Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Watch and wind

If you were tired of all that singing business, or really like saxophones (or both!) Pressed was the place to be  on Friday as St. John's Ouroboros returned for a show with tourmates The Night Watch. The quintet features four horn players and a drummer, and like to mix their Balkan jazz with a steady dose of world music. Here's saxophonists Greg and Susan and drummer Andrew!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Nicole and Chris round out the combo!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Andrew hits!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Woodwind action!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Extra Greg!

Ouroboros at Pressed

More Nicole and Chris!

Ouroboros at Pressed

More Susan!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Baritone action!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Extra Andrew!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Saxophone action!

Ouroboros at Pressed

Even more saxophone!

Ouroboros at Pressed

The whole lot!

Ouroboros at Pressed

And also a bit of clarinet.

Ouroboros at Pressed

On to The Night Watch; I caught them just last month at Pressed for their CD reveal. The lighting for that show was pretty bad, and I didn't do much shooting; it was a little better this time around. Here's Nathanael on guitar (also from Musk Ox).

The Night Watch at Pressed

Violin action with occasional Ox Evan!

The Night Watch at Pressed

Rythm section action with Daniel and Matt!

The Night Watch at Pressed

More guitar!

The Night Watch at Pressed

Extra Matt!

The Night Watch at Pressed

More Daniel!

The Night Watch at Pressed

Extra Evan!

The Night Watch at Pressed

Even more Nathanael!

The Night Watch at Pressed

Since the stage wasn't crowded enough, the folks from Ouroboros came up to add some horns and percussion.

The Night Watch and Ouroboros at Pressed

Side view action!

The Night Watch and Ouroboros at Pressed

And so on!

The Night Watch and Ouroboros at Pressed

A really jumping show.

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