?Burnt Sugar come on like a birthing machine for possibility. Never quite sure what they'll produce next - you'd be crazy to ignore them..." - Colin Buttimer, The BBC
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"It's electric Miles with soul, Maggot Brain with a PHD, the Hendrix Evans band of dreams, the underwater funk some hear in A.R. Kane." - Robert Christgau, The Village Voice
With invitations to perform from the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) for their TBA Festival closing night party on September 18th, and from Vancouver's Coastal Jazz and Blues Society for a date at the club Sonar on September 19th, BURNT SUGAR, with the help of Fred Gilbert of Earshot Jazz, has arranged for a show at Seattle's Lo_Fi Performance Gallery - http://www.lofiseattle.org - doors at 9pm, and the show starts at 10pm (21 & over - beer/wine/liquor/food avail.)
Burnt Sugar will be featuring 11 band members! - personnel below - and note: the following folks' performing/recording credits include well known artists such as Vernon Reid, Parliament/Funkadelic, The Roots, Bernie Worrell, Reggie Workman, Guru, Joey Ramone, William Parker, The Holmes Brothers, Norah Jones, John Medeski, Marc Ribot, Graham Haynes, Steven Bernstein & Sex Mob, Pete Cosey, Rasputina, Sheryl Crow, Yolanda Adams, Rufus Wainwright, Don Byron, Freedy Johnston, Sam Rivers, Matt Johnson & The The, George Michael, Gary Lucas, Wadada Leo Smith, Butch Morris, Nona Hendrix, Melvin Gibbs, and Chocolate Genius.
BURNT SUGAR - NORTHWEST TOUR PERSONNEL:
* Greg Tate: Musical Director / Conductor
* Rene Akan: Guitar
* Lewis "Flip" Barnes: Trumpet
* Jason DiMatteo: Acoustic Bass
* Julia Kent: Cello
* Bruce Mack: Synthesizer
* Qasim Naqvi: Percussion
* Jared Michael Nickerson: Electric Bass
* Mazz Swift: Violin
* Jeremiah Griffin: Vocalist
* Omega Moon: MC
BIO INFO FOR THE ABOVE FOLKS CAN BE FOUND VIA:
http://www.burntsugarindex.com/Home/Bio_Folks.htm