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Monday
May 18
2020

The Jay Sanders Quartet featuring Will Beasley, Steve Alford, and Evan Martin

While most widely known as the bass player for western North Carolina’s seminal folk-rock fusion band Acoustic Syndicate, Jay Sanders brings his guitar out on Monday nights to deliver his unique and thoughtful take on jazz and improvisational music. Heavily influenced by a fusion of Bill Frisell and Sonny Sharrock, Sanders’ playing varies widely between fresh takes on song forms, "prairie music", and organic explorations of the avant-garde.

The incomparable and free-flowing spirit that Will Beasley brings to his bass playing is as refreshing as it is virtuosic. Will dances perfectly between the role of being a bass player and beautifully playing the bass with an enlightened level of intuition and grace.

Multi-instrumentalist Evan Martin carries the rhythm with a visceral vision that can only come from someone with a deep and sweeping understanding of music.

Leviathan instrumentalist Steve Alford brings his colossal sound to every instrument that he plays. Most frequently found with a saxophone on Monday night, he is also known as a virtuosic clarinetist and oboist. Equal parts Colin Stetson, Eric Dolphy, and a sound all his own, Steve's intrinsic and innovative genius is as much a joy to behold as it is a beast to apprehend.

Admission

FREE!