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The Mark Sweetman Trio at The Living Room At 35 East

Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on August 6, 2018

Where

The Living Room At 35 East
35 East Lancaster Ave.
Ardmore, PA
Map
610-331-5459

When

Sat, September 29, 2018
8:00 pm

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About

These days the number of jazz musicians that truly understand what it means to be a jazz musician is growing scarcer than mice in a cat pound. Refreshingly, Mark Sweetman, the Canadian-born drummer, has yet to divert from the spiritually enriched sound, soul and life that he discovered in his childhood. Born in Toronto, Sweetman recalls a vibrant jazz scene where he would spend night after night in the back of a jazz club called Bourbon St., sipping on ice water, soaking up the energy and melting away with the vibrant sound. There he witnessed tremendous acts like Bill Evans and Chet Baker who taught him what it meant to play with everything from the inside out. Perhaps his greatest influence came while witnessing guitarist Sonny Greenwich roar deep with a tone no other guitarist can duplicate....

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