8PM
We're hosting Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen for the first time, with opener Crispin Schroeder! Friday, November 4th, 2022, starting at 8 pm in The Ballroom. Buy your tickets now here.
About Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album in 2015
#1 OffBeat Magazine The 50 Best Albums Of 2015
Best Songwriter and Best Piano/Keyboardist OffBeat Magazine Awards for 2019
Today, Cleary’s work pays obvious homage to the classic Crescent City keyboard repertoire created by such icons as Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Dr. John, and James Booker – while also using it as a launching pad for a style that incorporates such other diverse influences as ’70s soul and R&B, gospel music, funk, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Cuban rhythms, and much more. Deciding to stay in New Orleans, Cleary recorded his first album of nine, to date, in 1989. His ever-elevating profile led to global touring work in the bands of Taj Mahal, John Scofield, Dr. John, and Bonnie Raitt. Cleary has led his own group, the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, for over two decades now, but he still collaborates frequently with these old friends. At the 2018 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, for instance, Cleary performed alongside Raitt in a heartfelt tribute to Fats Domino.
Learn more here.
Learn more about Crispin Schroeder here.
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