This performance will run approximately 75 minutes.
OCT 31 | Cobb Great Hall
Derrick Elliott
bass
Reuben Gingrich
drums
This performance will run approximately 75 minutes.
BRISKET BLISS | $7 Brisket Burnt Ends and Smothered Cornbread with Roasted Tomatoes, Caramelized Onions and a BBQ Duet
SKEWERED SENSATION | $7 Chicken Skewers with a Honey Garlic Glaze, Pineapple Salsa and Spiced Chopped Slaw (GF)
POPCORN RICE REVIVAL | $7 Wild Mushroom Etoufee with Popcorn Rice and Scallions (GF / VG)
HAM AND CHEDDAR HARMONY | $7 Charcuterie Board: Country Ham, Sharp Cheddar, Pickled Asparagus with Peach Preserve and Glazed Pecans
Bundle 4 choices for $22
COBBLER DREAMS | $7 Peach Cobbler topped with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
SONGSMITH | $12 Whiskey, Fresh Citrus, Blood Orange Ginger Beer
Pianist, composer and vocalist Cameron Graves calls the music he’s architected for his new Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group release thrash-jazz, though that only begins to tell the story. Yes, upon an initial listen, the juggernaut metal force and hardcore precision of Seven can knock you back. After all, Graves grew up in metal-rich Los Angeles, headbanging to Living Colour as a kid and, after immersing himself in jazz and classical studies for years, reigniting his love for hard rock.
But listen closer to Seven, Graves’ follow-up to 2017’s Planetary Prince (which Pitchfork called a “rousing debut”). “Los Angeles is a melting pot of everything,” Graves points out. His father, Carl Graves, was a great soul singer, and you can hear his imprint along with the likes of Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding, on “Eternal Paradise,” which marks the younger Graves’ vocal debut. Throughout the album, the generation of 1970s jazzrock fusion pioneers is a source of inspiration. “… Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock—these guys sat with us and told us, ‘Look, man, you’ve got to carry this on.”