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Joe Krown Trio at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on June 15, 2012

Where

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227

When

Thu, June 21, 2012
7:30 PM

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Musicians

Joe Krown
keyboards
Walter Washington
guitar, electric

About

“A killer collaboration between three of New Orleans’ greatest players!” – Offbeat Magazine
Joe Krown, former keyboardist for Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, commands the Hammond B-3 in this groove-oriented trio, with fellow New Orleans luminaries Walter “Wolfman” Washington on guitar and vocals and drummer Russell Batiste, Jr. It's grits 'n' gravy funk in the tradition of the Meters, Booker T., and Jimmy McGriff as they groove on all shades of the blues. Washington's career stretches back to the '50s, working with R&B icons Lee Dorsey and Irma Thomas. Russell Bastiste, Jr. is one of the Crescent City's busiest drummers, having gigged with a range of performers from the Wild Magnolias to Allan Toussaint, and Vida Blue. Triple Threat is the Joe Krown Trio's most recent recording....

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