Tom Plsek, Barn Owl, JaJuNo Trio, Mystic Out-Bop Review at The Griffen Theatre

Tom Plsek: invisible hand in front of your face pitch black, underwater warble trombone, near-Niblockian circular breathing trombone, LED spotlights, scattered black feathers, dozens of neon orange rods thrown at Tom's back, pierced cow heart with said rods, hung in the middle of the stage, fierce fear trombone played at the heart, collapse

Barn Owl: not that one, drummer = Eli Keszler + Dan from Neptune + Steve Albini, fairy dust turns entire bass into pickup, guitar gets the knife/screwdriver/ice pick treatment, nobody plays fair, those sounds? coming from inside your head

JaJuNo Trio: microtonal microcosm, theremin, voice, and sax sound like a drafty window and a tea kettle making love, one starts where the other begins, eruptions of magic in silence

Mystic Out-Bop Review: not quite weird enough restrained frenetic free jazz, not especially my cup-o-tea, except the DIY oscillator/synth/electronics box, very much my cup-o-tea

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Tom Plsek

Tom Plsek

Barn Owl

Barn Owl

JaJuNo Trio

Mystic Out-Bop Review

Mystic Out-Bop Review