It might not seem obvious at first that multi-instrumentalist Dusty York has a background in jazz. (He played sax in jazz groups for five years, in fact). His new Portland trio, Tiburona, plays light alt-rock grooves inspired by '90s groups like Dave Matthews Band and Soul Coughing, but the songs are textured with dark piano solos, ghostly chants, eerie keyboard chords and blasts of spontaneous percussion. (Amulya Datla)
It might not seem obvious at first that multi-instrumentalist Dusty York has a background in jazz. (He played sax in jazz groups for five years, in fact). His new Portland trio, Tiburona, plays light alt-rock grooves inspired by '90s groups like Dave Matthews Band and Soul Coughing, but the songs are textured with dark piano solos, ghostly chants, eerie keyboard chords and blasts of spontaneous percussion. (Amulya Datla)
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