Thu 2/23 @ 8PM
How can you resist checking out a band with the name Mostly Other People Do the Killing? Led by bassist Moppa Elliott, the New York-based jazz group, which describes itself as a “Terrorist Be-Bop Uber-Jass Ensemble,” has had a series of morphing configurations in its 14 years, sucking up a lot of different influences along the way. But as the name suggests, this is a band that wants music making to be fun and irreverent.
“I like my jazz with some dirt on it, sometimes a lot of dirt,” says Elliott, who says that his music “both blatantly mocks and reveres the jazz tradition.”
The group recently released its ninth studio album Loafer’s Hollow, with eight pieces by Elliott based on works by some of his favorite writers. Although the full band is a septet, it’s currently touring in a stripped-down form with members Ron Stabinsky on piano and Kevin Shea on drums.
They’ll be playing at the BOP STOP. Admission is $12.
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