Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

New York quartet Mostly Other People Do The Killing refer to themselves as a “Terrorist Be-Bop Uber-Jass Ensemble”. What to make of that? Fast-paced, eclectic jazz interspersed with comedy. In their own words, “ We like to play all the jazz all the time all at once as fast as possible: bossas to bugaloos, rock to smooth jazz, and swing to disco.” Get ready for an anything but highbrow, but highly energetic show enjoyed by the audience as well as the musicians. MOPDTK is living proof that jazz is alive and kicking!

Bass player Moppa Elliot: “I attempt to write compositions that reflect the strange relationship I feel to jazz history. On the one hand, I grew up listening to and still love traditional jazz, but on the other, I am deeply disturbed and disgusted with its current state of turpitude. This music, instead of attempting to reconcile these two simultaneous opinions, pits them against each other creating music that both blatantly mocks and reveres the jazz tradition. Perhaps Dada-Jazz? I like my jazz with some dirt on it, sometimes a lot of dirt.”