2 shows: 8 & 9 pm
$10 donation
-Dennis Warren - Joe Giardullo Duo
-Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble
Dennis Warren - Joe Giardullo Duo:
Dennis Warren – percussion
Joe Giardullo – sax, flute
Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble:
Joe Giardullo - soprano sax
Hilary Nobel - tenor sax/flute
Chris Florio - electric guitar
Jonathan Lamaster - violin
Albey Balgochian - bass,
Jose Arroyo - congas/percussion
Dennis Warren - drums/timbales
This goes much further/deeper than just a jam session, however… think Mahavishnu, then perhaps Weather Report, maybe even Sharrock; or any other group with opera length jazz fusion laced with heavy percussion… Improvijazzation Nation, Issue #57 Dick Metcalf ..
The drummer Dennis Warren is a disciple of Milford Graves and has studied with Cecil Taylor. His FMRJE, begun in 1989 has included jazz luminaries Raphe Malik, and Glenn Spearman. The current lineup like all others features an additional percussionist with conga player Jose Arroyo. The rhythm concentrated music is constantly propelling forward. Driving the powerful engine of Warren’s drumming. This is the music born out of the electric Miles Filmore and Agharta years, is the original jamband concept.- All About Jazz CD Review by Marc Corroto
Drummer Dennis Warren has been a steady presence on the Boston jazz scene for several years now, providing the lifepulse for his own Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble and innumerable other projects. For his first FMRJE recordings in over four years, Warren premieres a new version of his long-standing unit that includes a host of new faces to the improvised music world. While longtime fans of the FMRJE might be tempted to lament the absence of heavy-hitters like trumpeter Raphé Malik and guitarist Tor Snyder, the recorded debut of this new band shows a reinvigorated Warren leading his young troops into the improvised jungles for which they’ve always been renowned. More than ever before, the FMRJE has incorporated the free-funk ideologies of Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman’s working bands of the 1970s. …Warren and company come off as not being able to choose between freedom and groove, there’s no reason they should have to. While they may have moved on from the more strict jazz trappings of their earlier work, the FMRJE is extending the tradition of some of the most exciting, genre-bending bands in the music’s history. More FMRJE Reviews/History/Interviews/Video/Music are at http://www.fmrje.com. - One Final Note review by Scott Hreha
Production: Dennis Warren – dennis@fmrje.com