Late Night Concert Series w/Paul Abella Quartet

Showtimes:  7:30pm-8:45pm & 9:30pm-10:45pm

The Paul Abella Quartet is an instrumental ensemble led by, you guessed it, Paul Abella. Existing in some form or another since 2006, The Paul Abella Trio first made a name for itself by embracing a free wheeling approach towards its choice in song material and for finding unique ways to weave the cajon (a Peruvian box drum) into Jazz.

Look past the off-kilter instrumentation and the oddball setlists, and you’ll see a band upholding a tradition of Jazz as subversive party music. Drawing inspiration from Eddie Harris, Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus, and Lester Bowie, they fuse Pop melodies, Jazz harmonies, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Funk rhythms, jammy improvisations with punk ferocity.

The trio got its start in 2006 aiming for the sound of the original Nat King Cole Trio: tight ensemble playing, quirky arrangements played at slick tempos and some vocals thrown in for fun. But quickly, three musicians whose love of music was far wider than just Jazz started twisting things in some interesting ways. And soon, that trio that started off playing Caravan and But Not For Me was playing Master of Puppets and Take On Me.

The current version of the band is a quartet as saxophone has been added to the mix. Their high energy shows will feature original compositions that coexist alongside music from Pharoah Sanders, Fugazi, Eddie Harris, Black Sabbath, Thelonious Monk and the Grateful Dead.

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