The jams continued at the Revive Music stage at Bowery Ballroom, where drummer Justin Brown led his band Nyeusi alongside guest vocalist Georgia Anne Muldrow.
They first performed together at an event protesting the death of Akai Gurley at the hands of the NYPD at Winter Jazzfest, she repeated “Enough,” over and over atop a storm of whirlwind melodic lines and pulsing cymbals to visceral effect.
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At Mercury Lounge, they had a capacity crowd bopping along to songs that sounded like they might have been as at home backing a chorus by D’Angelo as they were supporting sprawling, virtuosic solos.Ģ018 Winter Jazzfest Marathon: 10 Must-See PerformancesĮven more outre sets were heavier on rhythmic intensity than head-spinning chord changes - another Chicago group, Irreversible Entanglements, combined spoken word courtesy of Moor Mother (a.k.a. Richmond, Virginia band Butcher Brown just completed a stint opening for jazz’s recent crossover star Kamasi Washington. One common thread, if Winter Jazzfest can be used as a barometer for the direction of the music - which, given that its lineup includes over 100 artists, doesn’t seem like much of a stretch - is the general embrace of static harmonies over danceable grooves, a departure from the academic, technically complex composition that has for so long been in vogue. The packed crowd at her set demanded an encore, unusual at a festival when most attendees are constantly running to try to catch the next set. The effect was funky but still entirely unexpected deconstructed renditions of Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” and what sounded like Nat King Cole’s “Sweet Lorraine” provided a fresh spin on jazz’s long tradition of exposing American pop music’s raw core.Īcross town, one could almost imagine being across the pond hearing saxophonist Nubya Garcia, whose muscular improvisations have become one of the London scene’s most exciting exports. Gay supplemented his trumpet with a MIDI keyboard and an array of electronic effects, as well as his own voice and a melodica. Justin Brown performs at the 2019 Winter Jazzfest in New York City.
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