Welcome to the new normal. Due to the resurgence of the delta variant, the short lived ability to see indoor live music maskless appears to be over temporarily. Marbin is a jazz fusion quartet from Chicago. The frontmen, saxes and guitar, are originally from Israel. Rounded out with drums and bass, they pounded out virtuosic instrumental jams The guitar player asked if we knew about “story time”. He related that instrumental music is not confined by lyric association for song titles, Marbin’s song titles come usually from bad experiences on the road. “Dirty Horse” came from an ill-fated residency at Laconia’s Bike Week that involved a biker clown and some townie hanky panky. “Sid Yiddish” paid homage to an elderly percussionist who auditioned for the band, his instrument of choice was an electric toothbrush. The guitar player was excellent and I heard strains of McLaughlin, Van Halen, and Buckethead. The sax man played a variety of saxes, but spent most of his time on a mini, not a soprano. Marbin is highly original and seem to have a niche audience, which seems fine by them
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