Combine a top jazz sax player and a cutting-edge club DJ, stir in some soul from a N'awlins guitar monster and add a touch of blues.
You get USO; fresh jazz, fusion and funk like everything you love, and nothing you've ever heard. It's the music you've always loved, taken to a whole 'nother dimension.
In late 2007, three diverse musical souls connected. Inspired by artists like Massive Attack, Greyboy All Stars, Portishead, John Coltrane and Miles Davis, the Universal Soul Orchestra was born.
Based in Las Vegas, USO takes music from across the world... and pours it into a blender to create it's unique sound: an other-wordly mix of down-tempo dub, soul, funk, rock reggae, electronic, aboriginal and jazz. ...
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Combine a top jazz sax player and a cutting-edge club DJ, stir in some soul from a N'awlins guitar monster and add a touch of blues.
You get USO; fresh jazz, fusion and funk like everything you love, and nothing you've ever heard. It's the music you've always loved, taken to a whole 'nother dimension.
In late 2007, three diverse musical souls connected. Inspired by artists like Massive Attack, Greyboy All Stars, Portishead, John Coltrane and Miles Davis, the Universal Soul Orchestra was born.
Based in Las Vegas, USO takes music from across the world... and pours it into a blender to create it's unique sound: an other-wordly mix of down-tempo dub, soul, funk, rock reggae, electronic, aboriginal and jazz.
UNIVERSAL SOUL ORCHESTRA IS:
Bryan Rosenbaum: didgeridoo, keyboard, programming
Jon Celentano: saxophone, EWI, bass
Joe Messina: guitar.
The Frog is a cool cabaret like none other in Vegas. The place where top Vegas players break away from the Strip routine to create the music they really love.
FREAKIN' FROG
4700 S. Maryland Parkway
Across from UNLV
It's a whole new sound, in a whole new setting... a joint like no other.
Universal Soul Orchestra sounds like
An otherworldly blend of down-tempo, dub, house, soul, funk, reggae, electronic, tribal and jazz.
major influences
Carl Denson, Greyboy Allstars, Massive Attack, Portishead, Kenny Garrett, Miles Davis, Radiohead. Basically all kinds of music from all over the world.
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