The Lounge presents: Eugene Goss

3938 Spring Grove Avenue,Cincinnati OH 45223

30 April, 2022

Description

The one and only Eugene Goss! Accompanied by Phil DeGreg on keys, Sam Reusher on bass and Isaiah Cook on drums. EUGENE GOSS IS AN ECLECTIC JAZZ VOCALIST AND PERCUSSIONIST WHOSE NATURAL AFFINITY FOR SHOWMANSHIP WALKS CLOSE TO THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE ART. GOSS DRAWS DEEPLY FROM THE GLOBAL JAZZ SONGBOOK AND COMBINES THIS WITH HIS OWN MIX OF DEEPLY FELT LYRICS, IMAGINATIVE SCAT VOCAL STYLINGS AND A SPONTANEOUS SAMPLING OF BELLS, RHYTHMS AND CHIMES. GOSS BRINGS A NEW TRANSCENDENCE TO THE JAZZ IDIOM THAT INFUSES AND EXCITES THE AUDIENCE. HIS PERFORMANCE CREATES THE INTANGIBLE MOMENT WHEN SWEETNESS TRANSCENDS SERIOUSNESS; THE SUBLIME TRANSCENDS SUFFERING, WHEN SEX TRIUMPHS OVER SIN. IT IS THE MOMENT IN EVERY SHOW, WHEN HE TAKES THE AUDIENCES IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND AND SUBTLY STEPS OVER THE BOUNDARY LINE. GOSS'S CHARISMATIC STAGE PRESENCE COMES WITH A LONG CAREER OF PLAYING AND SHARING STAGES WITH DIVERSE JAZZ LEGENDS FROM JACO PASTORIUS TO PAT METHENY, FROM MILES DAVIS TO OTHELLO MOLINEAUX, FROM RAY CHARLES TO CHAKA KHAN AND MORE...JON HENDRICKS, PHYLLIS HYMAN, IRA SULLIVAN, CAL COLLINS, MARK EGAN, BOBBY WATSON, FLORA PURIM & AIRTO, HIRAM BULLOCK. GOSS BRINGS INTERPERTATION TO THESE STYLES OF JAZZ - AND THROUGH HIS ARTISTRY MAKES IT TO HIS OWN STYLE, A GLOBAL JAZZ STYLE, A UNIVERSAL STYLE OF PERFORMANCE, WHERE THE SUM IS GREATER THAN THE PARTS. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "WITH GOSS, SHEER FORCE OF PERSONALITY LIFTS HIS VOCALS OUT OF THE SINGING PACK. HE IS THE ERROLL GARNER OF JAZZ SINGERS" Edith Hamilton, The Miami Herald "OH, MY GOSS, GOSS TACKLES GERSHWIN, COLE PORTER AND RODGERS & HART WITH THE KIND OF ARTIST SURGE AND VITALITY THAT VAN GOGH MUST HAVE FELT APPROACHING A BLANK CANVAS, REWORKING THEM INTO HIS OWN PIECES OF ART." Mike Breen, CityBeat "EUGENE GOSS IS A MUSICAL TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE WORLD. SIT BACK, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND ENJOY THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME!" Skip Porter, WIZF "THE NEXT TIME YOU CRAVE SWEET SENSATIONS, INSTEAD OF REACHING FOR THAT CHOCOLATE BAR, TREAT YOURSELF TO A SUPREME JAZZ DELIGHT, EUGENE GOSS. THE INDULGENCE IS CALORIE FREE AND RICH IN NUTRIENTS FOR THE SOUL. ON THE STAGE, YOU’D BE AMAZED AT THE WAY BE BLOWS HIS INNERMOST EMOTIONS FROM THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL IN SOFT, SWANKY TENOR TONES." Fel’Esha, Applause Magazine "EUGENE POSSESSES A JAZY SOUL, OPERATIC RANGE AND A POSITIVE ONE-TO-ONE VIBRATION THAT INVITES AND RIVETS AN AUDIENCE. THIS CAT IS FOR REAL!" Ron Esposito, Producer, Jazz Live from the Hyatt "EUGENE GOSS CAN BELT OUT A SONG THAT TOUCHES YOUR SOUL, WARMS YOUR HEART AND HEATS UP THE ROOM LIKE NOBODY ELSE. WHAT A VOICE! THE GUY IS FANTASTIC." 20th Century Productions "FROM HIS TRAINING AT THE CINCINNATI COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC TO HIS CAREER WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS PAT METHENY, NIGEL KENNEDY, JACO PASTORIUS, MILES DAVIS AND CHAKA KHAN, EUGENE GOSS HAS ENTERTAINED THOUSANDS IN NEW YORK, L.A., MIAMI, NASHVILLE, SOUTH AMERICA, JAPAN AND HIS HOMETOWN, CINCINNATI." Barry Miller/BBK Productions