Ombak has been taking a bit of a break over the summer but its members have been hard at work on some other projects. Trey has been making hits at Songwire Studios, Cameron’s been on the road with Fight the Big Bull and Ilad and Brian has been scheming on a return to regular gigs with his own groups.
I’m excited to announce the east coast tour for my newest group, Verbtim. Verbatim is a duo consisting of myself on trombone and Richmond drummer and www.rvajazz.com helmer Dean Christesen. We’ve been playing around Richmond for a few months and just recently cut an album in Fight the Big Bull guitarist/composer Matt White’s attic, AKA Spacebomb Studios. The album consists of all first takes, no overdubs, no splices and was mixed in one pass. We’ll be hitting the road in about a week to play some east-coast dates. Expect this to be one of the most heavily tweeted, blogged and facebooked avant-garde jazz duo tours of recent memory. Here are the dates. Check out the myspace for more info
Monday, August 10
Charlottesville, VA
12th Street Tap House
w/ Gerrit Rößler’s melamine
8pm, price TBA
1202 W. Main Street
(434) 202-0764
Tuesday, August 11
Richmond, VA
Ghost Print Gallery
W/ J.C. and Mike Kuhl
8pm, $5
220 W. Broad St.
(804) 344-1557
Wednesday, August 12
Washington, DC
Bossa Bistro & Lounge
w/ High Life
7pm, $7
2463 18th St. NW
(202) 667-0088
Friday, August 14
Brooklyn, NY
Snow’s Basement
w/ Sweet Banditry, Aaron Ali Shaikh, & Adam Caine Trio
8pm, price TBA
796 Grand St. #1
Sunday, August 16
Philadelphia, PA
Gojjo
w/ Sonic Liberation Front & Mike Lorenz Quartet
8pm
4540 Baltimore Ave.
(215) 386-1444
Tuesday, August 18
Richmond, VA
The Camel
w/ R2Dtoo and Gull
8pm, $5
1621 W. Broad St.
(804) 353-4901
