Brian Krock's LIDDLE 5/31/19 Firehouse 12

Final event of the Firehouse spring set had Krock on sax and clarinet, Olli Hirvonen on guitar, Marty Kenney on bass, and Nathan Ellman-Bell on drums.  A full sound with Krock's explorations out front. It was amazing to see the other three move from traditional jazz backing to a churning prog-metal canvas to accept the sax and clarinet work. Hirvonen was great and would be interested to see him in other contexts. The clarinet veered from snake-charmer to bandsaw mode. A couple tunes had titles based on James Joyce references, and Krock told a story about meeting modern classical composer Elliot Carter at his 103rd birthday party. Krock gave a shout out for his other band, Big Heart Machine which alleges to be some sort of prog-metal big band.