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Seattle-based jazz/groove saxophonist Skerik brought his new band Bandalabra through Eugene’s Cozmic Pizza on their debut tour / West Coast CD release.  The quartet made up of Skerik (sax), Dvonne Lewis (drums), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass), and Andy Coe (guitar) played two sets (over two hours) full of loops, noises, experimentation, funk, jazz and groove.  Their debut CD, Live at the Royal Room, can be purchased at shows and probably soon via Skerik’s website.

SKERIK’S BANDALABRA PHOTOS
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The Appropriate Linkage:

• Skerik’s Critter’s Buggin’ Site (no official Bandalabra site yet)
  
• Skerik’s Bandalabra on Facebook
• Skerik on Twitter
• My Other Related Reviews~
  • The Dead Kenny G’s @ Mt Tabor Theatre (Portland – Oct 2010)
  • McTuff @ Sam Bond’s (Eugene – July 2009)
  • McTuff @ Sam Bond’s (Eugene – Oct 2008)
  • Maelstrom Trio @ Sam Bond’s (Eugene – May 2008)
• Cozmic Pizza’s Site / Facebook / Twitter

Check out more tour dates below.

Next show for me… Ani DiFranco at the Roseland (Portland) on 3/31.

~Dan – np: Silver Mt. Zion – Born Into Trouble As the Sparks Fly Upward

Skerik’s Bandalabra Spring 2012 Tour Dates

• Thursday March 15 – Conway, WA @ Conway Muse
• Friday March 16 – Olympia, WA @ Olympia Ballroom
• Saturday March 17 – Seattle @ Nectar
• Sunday March 18 – Bend @ Players
• Monday March 19 – Welches @ Skyway
• Tuesday March 20 – Eugene, OR @ Cozmic
• Wednesday March 21 – Applegate @ Applegate Lodge
• Thursday March 22 – Arcata @ Jambalaya
• Friday March 23 – Sacramento @ Harlow’s
• Saturday March 24 – San Francisco @ Boom Boom Room
• Sunday March 25 – Los Angeles @ Bacchanal
• Monday March 26 – Los Angeles @ The Mint
• Tuesday March 27 – San Diego @ Winstons
• Thursday March 29 – Portland, OR @ Goodfoot