Col. Bruce Hampton

Surrealist bandleader Col. Bruce Hampton plays a completely unique and riveting brand of jazz rock that combines breathtaking chops with ever-surprising changes of mood. Like the unpredictable eye of a hurricane, Hampton is just as likely to break out into howling blues as he is to start scatting absurdities in concert. The experience always shatters accepted musical norms, but his talented backing band The Aquarium Rescue Unit keeps his zany antics grounded in the fundamentals of jazz, rock, and funk.