Check out a great band at Ryles Thursday June 8th (discounted tix)

There is a hot band from Australia called Urbanity playing at Ryles on June 8th. These guys are KILLER musicians, world renowned players and composers - true virtuosos.

I’ve put some reviews on Albere below. He's known for pioneering Acid Jazz in the early 90s and has remained a major force in the international jazz scene. Turcio’s less written about but is Grammy nominated and has done extensive work with Australian Idol, not to mention extensive writing credits (Olivia Newton John, K.D. Lang, Dave Weckl, etc.). They've known each other for decades but this is their newest project.

Meetup members get 25% off at the door, all they have to do is mention they're part of this group

here are some reviews:
"Melodic throughout, it atmospherically embraces the fusion and funk eras of the 60s and 70s with grace, intelligence, mellifluous sinuousness, and a raft of influences ranging from Martino to Szabo to Metheny to Akkerman to Jan Schaeffer. What really strikes my ears, though, are the compositions themselves and the quartet’s handling of them—not just the playing in and of itself but the amount of thought given to create an unflagging multi-leveled timbre”, - FAME

"Modern jazz guitar in the United States has become somewhat predictable. Only a handful of artists are venturing post the accepted norms as "the business" continues to point the way for players looking to have something more meaningful than a career playing some of the finer venues in New York. Albare comes to us via Australia but brings an exciting if not eclectic mix of Moroccan influences to the more mainstream lyrically oriented contemporary genre that is so prevalent in this country.” - NotJustJazz

“... the sound of Albare can best be linked to the classic Wes Montgomery meets George Benson riff pulled off with flair and precision. There is one.” - Critical Jazz