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Thumbscrew (trio) @ Alphabet City, North Side

  • Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa 15212 United States (map)

an evening of avant-garde jazz with Thumbscrew. Featured Musicians:  Mary Halvorson (guitar) Michael Formanek (bass) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) “The barrage of riffs are both epic and melodic, the low end beefy and the percussion massive.

TWO different shows on the 29th and 30th

June 29th:
Thumbscrew presents Ours
This concert will feature selections from original works developed here at City of Asylum and premiering for the first time

June 30th:
Thumbscrew presents Theirs
Thumbscrew plays a concert covering of much beloved jazz standards by venerable composers, from North American jazz legends Benny Golson and Wayne Shorter, to South American composers Julio De Caro (Argentina) and Jacob Do Bandolim (Brazil), to songwriter Evelyn Danzig and Dutch avant-gardist Misha