Empirical
Maybe Empirical can rehabilitate the vibraphone in my affections, though interestingly, it’s not part of their usual line-up. I didn’t catch the name of the vibraphone player but he was really good. Otherwise the group consisted for this gig of alto sax, bass, and drums. They were doing almost entirely Eric Dolphy material in advance of recording their next CD. Of course, as a dabbler on the Nordic fringes of jazz, for the most part, I’d never heard of Dolphy, but apparently he used to play with Coltrane and Mingus. I liked Empirical – they were quite engaging, had a sense of humour in their playing and were clearly enjoying themselves performing for us.