Shark Buffalo w/ The Absent Wilson Conspiracy

Tuesday, July 14 // Doors at 7:00 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $12 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter Fast Get Away: an evening journey through contemporary jazz compositions and improvisation with Shark Buffalo and the Absent Wilson Conspiracy. (Painting by Paula Wittner) paulawittner.com/ Two bands, a handful of original compositions, and boundless possibilities. The Absent Wilson Conspiracy explores acoustic and electric jazz through spacious original compositions and contemporary standards. Drawn by a deep love of the collective improvisation at the heart of jazz, the ‘conspirators share a belief that the essence of a song is the shape of the story- its journey through emotion and sound. While each tune is written in the notes on the page, each journey is entirely its own, moving through the spaces between the notes and beyond. Who the hell is Shark Buffalo, that mysterious übergroup from a long-forgotten Missoula music scene of yore? More importantly, what the hell IS a shark buffalo? Do you picture a buffalo’s body with a shark’s head, like some kind of aquatic centaur? Or do you prefer to envision an elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton fused with the head and torso of a bearded bovinae? I digress. Shark Buffalo is comprised of a holy musical trinity: Keys, Drums, and Trumpet, with Cove Jasmin, Emmet Ore, and Nathan Crawford.