Tres Hongos will be playing Tuesday evening in Lexington, KY on 7/17/12.
Tres Hongos is a trio is comprised of Jacob Wick (trumpet), Marc Riordan (piano), and Frank Rosaly (drums), who has made improvised music their primary focus. Their January 2012 release Where My Dreams Go To Die is a splendid example of how free jazz can involve the careful examinations of ideas, and manifest in bursts of thoughtful phrases. Too often, it seems, the prevalent image of free jazz is a cacophony of runaway notes and the endtimes of silence. Tres Hongos appears more than happy to invite silence up to the bandstand and in front of the mic.
Here’s a track from the album…
The concert will be held at Embrace Church (address and map below) in Lexington, KY. Show starts promptly at 8pm. Suggested donation of five bucks to get in.
This is Event 138 in the Outside the Spotlight series. It’s run by Ross Compton. Here’s a Link to a site he maintained for the series. It’s been a long time since it’s been updated, but it’ll definitely give you a sense of where this series is coming from. Word is, there’s gonna be lots of updates on upcoming shows, which is good news for jazz fans in Kentucky.
Address and Directions:
Embrace Church
1015 North Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
[Embedded map deleted, post-show]
It’s right around the corner from the old High On Rose tavern, which I mention by way of helping with directions, but also so I can name-drop that my father-in-law was one of the guys who owned it back in the day.
If you’d like to purchase Tres Hongos’ album Where My Dreams Go To Die, you can follow this link to their Bandcamp site page, where you can stream the album in full and purchase it.
The album was released on Prom Night Records.
Wick is part of the New York City scene. Rosaly and Riordan are part of the Chicago scene.
My apologies for the late notice of the show. It’s been a busy summer of personal activities, which has often taken me away from my computer. You should expect things to be a bit more active now on Notes From The Holler.