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House Band: Swingd
by Dan McClenaghan
The House Band plays a slippery sound--understated, often amorphous, full of spontaneouly fluid momentums, like sounds created by a gently-gusting breeze interacting with...Interacting with what? It's hard to pin down. Interludes with the two drummers suggest the appealing chaos of a windchime, a disorder that forms itself into subtle patterns and loose structures, guided by a higher force.That force on Swingd is the House Band, an ensemble formerly known as the House Band of the Universe--a ...
Continue ReadingKimberly Thompson to Drum with House Band for NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Former St. Louisan Kimberly Thompson has been chosen to fill the drum chair in the house band for NBC's Late Night With Seth Meyers. Known as The 8G Band (after the studio where the show will be taped), the group will perform on the program Monday through Friday starting on Monday, February 24, when Meyers, former head writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live, takes over NBC's late-night slot from Jimmy Fallon. Thompson is perhaps best known as the ...
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The Roots will serve as house band for Jimmy Fallon
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Billboard Magazine
The Roots will serve as the house band on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," which premieres March 2 on NBC. Fallon made the announcement yesterday (Dec. 8) on the show's newly launched Web site. Fallon is taking over “Late Night" for Conan O'Brien, who is in turn taking over “The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno. The Roots will get in a handful of live dates before taping begins on the show, including Dec. 30 in Atlantic City, N.J., and a ...
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