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Jazz Fest finals >> What to catch in the last few days
Horace X: Clad in polychromatic day-glo garb and fronted by MCs Terminator Bones and Poor White Trash, these unclassifiable Cambridge, England mish-mashers are a sight to behold. Ragga-tech riddims, brassy funk horns, Balkan/Celtic fiddling and tones that draw on Indian and Arabic tradition meet in an aurally and visually disorienting whirl. They’re clearly dancing on the edge of disaster--if they pull this off, let’s get ’em a Nobel prize or something. At the Bleue Légère Stage (Bleury at Mayor) tonight, Thursday, July 4, 7:30pm, free Zenzile: Named after an anti-apartheid poet, this quintet from Angers, France has pretty much cornered the market on Afro-punk-dub-hop. The accent is squarely on dub, but the fury and the focus isn’t diminished. The French press is tossing around the term “combat dub,” a nod to the combat rock of the Clash, and it hangs well off Zenzile’s fierce, politically-aware approach to the live band soundclash. At the du Maurier Stage (President-Kennedy and Ste-Famille) tonight, Thursday, July 4, 8pm and 10pm, free
Thom Gossage with David Binney: Here’s a local to catch. It’s high time Thom Gossage graduated from the outdoor stage to an indoor gig of his own--he’s a primo percussionist who casts his net far and wide and kept time for countless locals. This time he’s showing off his work “Other Voices” in the company of U.S. sax man David Binney. At the Monument-National tonight, Thursday, July 4, 10:30pm, $14.50
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Martin & Wood: This is the third year running that the
Jazz Fest trots out NYC’s mondo-beyondo, psychedelic organ jazz-funk
trio, and anyone who caught either of the previous shows understands
just why. MM&W are one of the most interesting things happening
right now, pushing jazz forward and bringing it to the peeps, and when
they get going they can’t be beat. This time the guests are crackerjack
guitarist Charlie Hunter and multi-culti percussionist Trilok Gurtu--all
the more reason. At
Metropolis tonight, Thursday, July 4, 9pm, $37.50
Bauchklang:
Okay, this is simply not to be missed. A six-pack of Austrians provide
an a cappella guide through the myriad facets of electronica, from house
and downtempo to hard-ass ragga and D&B. No, that’s right--a
cappella. Every sound on their sleeper hit CD Jamzero, and every sound
in their stage show, is coming directly from their mouths to your ears.
An intriguing concept, artfully executed. At
the Bleue Légère Stage (Bleury at Mayor) on Friday, July
5, 10pm, free :