Jazz quartet plays cinematic themes from Halloween, fantasy and science fiction classics, with costumes encouraged.
The Larry McDonough Quartet plays Aster Cafe on Thursday, October 29, with the show titled Jazz in The Twilight Zone. It's a jazz set built around a specific niche: the music of Halloween, fantasy, and science fiction classics. The band takes themes from those worlds and runs them through a jazz lens, and the repertoire they're drawing from is a long list of cult cinema and genre staples.
That list includes The Twilight Zone, The Thing from Another World, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Halloween, The Exorcist, Young Frankenstein, Lift to the Scaffold, Psycho, and Harry Potter. The arrangements lean on the cinematic themes that built the cult following of the original films, so the melodies should be recognizable even if they're swinging. The band plays with a wink to the audience and encourages costumes for the night, which fits the timing—it's the Thursday before Halloween.
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Doors open at 7 PM, and the show runs from 8 PM to 10 PM. Tickets are $15.
