GROOVE BRNO – Lettuce (USA)

08/10/22, 20:00

The wild mixture of funk, soul, jazz, but also psychedelia, hip-hop and rock of this Boston party won a Grammy nomination in 2020. Its members collaborated with Lady Gaga, Britney Spears or John Scofield.
They met on the grounds of the largest independent contemporary music school in the world, Berklee College of Music, and have since released 10 albums, including two live records. In addition to being nominated for a Grammy in the Album of the Year Contemporary Instrumental Music category, they also topped the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart or the iTunes Top R&B Albums Chart. Drummer and arranger Adam Deitch, guitarist Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff, bassist Erick "Jesus" Coomes, saxophonist and synthesizer player Ryan Zoidis, trumpeter Eric "Benny" Bloom and singer and versatile keyboardist Nigel Hall met on the grounds of the largest independent school of today of Music in the World by Berklee College of Music in 1992. Since then they have released ten albums, including two live records. In addition to being nominated for a Grammy in the Album of the Year Contemporary Instrumental Music category, they also topped the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart or the iTunes Top R&B Albums Chart. Lively shows and on-the-spot improvisations turn their performances into unrepeatable musical experiences.