Minnesota-based saxophonist Bryan Murray and local guitar genius Jon Lundbom have history, in Lundbom’s avant-jazz brigade Big Five Chord and eccentric jazztronica act Balto! The pair also lead Bryan & the Haggards, an “avant country” band that’s performed Merle Haggard songs in jazz arrangements across three albums. For the second and third of three ATX gigs, however, the band – with local ringers standing in for the usual rhythm section – turns its focus to material from the next album: the catalog of Texas honky-tonk superstar George Jones, who, like the Hag, was always comfortable with the occasional jazzy turn of phrase.
Fri., Feb. 10