Take powerful tenor and baritone Dale Fielder at Vibrato on Friday:
This guy can rock a room. Or across town at the Caf 322, where The Bobby Bradford Motet slips his out-there stuff by the crowd by hiding it in some fairly traditional arrangements. It works. Guitarist/picker Bruce Forman is the melodic third of the house trio at the Foundry on Melrose on Friday, while pianist Josh Nelson takes that role on Saturday and Zach Harmon is in on drums both nights. Both lineups will take the room places, and they play till last call, so you can finish your club-hopping there.
From out of town comes the piano trio of the great Jacky Terrasson (who we raved about last week) at the Jazz Bakery on Friday and Saturday.
The very melodically expressive trombonist Phil Ranelin kicks off African American History Month with a great quartet (including the thrilling pianist Mahesh Balasooriya) at the Caf Metropol on Saturday.
Sunday morning the drummer Gerry Gibbs leads a quintet in a tribute to Dexter Gordon from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach. Gibbs swings hard and isnt one to wax nostalgic.
On Tuesday the beautifully expressive pianist (quite the composer, too) Theo Saunders leads a quartet at Charlie Os. Theo never has a problem getting the best out of his band, and this time hes got Chuck Manning on tenor.
Excellent stuff. And theres even a flick to pick this week: Charlie Haden: Rambling Man, a documentary by Reto Caduff, is being shown at the REDCAT on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
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