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Robert Hurst & Black Current Jam at Blue LLama Jazz Club
Courtesy of denis naranjo | Posted on March 14, 2022
When
Thu, March 24, 2022
7:00 pm
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With a return Blue Llama Club show (three 45-min sets) Detroit bassist Robert Hurst appears perpetually in a groove and clothed in distinct momentum. Spring is here and it’s time for an auspicious debut of his new Motor City quartet.
Hurst thrives as a dimensional personality (artist, soloist, composer, arranger, educator) channeling the power of music to make change. His stark value derives from an ability to craft a rave repertoire that remains unfixed from jazz’s most delicate songbook conventions. Accentuating humanity and the cultural specificity of jazz, he aspires to bring people together through his art in live settings. Thoughtful, creative, evocative, and intensely personal, he produces compositions and arrangements proudly steeped in the jazz tradition yet drawing liberally and often from the African Diaspora....