Halloween with Henry Hung's Klaxon Mutant All-Stars
Henry Hung, trumpet and EFX
Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone and EFX
Colin Hogan, keyboards
Eric Garland, drums
Jonathon Herrera, bass
Trick or treat! Celebrate Halloween with Henry Hung’s Klaxon Mutant All-Stars, an all-star Bay Area ensemble that conjures up 1980s nostalgia with a genre-defying jazz-meets-electronica twist. Come in costume as a “Klaxon Mutant”—whatever that means to you—to win a prize, and candy!
“[The Klaxons] represent the voracious appetite of the Bay Area jazz scene, where any and all sounds are fair game for sonic repurposing.” — East Bay Express
The music of the Klaxon Mutant All-Stars is the product of a new generation of eclectic jazz musicians living in a technology-obsessed, genre-twisting, multi-cultural world. The group brings together Grammy award-winning trumpeter Henry Hung (Stanley Clarke, Jimmy Cobb, Poncho Sanchez, Pacific Mambo Orchestra), saxophonist
Kasey Knudsen (Charlie Hunter, Fred Frith), drummer Eric Garland (Will Bernard, Mads Tolling), keyboardist Colin Hogan (Peter Erskine, Too $hort, Mads Tolling), and bassist Jonathan Herrera (Stanley Jordan, Zigaboo Modeliste, Cathedrals), making their triumphant return to planet earth with a brand-new release, The Gr8tst Hits, Vol. 1.
The Gr8tst Hits, Vol. 1 takes an 80s cover album and flips it upside down and backwards, bringing nostalgic hits with experimental twists to the Jazzschool for a spellbinding Halloween treat. Come in costume and keep an ear out for a familiar lick – we suspect the Klaxons originated these tunes long before earthlings like Tears for Fears, Phil Collins, George Michael, and Stevie Wonder recorded their own distantly-related renditons…
https://concerts.jazzschool.org/halloween-with-henry-hungs-klaxon-mutant-all-stars/
Cost: $15/$25