Paul Ansotegui: drums; Bryan Appel: guitar; Steven Bak: keys; Matt Crampton: trumpet, vocals Kevin Marcotte: bass
Influences
The usual jazz stuff: Miles and Trane, Monk, Art Blakey and all of their various amazing sidemen. Of particular note are Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin (especially Mahavishnu Orchestra), and John Scofield. We're also influenced by modern popular styles, and we incorporate rock, pop, funk, and hip hop sounds with jazz.
Sounds Like
Stumptown soul: While the members of Portland five-piece 7 Year Tango may work day jobs to make ends meet, at night their energy output seems unfazed, judging by the mood at a recent show. Though this recent performance found the group missing a member, the crowd clearly did not feel cheated, cheering liberally for 7 Year Tango's funky jazz. Bringing to mind the Greyboy Allstars, the group can veer into the funk camp one minute, improvisational jazz the next. --Oregonean A&E
7YT is funky like the Meters but opens up to the possiblities in a jam. --the Goodfoot
Seven Year Tango is a four piece band from Portland, Oregon that plays funky, soulful jazz-rock originals in a style that integrates the syncopated New Orleans sounds of the Meters with the improvisational approach of the 1970s electric Miles Davis.
Hi,<br /><br />We're playing a great show with Eggplant and the Joe McMurrian Quartet (now Woodbrain) next week. It's a super solid evening of music. Hope to see you there! ~~C<br /><br />Thursday, April 9th : 9 pm : 21+ : $4<br /><br />Kelly's Olympian<br />426 SW Washington St<br />Portland, OR 97204<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Eggplant<br />http://www.myspace.com/eggplantpdx <br /><br />Joe McMurrian Quartet (a.k.a. Woodbrain)<br />http://www.myspace.com/joemcmurrian<br />http://www.myspace.com/woodbrain<br /><br />Pan and The Goddamns<br />http://www.myspace.com/panandthegoddamns
We have 2 great shows coming up. Hope you can make it out! ~~Thanks. C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, Feb. 6th - FREE! The Twilight Room - 5242 N. Lombard 3 Full sets of Pan-ian goodness! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, Feb. 13th - FREE! The Kenton Club - 2025 N Kilpatrick St. with Lucky Tigers and Right On John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're playing an EARLY show this FRIDAY @ The Know with Bumtech and No Go Know! We plan to start @ 8pm so be there on time! The Know is at: 2026 NE Alberta in Portland. Hope to see you there! ~~C
NW Fall Tour Dates for Oregon
11/21 Portland, Or / Jimmy Maks / 8pm
11/22 Eugene, Or / Jo Federigos / 9pm
11/23 Talent, Or / Avalon / 8pm
This will be DVB's last run through Oregon for the year and we would love nothing more than to see you at a show. The tour is hot on the heels of a week in NYC that saw us push our new ideas about music to some great new heights. Needless to say we are eager to share. Thanks for being a supporter of whacked progressive instrumental sounds.
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Hey Friends, it's me, Flowmotion & the Summer Meltdown Festival.
Just wanted to remind our friends in Seattle that we're about three weeks or so away from starting and tickets are about to go up in price on July 23rd. Now is the time to get your tickets if you're planning to go. This is going to be one of the best years yet, 30+ bands on three stages, camping on 40 acres along the river and epic views of glacier capped Whitehorse Mountain. Please tell all your friends and spread the word about the tickets going up next week. Visit the official site at www.summermeltdown.com
DVB will be in Portland this upcoming Tue April 15 performing live at the Doug Fir Lounge opening up for our good friends Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. The night promises to be an excellent one as we are excited to debut new material and JFJO has the release of a new record. Hope to see you out!
