Friday May 25, 2012 at 7:00
$10 Suggested donation
Light refreshments

Åarhus Gallery welcomes back Tom Luther and his band (formerly Luna Madidus) for a concert on Friday May 25th at 7:00pm. The Tom Luther Quintet’s sound is modeled after such jazz icons as Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk, as well as the “downtown” style of NYC as embodied by such groups as The Lounge Lizards and trumpeter Tom Harrell. Throughout its two-year history, the group has grown from a quartet, to a quintet with vocals, to its current two-horn quintet lineup. The band has performed live on Public Radio twice, had airplay on WRFR and MPBN, and has played in Portland and Lewiston in addition to its home base in the mid-coast.

Tom Luther, the group’s composer and arranger holds to a core philosophy that all music carries similar messages and what separates genre and style is simply a matter of language. Luther’s music reflects the harmonic and rhythmic language of jazz as well as formal aspects of European classical music, and shows the influences of ambient music and the avante-garde.

In addition to the band’s veteran members, trumpeter Mike Whitehead and pianist Tom Luther, a trio of talented young lions rounds out the ensemble. The bass player, Noah Fishman, is a Silver Prize winner for the 2011 MMEA All State Jazz Instrumental Competition, as well as a Bay State Chamber Young Stars Award Winner from 2010. Gideon Forbes, tenor saxophone, is a recipient of the outstanding jazz solo award at Festival Disney 2010 and has performed with both the PJO and Fogcutters Big Band. Jacob Forbes, drums, is a winner of the Bay Chamber Concert’s Nathan E Corning Jazz Prize, and has performed with the Maine State Musical Theater and the Windham Center Stage Theater.

A $10 suggested donation at the door includes cider, tea and snacks.