Outside the Spotlight
Outside The Spotlight is a series of jazz and improvised music events in Lexington, KY. We give a home to artists making music that doesn't fit with commercial sensibilities and build an environment where artists and audience can interact more directly.
We want to expand the the availability of this music to anyone who is interested. Performances are at smaller venues and are generally donation / pay-what-you-want.
OTS 235 - Paul Giallorenzo Trio
May 1, 2025
7pm, All Ages, Free (Donations appreciated)
Singletary Center for the Arts
President's Room
Paul Giallorenzo TrioPaul Giallorenzo - piano/compositions
Jason Roebke - double bass
Mikel Patrick Avery - drumsGiallorenzo’s work has been praised for its “inside-out” nature – his ability to push the boundaries of “conventional” jazz toward more freedom but also, on the other side, to bring a measure of structure to more avant-garde material. Writing in the online journal Point Of Departure, John Litweiler said, “His solos and aggressive duets are gems of after-Bop, after-Bley melody,” while AllAboutJazz.org lauded music that “smudges the lines between the tradition and the avant-garde.”His current working projects as a (co)leader include the Paul Giallorenzo Trio, Hearts & Minds (with Jason Stein/Chad Taylor), and RedGreenBlue (with Ryan Packard, Ben LaMar Gay, and Charlie Kirchen). His work can be found on the Chicago-based Delmark Records and Austin-based Astral Spirits labels.Giallorenzo is the Artistic Director of the intermedia arts organization Homeroom and a co-founder and programmer of the music venue/art gallery Elastic Arts, producing hundreds of creative music concerts and art events in Chicago since 2001.
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Coming Soon...
OTS 236 - Microplastique
June 13, 2025
7pm, All Ages, Free (Donations appreciated)
Venue TBA
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