Red Planet With Bill Carrothers! at The Dunsmore Room

Internationally-acclaimed pianist Bill Carrothers joins guitarist Dean Magraw’s Twin Cities-based trio Red Planet for a masterful collaboration. This band dances between electrified romps and folk-tinged ballads, while Carrothers’ impressionistic piano weaves through the nooks and crannies of the music, spinning an elegant web of lyricism and texture. They showcase Carrothers’ sultry piano steeped in classical & progressive jazz, as well as the nimbleness of the quartet, full of lilt and levity, as they navigate a mix of originals and standards by the likes of John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk on their new CD which received 4 Stars in DownBeat...

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Internationally-acclaimed pianist Bill Carrothers joins guitarist Dean Magraw’s Twin Cities-based trio Red Planet for a masterful collaboration. This band dances between electrified romps and folk-tinged ballads, while Carrothers’ impressionistic piano weaves through the nooks and crannies of the music, spinning an elegant web of lyricism and texture. They showcase Carrothers’ sultry piano steeped in classical & progressive jazz, as well as the nimbleness of the quartet, full of lilt and levity, as they navigate a mix of originals and standards by the likes of John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk on their new CD which received 4 Stars in DownBeat. Carrothers feathery textures go nicely with the wave of effects Dean Magraw wrings from his guitar...bassist Chris Bates and drummer Jay Epstein spin the eruptions with aplomb and brilliance.

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