You wouldn’t seek out food that was bad for you. You wouldn’t buy a bed that gave you back pain, or a car whose brakes were unreliable.
So why settle for anything less than the most creative improvising?
I’ve heard from certain sources that other groups are trying to pass themselves off as “just as good” as The EarRegulars.
Accept no imitations. Don’t be fooled by faux-Swing and counterfeit Hot.
Unfortunately, you can’t turn each member of the EarRegulars upside down to see the label (it’s not feasible nor is it polite) but be sure you are listening to the real thing.
What follows is the real thing — tasty, ebullient, fresh, pesticide-free and created lovingly on Sunday, March 11, 2012 — by Matt Munisteri, guitar; Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet; John Allred, trombone; Pat O’Leary, string bass. Four inspired conversationalists who never run out of good things to tell us and each other.
Here are four lively inventions by four stars, their lines looping and bouncing off each other, four individualists improvising at top speed, creating joy where there was only a Sunday night before.
They began with Gershwin-amused-exultation, ‘S’WONDERFUL:
Then astonished joy turned (at least in the title) to a kind of intellectual surprise with I NEVER KNEW:
And the lover’s plaint — HOW COME YOU DO ME LIKE YOU DO (DO DO)? Later, I commented to Jon-Erik that these three songs could be taken to chart the decline of a once-happy relationship, and he laughed.
Finally, THREE LITTLE WORDS:
What are those THREE LITTLE WORDS? The song lyrics say “Eight little letters that simply mean ‘I love you,'” and I am wholly in favor of declarations of love . . . but I also think the THREE LITTLE WORDS might be
THE EAR INN.
GET HERE SUNDAYS.
ENJOY THE EarRegulars.
326 Spring Street, Soho, New York City — from about 8 to somewhere around 11 every Sunday night until you hear otherwise!