{"id":10803,"date":"2016-05-17T05:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=10803"},"modified":"2016-05-13T10:22:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:22:25","slug":"the-new-mastersounds-schedule-residency-at-brooklyn-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/17\/the-new-mastersounds-schedule-residency-at-brooklyn-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Mastersounds Schedule Residency at Brooklyn Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dynamic funk\/jazz fusion quartet <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?s=mastersounds\"><strong>The New Mastersounds<\/strong><\/a> recently came to Brooklyn Bowl for a three-day, four-show residency April 14-16.<\/p>\n<p>The group, founded in 1999 in Leeds, England, has been doing an extended series of shows in Brooklyn annually for awhile now, says guitarist <strong>Eddie Roberts<\/strong>. \u201cWe&#8217;ve been playing at the Brooklyn Bowl for years. We started out doing one night, expanded it to two nights, then to three nights, and then we threw in the kids&#8217; show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10804\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/new_mastersounds_bk.jpg\" alt=\"new_mastersounds_bk\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/new_mastersounds_bk.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/new_mastersounds_bk-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the band is known for its marathon late-night sets, the matinee performance (Saturday, April 16) gives a chance for a whole new audience to experience the band live. The daytime show is especially popular with \u201ca lot of our older fans who now have kids,\u201d says Roberts. \u201cIt&#8217;s kinda cool; a lot of people come for all four shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New Mastersounds generally find a packed room when they take the stage. But not always, laughs Roberts. \u201cWe had a problem one time. We played a Thursday, and it was Hannukah. There were about twenty people there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the years and across more than a dozen albums, the group has expanded, contracted to its core quartet, and featured many guest artists. \u201cOur second album [2003&#8217;s <i>Be Yourself<\/i>] was a four-piece, with one guest singer: <strong>Corinne Bailey Rae<\/strong>, before she was famous.\u201d The group&#8217;s latest release,<i> Made for Pleasure<\/i>, features guest vocalist <strong>Charly Lowry<\/strong>. \u201cI met her through <strong>Everyone Orchestra<\/strong> on a run down in the Carolinas,\u201d says Roberts. \u201cThese things are pretty organic, [involving] people you meet on the road, and people you just want to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the quartet&#8217;s sound is rooted in jazz, soul and funk, they&#8217;re popular on the jam-band circuit. \u201cEspecially for me, as I&#8217;m from a jazz background, the improvisational side of things is there in our music,\u201d Roberts says. \u201cCombine that with funky grooves that people like dancing to; I think that&#8217;s why they like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>An edited version of this feature appeared in<\/em> Brooklyn Paper.<em> Check back soon for a review of their latest, the vinyl-only release,<\/em> The Nashville Session &#8212; bk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dynamic funk\/jazz fusion quartet The New Mastersounds recently came to Brooklyn Bowl for a three-day, four-show residency April 14-16. 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