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FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM

A rare nice, non-rainy evening in Eugene on Friday… how do you start a show? You get your gear and head outside!  Reptet did just that… wearing drums and horns, they hit the street right outside Luckey’s to get the crowd pumped as well as bring in some surprised passersby.  After their Reptet-ization of a Chamillionaire song, they shuffled and bounced back inside, bringing more people in after them than were originally were in the bar.  First song, first stroke of genius.

This was the first show of their West Coast CD Release tour (see dates below).  Their 4th studio album AT THE CABIN just came out, and after a couple spins… I’m totally digging it.  Great fun-romp of a jazz sextet.  A little bit of goofing around, a little bit of standard following mixed with standard setting, and a little bit of punk & experimental sensibilities with a solid rhythm section.  To me, this is what a jazz combo from (my) young generation should be like.  Plus I’m a sucker for brass & reed-based jazz…

Reptet is made up of Samantha Boshnack (trumpet & vox), Chris Credit (sax/clarinet/flute), Izaak Mills (sax/clarinet/flute & vox/fake phone calls), Nelson Bell (trombone/sousaphone), Tim Carey (acoustic & electric bass), and John Ewing (drums & vox).  They played about 70 minutes, and hit a few unidentified songs, but here are the ones I know they played…

Setlist:

• Chamillionaire on the street
• Zeppo
• Snow Leopard x 3
• unknown
• Skcorcissalc
• Something Like What.
• brains
• Fish Market

They ended about 15 minutes ’til midnight, and while I wanted to stick around for Eugene-based jazz combo Eleven Eyes, I had to call it a night.  Thanks for making Eugene a part of your CD release tour, Reptet!  See you again soon!

more photos below

The Appropriate Linkage:

• Reptet’s Site
• Reptet’s Social Media Links (see below)
  
• My Other Related Reviews~
  • Cozmic Pizza (Eugene – Dec 2007)
• Luckey’s Site / MySpace / Twitter

Check out more tour dates below.

~Dan – np: Reptet – At the Cabin

REPTET PHOTOS
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Tour Dates

• Friday January 14th at Lucky’s Club in Eugene OR – 10 pm, $5
• Sunday January 16th at Jub Jub’s Thirsty Parlor in Reno, NV -10 pm, free
• Monday January 17th at The Press Club in Sacramento, CA – 9 pm, $5 (w/ Harley White Jr. Orchestra and The Flower Vato
• Wednesday January 19th at TAIX 321 Lounge in Echo Park (LA), CA – 10 pm, free
• Thursday January 20th at ResBox – The Steve Allen Theater at The Center For Inquiry in Los Angeles, CA – 8 pm $10 general, $5 CFI Members
• Friday, January 21st at Live Culture in Santa Barbara, CA – 9 pm, free
• Saturday January 22nd at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland, CA – 9 pm, $5
• Sunday January 23rd at Applegate River Lodge in Jacksonville, OR – $10