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Kassa Overall
Gallery Art Bar
119 W Main St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
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If you’re trying to understand the future of jazz, turn your attention to Kassa Overall. Revered by living icons and underground tastemakers, he began his career behind the drum kit. Raised in Seattle, some of his earliest gigs were at a Starbucks on the corner of 23rd and Jackson.
From Newport to North Sea, his band has garnered wide acclaim for their live performances, which Gilles Peterson has called “completely surreal”. He has appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series and released several critically acclaimed mixtapes.
On Cream, his fourth solo studio album, Kassa Overall pays homage to the twin passions of his youth — hip-hop and jazz drums in the tradition of Elvin Jones. With this collection of instrumentals, the visionary drummer and producer transforms beloved songs from the 90s and aughts into timeless standards that are rhythmically adventurous, witty, and often sublime.
He is a 2025 recipient of the Doris Duke Foundation Prize.
Tickets $20 plus fees