McTuff with Skerik

[ZAP-CID JAZZ] The musical pedigree of Seattle trio McTuff is untouchable, considering the madcap skills of Hammond organist Joe Doria, guitarist Andy Cole and drummer Tarik Abouzied’s combined experiences of playing with pretty much every jammy jazz-fusion outfit in the past 20 years. But add to them sax demigod Skerik—whose own experiences run the gamut from Stanton Moore to Les Claypool and beyond—and you’ve got a veritable supergroup that mines the depths of Zappa at his most unhinged and flings everything against a solid rock foundation that really needs to be experienced live to be understood. Four years and two albums in, McTuff remains one of the most challenging and refreshing fusion outfits in the Pacific Northwest, a furious instrumental monster that relishes in slapping expectation directly in the jaw.  

Where: Goodfoot Lounge
Phone: 503-239-9292
Address: 2845 SE Stark St.
Website: www.thegoodfoot.com