A performance by the George Maurer Group is always so much fun. That’s why Monday night will be their 21st holiday show in a row at the Dakota.
What’s the Maurer magic? A mix of wit, sophistication, humor and keeping it fresh. Musical knowledge both deep and wide. And Maurer’s personal commitment “to be innovative always.” A pianist, composer, arranger, producer, restless seeker and serious biker – come February, he’ll be pedaling across Patagonia – Maurer has said, “I’m not just contained to one style of music. I’m not contained to one way of being an artist.”
And he’s not contained to one country. His current projects include working with a Greek theater company in Cyprus, an indie Russian filmmaker, and musicians in Berlin and Mexico City. Plus he’s starting a song cycle based in part on Will Steger’s journals from the Antarctic and the North Pole.
With Monday’s show coming up, we talked about that.
Monday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. (SOLD OUT)
When the Bad Plus announced in May 2017 that pianist Ethan Iverson would leave the band at year end and pianist Orrin Evans would step in, a lot of people wondered how that would work.
The Bad Plus had been the same three people since late December 2000, when they played their first gig at the old Dakota in Bandana Square. For thousands of shows, the band was always Reid Anderson on bass, Iverson on piano and Dave King on drums, with only the rare guest and never a sub.
From the start, the band had its own sound. Would it change with Evans on the bench?
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