I don’t normally do jazz–or Wednesday night concerts, for that matter. But a musically-inclined friend who once played for me the jazz version of Pharrell’s Frontin’ and absolutely blew my mind organized a group to hit up Elephant Room tonight for this show, so how can I say no? After a stop at La Condesa and drinks at Ranch 616 (busy night!), I’ll be popping in to Elephant Room for a little, er, um, big jazz show. 9:30pm.
From http://www.monsterbigband.com:
The Monster Big Band is a collection of the finest jazz and commercial musicians from the Austin area. Members of the local area bands Mingo Fishtrap, Los Jazz Vatos, The Lucky Strikes, The Atlantics, Duck Soup, Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes, The Stingers, and The Scabs come together to play hard driving swing with an attitude. Sit back, strap in, and enjoy the wall of sound that is the Monster Big Band !!!
Come feel the 500 horsepower, fully blown, Big Band Fury !!!! But “Don’t be afraid of “The Monster””.
This is three venues I’ve never been to (ok, well La Condesa isn’t even open yet), so tomorrow should hold a lively report!