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Vertigo Jazz Project to Host Hometown Throwdown
WITH THE MANTRAS AND SPECIAL GUESTS KUNG FU DYNAMITE
Vertigo Jazz Project
After forming in early 2008, Vertigo
Jazz Project has taken a stance
as one of the premier acts on
the Southeastern music scene.
They continually captivate their
audience with fresh musical ideas, deep
emotional content and rock solid grooves.
Vertigo Jazz Project will be performing
at the Grey Eagle with Greensboro’s The
Mantras, and Kung Fu Dynamite from
Asheville, on Saturday, February 26.
Vertigo Jazz Project (VJP) is known
for their compositions and performances
throughout the jazz idiom. But people often
ask, “Is this Jazz?” VJP has taken on the task
of bridging the gap between multiple genres
of music such as Jazz, Funk, Latin, Rock,
Jam, Avant-Garde, Classical, World and
even Country and Bluegrass.
Always maintaining a distinctively
recognizable element of Jazz, VJP takes
their varied experience and creates original
compositions of their easily recognizable
form of music; paying homage to
the aforementioned
styles, with heavy emphasis
on the jazz, soul
jazz and world elements.
Known for their
high-energy collaborative
of rock, funk, and
jam fusion that shakes your knees and rattles
your bones, The Mantras unified their musical
vision in 2005 and have continued to hone
their sonic landscape one show at a time.
The band released their third album
titled “Dharland” on April 7, 2010 and
have been touring steadily behind its release
ever since. The album begins on the
strength of “Five Roads,” a subtle rocker
that energetically swells and swirls around
Allen’s fiery guitar, ending in a dash of ap-
Bridging the divide
between rock, blues,
funk and jazz.
petizing guitar bravado.
“Cross the Divide” begins as a methodical
guitar workout, boasting crystalline,
constantly changing guitar that invokes the
spirit of the Grateful Dead’s “China Cat Sunflower,”
then shifts gears as Marcus Horth
delivers urgent vocals.
The early measures
of “Rocky Peace Blues”
are characterized by
bluesy slide guitar, and
Bassist Brian Tyndall
brings the funk in the
early going of “Magillicuddy,” a longtime fan
favorite. This epic number spans nearly eight
minutes and features guitar pyrotechnics and
thumping, vibratory bass.
Kung Fu Dynamite is a progressive
rock/funk band who formed in the spring
of 2005 and have been infusing their sound
with intense energy and power, pushing the
envelope by cross pollenating all genres of
Modern American Music.
With their roots steeped in rock, blues,
BY SAM KATZ
funk and jazz, the band has taken carefully
crafted song structure and combined
it with free form improvisation striving to
keep the dynamics of their music fresh and
unpredictable.
For more information please visit:
www.VertigoJazzProject.com
www.TheMantras.com
www.myspace.com/kungfudynamite
IF
YOU
GO
Vertigo Jazz Project, all
ages show begins at 9 p.m.
Tickets: $8 advance, $10 at the
door. Advance tickets available
online at www.thegreyeagle.
com. The Grey Eagle, 85 Clingman
Avenue, in Asheville. Phone (828) 232-5800
for more details.
RESERVE YOUR
TICKETS TODAY!
$20 ADULT
$10 STUDENT
CALL FOR
GROUP RATES
ORDER ONLINE
AT
ashevillechoral
society.org
OR
CALL
828.232.2060
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6 February 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 6