Progressive Jazz Fusion Trio Fusebox Comes to Jazz Central
Saturday, July 26, 8:00-9:30 p.m.
Jazz Central Studios
407 Central Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(Lower Level)
612-695-7573
Fusebox is a new progressive jazz fusion trio performing odd-metered originals. Among Fusebox’s influences are Frank Zappa, Medeski Martin & Wood, Spinal Tap, and The Big Lebowski.
Larry McDonough, keys
Craig Matarrese, bass
Eron Woods, drums
Video
Snot Boogie
Performed at the
Minnesota Original Music Festival
Families and students are welcome.
$20.
Jazz Central Event
https://www.jazzcentralstudios.org/event-details/fusebox
Facebook Event
https://www.facebook.com/events/747079361056812/
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Larry McDonough is an award-winning St. Paul jazz composer, pianist, singer, and teacher, performing around the world and recording with his group the Larry McDonough Quartet as well as solo, and in duos and trios. He has performed with legendary saxophonist and composer Benny Golson, Trombonist Fred Wesley, and trumpeter Duane Eubanks, as well as a who’s who of local jazz artists, and was inducted into the Minnesota Rock Country Hall of Fame for his work in the group Danny’s Reasons. His awards include the American Composers Forum Showcase Award for the composition “Strait of Gibraltar.” He has released twelve CDs and DVDs as a leader. His current CDs are “Best of the Aster Classic Jazz Series” and “Intermodulating Undercurrents Live at the Kos: The Music of Bill Evans and Jim Hall.” “Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds, Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans,” was played on jazz radio stations and streaming services around the country. The two-CD set “Alice in Stonehenge and other AcoustElectric Adventures” has played on radio stations and streaming services around the world and charted #18 on the Roots Music Report’s Top 50 Jazz Album Chart. “Simple Gifts” reached number 29 on the CMJ Jazz Chart and also has been played on hundreds of stations around the country and throughout the world. His jazz projects include Fusebox (original jazz fusion trio) and Trios Trio (classic jazz). When not playing jazz, he performs jam fusion in Quantum Mechanics, funk in Funkin’ Right, classic rock in Whiskey Burn, indie-rock in HiFi, and punk in Saint Small.
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/Biography.html
Bassist Craig Matarrese is Professor of Philosophy at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he is also Director of the program in Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE). He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He teaches courses in 19th and 20th Century European philosophy, Philosophy of Music, Environmental Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Law. He has also been teaching electric & upright bass for the Music Department for the past ten years. Matarrese is the author of the book, Starting With Hegel (Continuum, 2010), as well as two recent essays: “Soundscape Ecology and a Sartrean Phenomenology of Listening,” Earthly Engagements: Reading Sartre After the Holocene, eds. Ally & Boria (Lexington Books, 2021) and “Hegel, Musical Subjectivity, and Jazz,” in Creolizing Hegel, ed. Michael Monahan (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). He has also worked on a number of documentary films that consider music, philosophy, and culture: Tuning the Pulse (2013), I Know You Well (2014), and Rez Metal (2020). Matarrese plays bass in a variety of ensembles and contexts, for MSU and generally around Minnesota, including Steely Ann, a Steely Dan cover band based in Mankato and Saint Peter.
Eron Woods has been a musician and educator in the Twin Cities for over 20 years. A graduate of the University of Miami with a Jazz Performance degree, Eron worked on cruise ships and toured for several years as a drummer and musical director for circuses. He has performed with a diverse list of artists including Tony Sandler (Sandler and Young), Grant Hart (Husker Du), Pete Christlieb (Tonight Show), John “Bowser” Batman (Sha Na Na), flamenco guitarist Scott “Mateo” Davies, and has published two books on percussion.
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Contact information:
Larry McDonough
Larry McDonough Jazz
651-398-8053
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http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com
https://www.facebook.com/LarryMcDonoughJazz/
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