Pianist Virginia Tichenor (casually fierce) and plectral shaman Craig Ventresco offer meditations on Joe Oliver’s RIVERSIDE BLUES (composed by Thomas A. Dorsey) — which contains blues and hymns superimposed. (MABEL’S DREAM has a similarly-shaped Trio section, in mood if not in chords — perhaps both of those multi-strain compositions owe much to brass-band march music.)
Silverware and dishes crash; someone in the audience unwisely attempts to whistle the melody. But none of this deters Virginia and Craig from their intense, holy, funky pursuits. Frank Melrose approves. Thanks once more to SFRae Ann and her magic camera!
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