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Concert Tue Oct 16 2007
Jazz You've Heard From Guys You've Never Heard Of
Throwing around a label like jazz super-group is a not something to do lightly. But with credentials like these we have no problem marking Rudder with that very label. Rudder is a four-piece from New York that includes Chris Cheek (saxophones), Henry Hey (keyboards), Tim Lefebvre (bass) and Keith Carlock. (Drums) A collective listing of their musically accomplishments easily reviles their inclusion in the stratosphere of jazz super-group. Credits include touring and recorded with everyone from Bill Evans, Harry Belafonte, PM Dawn, Bill Frisell, Phil Ramone, Blues Brothers, Steely Dan and Rod Stewart as well as works heard on The Apprentice, The Sopranos, Letterman, 30 Rock, Oceans 12 and 13 and Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle. Together the group plays an eclectic style of Nu-jazz fusing together electronic and jambands sounds, with jazzy undertones. Live shows are tour de force displays and although the band plays solely instrumental, the sound is strong. Catch them tonight at Martyr's with locals Crawl.