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Ben Holmes at Barbes

Courtesy of Benjamin Holmes | Posted on May 16, 2012

Where

Barbes
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Map
718-965-9177

When

Sun, May 27, 2012
7 PM

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Description: Returning to it's home base at Barbès, the Ben Holmes Quartet will play a set of original jazz music, inspired by things like Czech folklore, poor Amtrak service en route to Rhode Island, Jersey swimming holes, John Carpenter movies, portentous budget documents from right before the economic collapse, crime reports of the late 19th Century, déjà vu, love, death, taxes, and various other things that might not be apparent since the music is all instrumental. Featuring Ben Holmes (trumpet and compositions), Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) and Matt Pavolka (bass)....

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