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Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue: Denver, CO, December 29, 2012
by Geoff Anderson
Trombone Shorty and Orleans AvenueOgden TheaterDenver, CODecember 29, 2012“Supafunkrock." That's the word singer/trombonist/trumpeter Trombone Shorty coined to describe the music he and his band Orleans Avenue play. The term captures only part of the ingredients the band mixes into its musical mélange. Besides funk and rock, the band adds generous helpings ...
Pat Metheny Unity Band: Denver, CO, September 7, 2012
by Geoff Anderson
Pat Metheny Unity BandBotanic GardensDenver, COSeptember 7, 2012Pat Metheny is restless. And we're all the richer for it. Over a career that is now pushing 40 years, Metheny has been a constant innovator, not only in the development of musical styles, but new sounds as well, going so far as to ...
Victor Wooten Band, Denver, CO, July 14, 2012
by Geoff Anderson
Victor Wooten BandCervantes Masterpiece BallroomDenverJuly 14, 2012How low can you go? You can't go any lower than the Victor Wooten Band. The band is deep, it's low, it's almost all bottom. This is a band where five members play bass. That is to say, five bass players. In one band. They ...
Brad Mehldau Trio: Denver, CO, May 11, 2012
by Geoff Anderson
Brad Mehldau TrioNewman CenterDenver, COMay 11, 2012Pianist Brad Mehldau takes jazz seriously. He named his second album as a leader The Art of the Trio (Warner Bros., 1997). But wait, he didn't use that name for just one album; he released five albums, as a series, under that name. Those albums ...
Tierney Sutton Band at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Tierney Sutton BandDazzleDenverMay 6, 2012Most attractive female singers with long blonde hair simply market themselves under their own name. Not so Tierney Sutton. She's not a solo act. She's part of the Tierney Sutton Band. Sure, she's the focal point onstage (a long blonde mane will do that), but the band ...
Kenny Garrett Quartet: Denver, CO, May 4, 2012
by Geoff Anderson
Kenny Garrett Quartet Soiled Dove Underground Denver, CO May 4, 2012The last couple times Kenny Garrett came through Denver, he was a sideman. In 2010 he toured with Chick Corea's Freedom Band that also featured Christian McBride on bass and 85-year-old Roy Haynes on drums. The year before, Garrett was a ...
Sophie Milman, Denver, CO, November 27, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Sophie MilmanDazzleDenver, CONovember 27, 2011Jazz is and always has been an amalgam of styles and influences. In fact, that's what keeps it interesting and vital and always moving forward. Musicians from different backgrounds and cultures bring different sensibilities to the music and add new sounds and attitudes. Like the search for ...
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Denver, CO, November 18, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Tedeschi Trucks BandFillmore AuditoriumDenver, CONovember 18, 2011 Fate demanded the Tedeschi Trucks Band. It's been an inexorable march over the last decade and now it's paid off. Susan Tedeschi released her first album, Just Won't Burn (Tone Cool, 1998) 13 years ago. She sported girl-next-door good looks and ...
Warren Haynes Band: Denver, CO, October 31, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Warren Haynes BandOgden TheaterDenver, COOctober 31, 2011 At this point in his career, Warren Haynes can to do whatever he wants--at least musically, anyway. And, apparently, Haynes felt like being James Brown for an evening. And so it was that the Warren Haynes Band played nearly an hour-and-a-half of James Brown's ...
Alison Krauss and Union Station: Denver, CO, September 2, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Alison Krauss and Union StationRed Rocks AmphitheaterDenver, CoSeptember 2, 2011 Alison Krauss and Union Station often get lumped into the “country" music category, but occasionally, they end up in the more accurate “bluegrass" classification. Modern country music seems to be little more than run-of-the-mill pop music with an occasional steel ...
