Gig Alert: Yaozeki Big Band

By
Marlon Bishop
Music Hub | Dec 29, 2010

Yaozeki Big Band
“Out of Socket”
Playing at: Fat Cat (75 Christopher St, West Village,)
Get :Tickets ($10 at the door) | Directions

Having arrived here in 2005, Trombonist John Yao is a relative newcomer to the New York jazz scene, but already the young arranger and composer has managed to assemble a gigging big band, no easy task in this day and age.

“Out Of Socket” is a John Yao composition (and arrangement), and it displays a real talent for classic big band writing. The track starts as a very solid (if somewhat unadventurous) swing tune, but at about ten minutes in, a funky 5/4 boogaloo groove takes over and thats when the band really starts the shine.

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