Creatures - Music

Frogg Café Is A 6 Piece Jazz-Rock Fusion / Progressive Rock Band From The New York. Frogg Café’s Music Is Also Peppered With An Appealing Variety Of Other Flavors Including Latin Music Bluegrass Modern Chamber Music And Avant-Garde/experimental. Their Energetic Live Shows Feature Extended Flights Of Group Improvisation That Would Draw Grins From Any Hardcore Jam-Band Fan. The Members Of This Unique Group Are Bill Ayasse Electric Violin Mandolin Vocals James Guarnieri Drums James Mullen Keyboards Saxophone Steve Uh Guitars Violin Vocals Andrew Sussman Bass Cello Vocals And Many Times The Band Is Joined By John Lieto Trombone . Frogg Café Studio Albums Also Exploit The Considerable Talents Of A Regular Supporting Cast Of Guest Musicians Who Supply Trombone Marimba Flute And Additional Percussion To Their Colorful And Highly Textured Arrangements. Following Up On The Successes Of Their 2001 Self-Titled Debut Frogg Cafe Currently Available As A Remastered Edition With A Live Bonus Track And The 2003 Release Creatures Frogg Café Has Been Promoting Their Third Studio Release Fortunate Observer Of Time 2005 . This Album Features Music That Builds On The Precedents Set By The First Two Albums Taking It To The Next Level With A Loosely Conceptual Album. Fortunate Observer Of Time’s Poetic Lyrics Explore Existential Attitudes And Crises Ultimately Arriving At A Distinctly Infernal Ending! These Songs Redefine The Unique Frogg Cafe Sound Delivering The Richly Textured Progressive Fusion Gumbo Fans Of The First Two Albums Have Been Hoping And Waiting For. The Real Frogg Cafe Experience Comes When You Witness This Band Performing Live! Frogg Café Tours Extensively Throughout The Northeast Year-Round. In The Past Year They Have Performed At The Knitting Factory NYC Towne Crier Pawling NY Lizard Lounge Boston Nectar’s Burlington VT Where Page McConnell Of Phish Sat In On Keyboards For A Tune Orion Sound Studios Baltimore MD NEARfest Northeast Art Rock Festival PA Prog In The Park Festival Rochester NY And The NJProghouse Series NJ . In The Summer Of 2004 They Toured Germany Austria And Belgium. read less