Grand Star Jazz Club + Cafemode present
MAY 8, 2013 9pm – midnight
BAD LUCK + VINNY GOLIA SEXTET
943 N. Broadway [Chinatown] Los Angeles, CA 90012
1st set
BAD LUCK [9pm] -from Seattle-
NEIL WELCH saxophone
CHRIS ICASIANO drums
2nd set
VINNY GOLIA SEXTET [10:30pm]
VINNY GOLIA woodwinds, compositions
GAVIN TEMPLETON alto saxophone
DANIEL ROSENBOOM trumpet
ALEX NOICE guitar
JON ARMSTRONG electric bass
ANDREW LESSMAN drums
curated by Kio Griffith
$10 cover | 21+ | first come first serve | arrive early
GRAND STAR JAZZ CLUB
943 N. Broadway [Chinatown] Los Angeles, CA 90012
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BAD LUCK
Over half a decade after their first performance, drummer Chris Icasiano and saxophonist Neil Welch continue to develop a unique musical voice together. Bad Luck has become a sonic outlet to be reckoned with. In the highly trodden medium of drums and saxophone, Bad Luck proves that there is much left to be said.
Called “One of the best Seattle jazz recordings in years” (Earshot Jazz) Bad Luck was awarded the “Best Outside Jazz Group” of 2009 by Earshot Magazine, and a finalist for “Best Avant Group” in the 2009 Inside Out awards. Performing all original compositions, the pair use live loops and pedals to create an astounding range of sound. Icasiano and Welch can quickly shift into fierce improvisations, sound art and carefully constructed harmonic palettes. A duo with skin tight precision and melodic inventiveness, their music is set off by a commanding stage presence.
VINNY GOLIA SEXTET
“The Vinny Golia Sextet is a superb example of how intricate compositional ideas and tight ensemble playing combine with open-ended interpretation, loose and multi-directional improvisation, and displays of spontaneous and creative virtuosity to make a seamless and fully satisfying musical whole. “ – Alex Cline
“Reed player Vinny Golia has been around the L.A. scene long enough that he helped give young Nels and Alex Cline their start in the ’80s. Working in a sextet whose members appeared to be at least half his age, Golia kept a three-horn front line just ahead of a thundering rhythm section and the fuzzily metallic acrobatics of guitarist Alex Noice. The giddily unstable mix at times resembled something akin to Lounge Lizards jamming with one of the Smell’s heavy-footed rock headliners.” – Chris Barton – LA Times
“The Vinny Golia Sextet expostulated defiantly jumpy rhythms and tensile Schoenbergian harmonies while young guitarist Alex Noice ripped blazing fuzz guitar.” – Greg Burk – Metaljazz.com
“Vinny Golia and the Chosen Ones. These guys were so awesome…”– Jen Hung – Sleepr Wave/Halfmonk
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