Too Many Zooz
@ The 27 Club, Ottawa
March 29, 2018
When you can put on a show like Too Many Zooz, itβs no surprise that last nightβs show at the 27 Club in Ottawa was sold out. The amount of raw energy the trio brought to the stage had the lenses of cameras fogging up with steam. From the moment they hit the stage, everyone in the crowd was dancing so much that even if you were standing still, you were sweating. The combination of Leo Pβs fierce saxophone playing and wild dance moves, David βKing of Sludgeβ with his innovative self-coined brasshouse drumming, and Matt Doeβs outstanding trumpet sounds makes you feel like youβre right back in the depths of the New York subway stations where they started their careers busking. The set was jam packed with songs that you canβt help but dance to, and so high-energy that they barely stopped at all between songs to catch their breaths – which is even more impressive with two of them playing instruments that require so much lung capacity. Their last two Canadian dates before they head off to Europe are tonight at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, and Saturday at LβAstral in Montreal. Theyβll be back in western Canada in July, so donβt miss out if theyβre hitting somewhere close to you.
(Photography by Lucy Sky)