Artist: evelyn charlotte-joe + Friends
Song: Rock Paper Scissors
Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #69), July 5, 2022.
evelyn charlotte-joe + Friends - Rock Paper Scissors
With musicians and audience gathering together in Wenona's basement for the first time since March 2020, this was not precisely like old times, mostly because as a safety precauution we kept the room from getting too crowded and not all the peeps that could have been there were sitting in the room. But it's a start, and a reminder that there's something magical about being in a cozy space and hearing people trying out new sounds.
So what do you do when you have a bunch a friends that you know, but who don't know each other? While passing through town, evelyn charlotte-joe (formerly of Hamilton, currently Montréal-based) decided to decompartmentalize by gathering folks from different musical silos into one improvising group. To get folks on the same page, crowdsourced decisions were solicited and games were played to provide structure (this one decided the starting players through a round of RPS, for example) and quickly the players found new connections with each other. The players here were evelyn charlotte-joe on piano and suggestive direction, Cliff Rutherford the 4th on drums, Shanika Maria and Patrice Rose on vocals, and Naomi McCaroll-Butler on woodwinds.
To try and make up for the limited realtime access, I'm going to keep documenting TCB's performances on video, so you can check out the vibe on youtube:
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