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Joe McPhee and The Thing at Nameless Sound Series at Studio 101 At Spring Street Studios
Courtesy of Nameless Sound | Posted on June 4, 2012
Where
Studio 101 At Spring Street Studios
Nameless Sound Series
1824 Spring Street
Houston, TX
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When
Sat, June 16, 2012
8:00 am
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Nameless Sound closes its spring concert season with a visit from one of our perennial favorites, The Thing with Joe McPhee.
The Thing burn with the fire, spirit, and inspiration of the hottest free jazz, streamlined with the razor-sharp blade of the fiercest hard rock. With acoustic jazz instrumentation, the three young Scandinavians stir up a rallying wail that can blow out any stack of amplifiers. The repertoire is a combination of ‘60s era new-jazz (Don Cherry, James Blood Ulmer) and transformations of hard rock throw-downs (PJ Harvey, White Stripes, Sonics). Their latest CD, The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound) is a collaboration with the vocalist Nenah Cherry, Don's daughter. This is no watered down jazz-rock. The Thing take the most uncompromising aspects of both genres … and turn up the heat....