Garage A Trois

Wednesday night, the power trio of funk, fire, and infamy Garage A Trois made the Aggie Theatre their first stop in Colorado and played to a crowd that were more than happy to step out for a night on the town midweek.

Boulder, USA

Double Door, Chicago, USA

Long days in the heat, longer nights on your feet and more venues than you ever thought could fit into one city leaves even the most professional partier sunburned, dehydrated, and hurtin’ for certain.

This past Saturday night was the final night of the Garage A Trois tour through the West Coast and we saw an absolute rager at the Independent. The band is touring in support of their latest album Always Be Happy But Stay Evil, and the new songs have absolutely transformed a band I once thought was just jazz-

Indeed, the ‘ski lodge’ atmosphere gave another surreal touch, a wintery element, collected within the large, square dimensions of The Compound.

When you take the raw and weathered talent of New Orleans drummer Stanton Moore, add the percussive and high energy vibraphone genius that is Mike Dillon you are sure to lay a foundation for any good improvisational jazz band to build upon.