Julian Lage Tickets

Julian's one of those unique voices you can pin point right away. For playing in such a well trodden genre with decades of built up conventions, Julian stands apart. Whether it's how he voices his chords, or his oblique lines, he's a real breath of fresh air. He can get quite abstract and avant-garde, especially while he plays against expectation, but he can also come back to some really melodic and harmonically crowd pleasing motifs, with emotional depth. This set was great in showcasing his versatility, with numbers with a swing vibe, bossa nova or gypsy vibe, or a cool jazz thing, but always colored by his unique voice. Much love my boy.

Just awesome! Lage is a prodigy and brilliant musician blending bebop jazz with blues, world guitar music (in this case, Spanish) and experimentation. The trio is great together. The Palace is beautiful, grand yet intimate, and the crowd was genuinely elated. One of the best recent shows, for sure.

Amazing workshop, very informative and approachable!!! :)

His technical expertise is unmatched, as are the lyrical compositions he’s known for. But Lage’s new songs are not engaging and seem disjointed - the pieces don’t flow together coherently. It sounded … choppy. For instance, it seemed odd that the long opener featured a long bass solo - something more typically reserved for later. It’s like it was pasted into the song, not seeming to flow from the preceding passage. He and the rest of the band are technically proficient. But the songs largely left three of our party cold. Note that we love his work on the recent CD and bonus cd. And one of us plays bass.

Julian Lage is one of the most accomplished and exciting guitarists on the scene today and is currently touring with an excellent band featuring his long time bass player, an excellent drummer and some dudes that were hanging out at the bus depot on keys and sax (just kidding). Some of his tunes remind me of the Bad Plus a little, but with guitar added. His music is exciting because you never really know what's going to happen next and somehow the band is playing these dissonant tones and unusual rhythms all together, even though some of the music sounds completely free and improvised. Just when your brain is saying 'I can't take anymore, please play a I chord or a Maj 7th, he will indulge you. Then it's back to that math class where you're in over your head, but you think 'maybe 2 + 2 does equal 5'. That's the key thing is that he is able to take you along and at some point give you an inverted Jazz Standard or a sideways country tune for musical comfort. It's not to be missed.

It was an amazing evening with one of the finest guitarists on the planet. Inventive, such a lyrical fluency that he so amazed, playing a majority of his hour and a half set with cuts from his most recent record, 'Speak to Me'. His use of a Telecaster playing jazz is listening to a beautiful aural experience. Levon Henry on sax was superb all night long, as was keyboardist Rob Burger. Kris Davis sat in on piano for a couple of numbers (South Mountain and 76). Jorge Roeder (b) and Rudy Royston are long time sidemen for Julian's journey. One should never miss seeing Julian should he be playing anywhere near. It's just that amazing a show.

Long time fan and first time seeing him live, first time at Town Hall. The whole experience was an A+.

Julian Lage is one the of the best guitarists in the world. What’s not to love.

I have seen a great deal of jazz/fusion trio’s over the years and this performance was certainly in the top 5! No nonsense, straight forward, virtuoso playing! Three guys on the same page having fun! Thanks

Awesome playing by the band. The only drawback was the squeaky door to the lobby right next to our seats. Every time someone opened it - sqeeeeeeeeee!! Oil it please!!!!