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Shock Exchange Reunites For A Holiday Jolt To "third Thursdays", W/bryant, Turner, Bowman, Garzone. at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church

Courtesy of Mary Curtin | Posted on December 10, 2022

Where

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church
1555 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge , MA
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Shock Exchange Reunites For A Holiday Jolt To

When

Thu, December 15, 2022
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Dave Bryant
keyboards
George Garzone
saxophone, tenor
John Turner
bass, acoustic

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“Third Thursdays” series continues with former Ornette Coleman collaborator Dave Bryant (host, keyboards), in a reunion of Bryant’s ‘80’s band Shock Exchange w/John Turner (bass) and Chris Bowman (drums), joined by George Garzone (saxophones).“Third Thursdays” series continues with former Ornette Coleman collaborator Dave Bryant (host, keyboards), in a reunion of Bryant’s ‘80’s band Shock Exchange w/John Turner (bass) and Chris Bowman (drums), joined by George Garzone (saxophones).

Shock Exchange. An avant-garde/jazz-rock band, formed back in the 80’s by keyboardist Bryant, bassist Turner, and drummer Bowman. On the debut of their self-titled album in 1988, the Boston Phoenix’s review declared “Shock Exchange may be the most original improvising band working locally,” adding “this trio, built around the keyboards of David Bryant, has actually captured the feeling of Ornette Coleman’s notoriously keyboardless harmolodic music.” As Coleman, who at the time was Bryant’s teacher/mentor, concluded in his copious liner notes for the band’s first album, each player’s objective was to always be the following: “David, John, Chris. To play your best. Not as a contest for success. But a goal for some happy souls.”...

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