James Hill presents LOCAL TALENT (album release)
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Doors at 9 p.m., Show at 9:30 p.m.
$10 in advance, $15 at the door. Advance sales close 30 minutes before doors.
LOCAL TALENT combines 3 of Canada’s most eminent instrumentalists performing together on record for the first time. The group is lead by composer and keyboardist James Hill, a rising star of the Toronto scene, known best for his work with international jazz and hip hop sensations BADBADNOTGOOD and Autobahn Trio.
Accompanying him are electric bassist Rich Brown (Rinse The Algorithm, Dapp Theory, Steve Lehman, Rudresh Mahanthappa) and drummer Ian Wright (one of Hill’s Autobahn trio bandmates, and one of his earliest collaborators.) Aesthetically, Hill's ensemble is grounded in the improvisational realm of jazz music, though sonically, their reach is expansive, with elements that bring to mind ambient music, Classical, Brazilian pop, and fusion.
