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what folks are sayin' about the left ear trio

SUNY Potsdam Raquette (2/6/2009)

The Left Ear trio play postmodern jazz, insofar that they clearly have no allegiance to any particular musical period or concept of what "jazz" is.

All three members were always conscious of the musical texture they were creating. The drummer often used a shaker, driving the songs with propulsive sixteenth notes, rather than a typical eighth note pattern on the hi-hat employed by most drummers.

The guitarist made ample use of ringing open strings and unresolved 7th chords, perfectly suiting the more open songs, while implementing the genre appropriate muted stings/wah-wah approach on the funkier songs.

The organist was especially amazing considering he had a broken collarbone. It was obvious that he had total control of his instrument, implementing organ stop changes and varying the speed of his rotating speaker, all while playing on two manuals and providing very funky syncopated bass with his feet. He was performing the jobs of two people and did it perfectly.

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Ben O' Brian Smith, Booking Manager for SUNY Potsdam (2/1/2009)

Left Ear Trio was the first band to perform in Hurley’s since the space was closed.  They did not disappoint.

The guys from the Left Ear Trio were very kind and quite humorous at times. They showed up right on time for load-in and we got all of their gear set up. It turns out that Andy had broken his collar bone only several days prior in a skiing accident but he wasn’t going to let that stop him from laying down some of the funkiest organ sounds that Hurley’s had ever heard.

We had about 100 people out for the show which is right around our maximum occupancy for a semi-seated/standing show. Everyone was really enjoying it and that made the night that much more fun for me. I consider a show a success when there are people filling the space and having a great time.

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