CuZns (Bobby Bradford and William Roper) + Jeff ParkerWill GuthrieKelsey MinesThere is no duo in LA with as wide a range as CuZns (Bobby Bradford and William Roper.) They swing, they improvise, they actively involve the audience in discussions both political and quotidian. Their music rests at the vital center where time meets how and why. For the first time ever, they will be joined by Jeff Parker, a guitarist who has been mesmerizing me with unexpected tranquilities and rousing anthems since our shared time in the Chicago of the 90s.
Will Guthrie has velocity. His drumming makes me think of a steam engine: volcanic within, propulsion at heart, taking you for a ride. His first ever solo show in Los Angeles.
Kelsey Mines’ music instantly gives me that flutter of awe that makes me appreciate radical new voices that are committed to a personal sound. She pushes herself and it pulls you in. Also Mines’ first ever solo show in Los Angeles.
Jeff Parker is recognized as one of contemporary music’s most versatile and innovative electric guitarists and composers. With a prolific output characterized by musical ideas of angularity and logic, he works in a wide variety of mediums - from pop, rock and jazz to new music - using ideas informed by innovations and trends in both popular and experimental forms. He creates works that explore and exploit the contrary relationships between tradition and technology, improvisation and composition, and the familiar and the abstract.
