For some, jazz is frozen in an eternal bebop era, with men in suits playing swinging rhythms in smoky nightclubs. But audiences in search of an update can find three vibrant examples of the genre’s most contemporary evolutions in Philly this week.
frozen in an eternal bebop era, with men in suits playing swinging rhythms in smoky nightclubs.
Sampled elements from the albums will blend with live improvisation when Sánchez performs at World Cafe. His Bad Hombre band includes his wife, singer Thana Alexa, as well as Japanese keyboardist/producer BIGYUKI, and Australian bassist/programmer Lex Sadler, each of whom blends jazz and disparate influences. The combination allows Sánchez to create a malleable approach that defies easy categorization.
Well before dropping an album, the pair had garnered a strong following with their YouTube videos, which mash up dizzyingly virtuosic takes on jazz standards with nose-thumbing juvenile humor and eye-popping outfits that could serve as camouflage in a candy shop. The duo has reached an elusive young audience with music that isn’t that far outside the fusion end of jazz once you strip away the social media-ready trappings.
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