has been booking shows in the New England area. Keep a look out for Torn Shorts coming to your town. You won't want to miss the show.