Jimi James’ Jazz House Electric Passion Dance at Chill X
The Jimi James Fraser Sextet’s extended jams were a celebratory first set in Mt. Pleasant
Jimi James Fraser played keyboards in his sextet billed as Jazz House Electric at Chill X Studio on November 15, 2023 with Gordy Li on electronic wind instrument (EWI), Connor Lum on alto saxophone, Patrick Kao on guitar, Brad Pearson on bass, and Arvind Ramdas on drums.
The Jazz House is a well-known home to many musician-tenants including several of these folks, located in Marpole in a big house. As for Chill X, I had played there the previous Wednesday.
I’m thankful that we had a great time at that show! That night, at first, I was a bit disappointed that I didn't get more people out to it. And when I first showed up to this show, it was no different: there were less than 10 people in the room. All we knew, from the soundcheck, was that it was going to be loud.
But more people trickled in over the course of the first set, which consisted of only four numbers, each of them well over 10 minutes long.
