David Hillyard Goes West With The Rocksteady 7

Last year, we serviced the excellent Plague Doctor LP by David Hillyard and The Rocksteady 7, which mixed ska-inflected jazz with Brazilian sounds for a set that was deeply accomplished and familiar yet novel. In its review, Upstarter wrote that “If you were to throw this on the hi-fi at a swanky cocktail party, the guests and location would transport across a parallel universe where everyone, and everything, is super cool and chill.”

Now, fans in Southern California and Arizona who want to be super cool and chill can see Hillyard’s troupe live. They’re playing four dates next month:

2/8 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
2/9 – Yuma, AZ – Red Moon Ale House
2/10 – Inglewood, CA – The Miracle
2/11 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory