Though a move to a new venue – the Fourth Street basement space Sellers – following the pandemic may have impacted attendance this year, the gig still attracted a healthy number of eager fans ready to absorb the latest sounds from one of the most excitingly diverse and inspiringly multicultural music scenes on the planet.
Jazz re:freshed saved the most high-energy act for last. Though Colectiva endured a dying keyboard, stretching their set up time well into the second-to-last hour, the Latin jazz quintet imbued their groove-loving dance tunes with as much energy as all of the other acts combined. Frustration quickly transformed into joy as band and audience shook their groove-things to the turbocharged rhythms without overlooking Colectiva’s level of harmonic sophistication.
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