Dave Stryker And Blue To The Bone At Sweet Rhythm Jan. 24-25

One of the most distinctive of an apparently countless tribe of guitarists, Stryker's a blues player who can also play out; he has a percussive attack and inclines toward the unexpected phrase ending. He leads a septet called Blue to the Bone with the ubiquitous and always rollicking pianist James Williams and altoist Steve Slagle. --Gary Giddins (Village Voice)

With a C.V. that includes serious road time with two figureheads of funky jazz, the organ player Jack McDuff and the tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, the guitarist Dave Stryker knows the value of well-played blues. A pithy soloist who keeps his fingers, but not his imagination, in check, Stryker will get plush support from his horn-laden Blue to the Bone band. --John Donahue (The New Yorker)

Sweet Rhythm
Fri. & Sat. Jan. 24-25
88 Seventh Avenue
(Between Bleeker and Grove/formerly Sweet Basil)
3 Sets 8pm, 10pm & 12
$15 cover
212-255-3626