Pollinator

Date

May 29 2023
Expired!

Time

2 Shows Available
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Cost

$15.00

1st Set With Matt Ulery's Pollinator

Showtimes:   6:00pm-7:15pm & 8:15pm-9:30pm

Matt Ulery presents Pollinator. Recalling the iconic sounds of King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lil Hardin, and Duke Ellington, Pollinator is abounding in the infectious grooves and spontaneous group improvisation which Ulery notes are two of the most exciting aspects of the jazz artform to have survived and flourished within the music over the course of the past 100 years. Ulery remarks, “With respect, we’d like to present this art project with joy, humor, and sincerity in celebration of the innovators that helped give birth to this revolutionary age of American art music.”

The bands' self title album, Pollinator, is an ebullient program of swing music celebrating the spirit of the roaring 20’s, 100 years later. Ulery brings his stunning compositional prowess to this centennial homage, merging sophisticated composure with ensemble improvisation, making a bold statement about the vitality of this music going into its second century. Harkening back to the instrumentation of the classic New Orleans brass bands of yesteryear, Ulery returns back to his first instrument, the sousaphone. Ulery is joined by his sextet of diverse, prolific players including trumpeter James Davis, tenor saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi, trombonist Steve Duncan, pianist Paul Bedal, and drummer Quin Kirchner. Released on Ulery’s own Woolgathering Records, Pollinator will be available on all digital platforms, and as a CD and limited edition vinyl LP on August 4th, 2020.

Making the parallel between the infamous prohibition that set the tone for the 1920’s jazz age, and the restrictive nature of our pandemic-inflicted reality that has marked the beginning of the 2020’s, Ulery notes “We didn’t expect to be releasing this record in such an extreme time of prohibition but we’d like to invite you to put this album on, move to it, let some light in, and feel free and good.”

Hourly Schedule

Nightly Showtimes (2 Shows)

6:00pm - 7:15pm
Matt Ulery's Pollinator
First Show
8:15pm - 9:30pm
Matt Ulery's Pollinator
Second Show
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