CyberHalides Jazz » 2017 » WANG - Aron Ottingnon Band - 4 Nov 2017

This trio was something different, which I enjoyed more on the second hearing.  The steel pan was an unusual instrument for jazz, and I thought it dominated a bit much in their first gig, but it blended in better in the second.  Aron has a lot of chops, and his rapid-fire, rythmic playing eventually won me over.  I'd not sure that he was the best choice to close out the festival, as the admittedly appreciative audience wasn't all that large.  They could have been better scheduled.

The Aron Ottingnon Band (Aron Ottingnon - piano; Samuel Dubois - steel pan; Kuba Gudz - drums) performing in the WPAC Theatre at the 2017 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz