Revolutionary Snake Ensemble

The November Dot Jazz show features Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble!  For this appearance, the RSE will be:

Ken Field - saxophones
Jerry Sabatini - trumpet
Dave Harris - trombone & tuba
Blake Newman - bass
Phil Neighbors - drums

The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a funk/street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of original and traditional music. Labeled “explosive” by the Boston Globe.

Leader Ken Field is a saxophonist/composer/improviser/one of Boston’s most dedicated and versatile musicians. Since 1988, he has been a member of Birdsongs Of the Mesozoic, a New Music/ chamber rock ensemble that began as a spinoff from the legendary Mission of Burma. The story of the RSE began Field assembled an improvisational horn and percussion group in 1990 to entertain at a pagan women’s ritual celebration. Field decided to continue the project, conceiving it initially as an improvisational group rooted in Boston’s free jazz/improv scene.

NYC Jazz Record writes that “Revolutionary Snake Ensemble has been putting its unique and somewhat twisted twist on the New Orleans brass band tradition for more than 25 years…hard-partying avant-funk, with boisterous soloing."

KBCS Seattle Public Radio says that RSE “continues to mine the vein of New Orleans – with post-bop, and touches of Avant – this band cooks; edgy, raucous, fun, and first rate!”

And the Boston Herald adds that “People tend to think of second line bands – brass bands steeped in New Orleans traditions – as instant party starters. It’s a great compliment, maybe the best compliment ever, but it limits the sonic and emotional range of these bands. Revolutionary Snake Ensemble can absolutely get a party started. But on the local horn collective’s fourth album, I Want That Sound!, the players also explore the wild outerlands of jazz."

$15 in advance, $20 at the door. Students $10 and kids under 18 free at the door.

Special offer: Advance ticket buyers can show their ticket for 10% off dinner (alcohol excluded) at Tavolo, around the corner at 1918 Dorchester Ave.

The Dot Jazz Series is co-produced by Mandorla Music and Greater Ashmont Main Street.