Last summer, CL Tampa Bay spoke with bassist Erik Hempel, who’s one of the Bay area jazz scene’s brightest young bassists. On Friday, he takes a big risk and puts out an ambitious new album, Sport and Chaos, where Hempel jumps around genres (and even raps?) alongside a seven-piece backing band, plus eight guest artists, who’ll all hopefully show to help the album come to life at the relatively intimate Blue Note.
Erik Hempel ‘Sport and Chaos’ album release. Fri. Feb. 21, 8 p.m. $10-$15. The Blue Note, Tampa. INFO
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This article appears in Feb 20-27, 2020.