Everyone likes jazz, really. Same with reggae; you just need to be made the right mixtape. So celebrate the continuing good work of the Jazz At Dempseys crew by seeing a band who wrestle dementedly with the genre, twisting it free of constraints and smuggling in all kinds of fiery rock weirdness. 2009’s Mercury nod got Led Bib their biggest dose of notoriety, but they’re on to album number five now, and live sees them cranking out the attack volume, twin saxes sparring with hefty and varied drumkit bashing. Like Beyonce, or a constipated mathmetician, they will work it out. And it will do you good, heathen populace.
Energetic, inventive, original and fun-loving band LED BIB return to Jazz@Dempsey’s to promote their new album “BRING YOUR OWN”.
One of the TOP new(ish) bands around.
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Relentlessly dodging definition, Led Bib are both a maverick jazz band and an unlikely rock quintet. Taking their name from a protective garment used on patients during dental treatment, this Walthamstow based five-piece of twenty-somethings pride themselves on side- stepping convention, with incendiary results. The friends, who can usually be found in one another’s homes drinking tea and discussing the merits of biscuit types, have together torn apart the jazz world with their avant-jazz-euphoric-rock explosions of improvisation. And whilst fun may not be something which often comes to mind in relation to jazz, it’s the addition of this playfulness that has over years seen Led Bib throw out any jazz preconceptions and entice a whole new army of supporters to the genre. Combining the energy and passion of a rock outfit with the technical ability of trained jazz musicians their effect is exhilarating.
The group, formed in 2003 by drummer/composer Mark Holub established its current line up around seven years ago. Since then they have rocketed into the public consciousness within a swirl of critical acclaim, high profile shows, many TV and radio appearances, awards and a growing audience base, won over by their electric live sets – the sonic equivalent of a volcanic eruption backed by a fire storm.
