Just wanted to let all of the Philly and Hartford, Connecticut area folks
that the 10 piece acid-jazz art orchestra, ViperHouse will be performing
tonight and tommorrow in the respective cities.
Thursday May 22, 1997 Sam Adams BrewHouse Philadelphia 10pm. Dj Cosmic Cat
will be spinning in between sets.
Friday May 23, 1997 Bar With No Name - Hartford CT. 10pm.
Here is some viper info:
ViperHouse has shared stages with ensembles such as Groove Collective,
Liquid Soul, Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe, Skizm, and the Screaming
Headless Torsos.
The 10 piece ensemble is made up of trumpet, alto and bari saxes, trombone,
violin, hammond organ, guitar, bass drums, percussion and vocals.
The philosophy behind this unit is to put the acid into the acid-jazz (not
to mention the jazz). In the same way the Duke Ellington and Fletcher
Henderson were playing the sweet sounds over the groove stylings of their
day. . .ViperHouse moves to do the same thing, 90's style.
Although ViperHouse does mostly originals, they also cover a wide range of
artists including Sun Ra (A call for all demons), Charles Mingus
(Pithycanthropus Erectus), Duke Ellington (Virgin Jungle), Neil Young (For
the turnstyles), The Chilites (Stoned out of my mind), Bobby Hebb (Sunny).
This summer the band will be opening up for Jimmy Smith at the Discover
Jazz Fest, and will be perfroming at the JVC international Groove Fest in
Toronto, as well as at the Ottawa Jazz Fest. ViperHosue has been moving
steadily through the Musician Magazine best unsigned band contest.
ViperHouse is currently in the top 200.
see you at the show! :)
thanks a lot.
brian
p.s. if you wish to reply, please do so to: tobiasb@together.net