bradm Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I'm thinking about dropping by Babylon tonight to see what Soul Jazz Orchestra is doing for their regular Thursday show. Is anybody else interested?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I predict you will have a great time. I cannot make it tonight (early morning at work due to the long drive to Guelph in the afternoon for Hillside), but I urge everyone else to go and boogie!!ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Interested? Yes... Will be able to make the 444km Trip? No... Have fun! ~W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I just paid a couple of bills over the phone, and as I finished the first one, the automated voice read, "You have completed payment. Your reference number is...zero...four...two...zero. Please write down this number. That number again..."(Back when they used three-digit reference numbers, I actually got "six...six...six..." once.)I take this as a sign, so I'm 90% sure I'll be out tonight.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 cover? Unknown to your humble scribe. IIRC, it was $5 for Raggamuffin, so I'd assume it to be the same for its replacement.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 These guys are awesome.. I hope to see back in Toronto sometime soon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 These guys are awesome.. I hope to see back in Toronto sometime soon!! I TOLD YOU SO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Cover is $5, and it's worth every penny. SJO (keys, drums, tenor sax, alto sax) is an amazingly good band. They have a strong jazz influence (to the point of covering John Coltrane's "Countdown", and in having longer melodic lines that almost sound like bebop), incredible chops (esp. the keyboard player, who also fills in the bass notes), mix up the styles really well (including latin and afro-beat, as well as straight funk, and even MMW-ish stuff), and they laid down a serious party last night.They're doing three sets every Thursday, and the first one started about 11pm. I left after the second, which ended about 1am. The crowd was actually pretty big, but I'm guessing some of it was spill-over from Barrymore's, which has a "Retro '90s" night on Thursdays, with the line-up on the sidewalk being about 50 people deep, even when I left.I'll be back next week. I'm now officially bummed out my paths never crossed the band's before, but glad I've found them.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Any Raggamuffin leftovers floating about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 I couldn't really tell, as I hadn't been to a Muffin in a long time. The crowd seemed pretty young, and there were even a couple of (female) break-dancers in action at several points during the show (and between sets, when D-Mass, the Thursday DJ*, was laying down some seriously funky stuff).Aloha,Brad* And member of the band I'm in, Inglewood Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Cover is $5, and it's worth every penny. SJO (keys, drums, tenor sax, alto sax) is an amazingly good band. They have a strong jazz influence (to the point of covering John Coltrane's "Countdown", and in having longer melodic lines that almost sound like bebop), incredible chops (esp. the keyboard player, who also fills in the bass notes), mix up the styles really well (including latin and afro-beat, as well as straight funk, and even MMW-ish stuff), and they laid down a serious party last night.They're doing three sets every Thursday, and the first one started about 11pm. I left after the second, which ended about 1am. The crowd was actually pretty big, but I'm guessing some of it was spill-over from Barrymore's, which has a "Retro '90s" night on Thursdays, with the line-up on the sidewalk being about 50 people deep, even when I left. I'll be back next week. I'm now officially bummed out my paths never crossed the band's before, but glad I've found them. Aloha, Brad Excellent, I'm glad you liked them. Now I can stop hyping them because people will go now that you've said something. They are definitely all that and a plate of BBQ. AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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