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FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM

OK, so I have to start this out with an apology.  I absolutely wanted to see Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.  I had been up in Portland for a third night in a row (driving back to Eugene late each night)… and was thus quite tired and I couldn’t possibly stay for their set (which was posted to start at 12:30am).  It’s a running theme on this blog… I miss them for one reason or another.  Last night wasn’t gonna be a missed opportunity.  Alas, it ended up as such.  Damn.  SO, JFJO, I’m sorry.  I’ll do better next time. I dig your new one, Stay Gold.  I’m getting old.  I have no other excuse for bailing at midnight.

So, unfortunately this amazing triple modern jazz bill turned into an pretty damn good double bill for me.

Trio Subtonic started things off around 9:30.  No Radiohead as in the past, but still a great groove for their 45 minute set.  They really are what I’d consider to be Portland’s own Medeski Martin & Wood.  Great piano-based three piece combo.  They’ve got two killer albums out over at CD Baby (aka the best indie CD seller in the universe).

Skerik, Mike Dillon, and Brad Houser hit the stage after a short set change…

While also a three-piece modern jazz combo, the Dead Kenny G’s definitely weren’t a repeat of Trio Subtonic’s sound.  Fitting with their name, they bring powerful elements of punk rock and a “fuck you” attitude to a jazz trio.  Mix some sax groove from Skerik with some harder edged beats, avant-garde squeaks, gonzo drumming, and punk vocal belts…

I’d seen them before (at Sam Bond’s in Eugene), but it was nice to see them able to spread out a little more on the Mt Tabor Theater stage.

Setlist: over an hour

• Death Panel
• Birther Blues
• Black Goldman Sax
• “Black Death”
• unknown
• Bewildered Herd
• I’m Your Manager, I’m Your Pimp
• unknown
• Yeah, Cat
• Improv with some JFJO guys

more photos below

The Appropriate Linkage:

• DKG’s Site
• Skerik’s Site
  
• DKG’s on MySpace
• Skerik on MySpace
  
• Trio Subtonic’s Site
  
• Trio Subtonic on MySpace
• JFJO’s Site
• JFJO on MySpace
  
• Prior Related Reviews~
  • Skerik / McTuff @ Sam Bond’s (Oct 2008)
  • Skerik’s Maelstrom Trio @ Sam Bond’s (May 2008)
  • Skerik / McTuff @ Sam Bond’s (July 2009)
    
  • Trio Subtonic @ Lewis & Clark (Oct 2008)
  • Trio Subtonic w/ Sex Mob @ Goodfoot (May 2009)
• Mt Tabor Theater

Check out more DKG’s tour dates below.

~Dan – np: Milli Vanilli – Girl, You Know It’s True

DEAD KENNY G’S & TRIO SUBTONIC PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2010 Daniel Temmesfeld,
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DKG’s Fall 2010 Tour Dates