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New Year’s Eve with
Hotel X
and
Rattlemouth
art6 Gallery will ring in the New Year with a
concert by local Afro-Groove ensemble, Hotel X, and a special debut
performance of the reformed group, Rattlemouth. “New Year’s Eve with Hotel
X” will be held on New Year’s Eve at art6 Gallery, located at 6 East Broad
Street in downtown Richmond. Doors open at 9:00pm; tickets are $15 and can
be purchased in advance at Plan 9 Records or at the door; a cash bar will be
available. For more information, call art6 Gallery at 804-343-1406, or go to
www.hotelxmusic.com.
Remember New Year’s past at the Flood Zone, dancing to the tribal sounds of
the Ululating Mummies? Begin a new tradition as Richmond’s Afro-Groove jazz
ensemble, Hotel X, kicks off 2005 at the acoustically perfect art6
Gallery , promising their unique danceable, ethnic-based jazz rhythms for a
new generation of dancers.
The 9-piece multicultural big
band, Hotel X, has been mining the wealth of music of Africa and Latin
America to create its own unique blend of jazz, influenced by the rhythms
and melodies of traditional music and contemporary composers of those
regions. Their music flows from the frenzied to the hypnotic. The band has
been recognized for continuing the traditions of African musical legend,
Fela Kuti, alongside the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Antibalas, and Brandford
Marsalis, in the biography, Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical
Icon.
Opening the evening is a special debut performance of the reformed
Rattlemouth, which grew out of the Ululating Mummies and Orthotonics in the
early 90’s, and which released two records on the influential Cuneiform
Records. The newly formed four-piece ensemble includes founders Danny Finney
on saxophone and Robbie Kinter on drums/percussion with the addition of new
members, George Lowe on guitar and Marc Langelier on bass.
Cuneiform Records describes Rattlemouth, “Their tunes are instantly
recognizable: unusual scales and modes in the melodies that are usually
handled by sax. The rhythm section keeps all of this activity firmly
grounded, with quick-witted bass work and a drummer who can find the groove
no matter what else is going on musically.”
www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/rattle.html.
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