Events . Blues Machine at City of Asylum

Blues Machine at City of Asylum

Concert
City of Asylum 40 W North Ave Pittsburgh
All Ages

Thursday, 7p at City of Asylum!

For the first time ever as an official Trio, City of Asylum welcomes jazz musicians Mark Micchelli, Eli Namay, and Hugo Cruz, also known as Blues Machine. The group's name comes from a simple observation: economy affects musical practice. Blues Machine musically reflects on formal standardization of the blues, which happened as Black folk and country music practices became increasingly intertwined with development of recording technology and industrialization. In this situation, along with racialized genre classifications, underlying assumptions became cemented about how one should play a tune and about what the music should sound like. With economic necessity often being mistaken for aesthetic virtue. This trio takes articulation and redevelopment of these underlying assumptions as a starting point for arrangement and improvisation of well known and loved jazz tunes. Musical play is taken up in affirmation that the jazz and blues tradition has deeper roots than may sometimes appear.

Free tickets and livestream at:
https://cityofasylum.org/program/thursday-night-jazz-blues-machine/

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