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Presents the Lively and Uproarious Gypsy Swing Group La Pompe Attack

Led by guitarist Doug Munro, La Pompe Attack will play on Saturday, April 8th at 7:30pm as the kick-off event of WCT’s  2023 Music in the Box Series

 

Ossining, NY – On Saturday, April 8th, La Pompe Attack, led by guitarist Doug Munro, will play at Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT)’s Music in the Box series. Known for their “hot swing sound,” La Pompe Attack is composed of virtuosic performers, including saxophonist Albert Rivera, guitarist Ben Wood, and bassist Michael Goetz. The concert will feature material from La Pompe Attack’s 2022 chart topping and highly acclaimed release, “Putt Lake Toodleloo.” Downbeat Magazine says: “The real pleasure of New York guitarist Munro’s album rests in his obvious fondness for Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France. His care and craft are at a high level.” La Pompe Attack always delivers an exciting show guaranteed to wow any audience!

 

La Pompe Attack will play on Saturday, April 8th at 7:30 at WCT’s black box performance space, 23 Water St., Ossining, NY. Cash bar and refreshments available. Tickets are $25 per person. Seating is limited so secure your seats now! 

 

Since its opening in 2015, the WCT black box performance space has become increasingly known as a venue showcasing WCT plays and readings, as well as live music and a variety of performance artists. For upcoming theater and music events visit http://www.wctheater.org/

 

"Putt Lake Toodleloo" review by Mike Jurkovic for AllAboutJazz.com

In unsettled and unsettling times, it is a relief to know that Putt Lake Toodleloo is within easy reach. Its humble stance, breezy accessibility and easy familiarity serve as a respite from the dark anxious winds that gather. 

Two-time Grammy nominee and NAIRD award winner, guitarist/educator/composer/author Doug Munro, who founded the Purchase College Jazz Studies program and served as its director from 1993—2002, leads his spirited octet, the La Pompe Attack, through a swaying mix of originals and tried and true chestnuts for a mix that neither challenges nor fatigues, but simply lowers the blood pressure, takes a few deep breaths, and pours a glass of wine for the weary. 

Munro, who over the years has contributed to the music of Dr. John, Michael Brecker, Steve Khan and Dr. Lonnie Smith, wears his heart (gypsy swing, soul and latin jazz) and his influence (Django Reinhardt) unabashedly on his sleeve, making Putt Lake Toodleloo an uplifting, cheerful listen. The psychedelic grunge of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" becomes a delightful gypsy dance. Wayne Shorter's unflagging "Black Nile" eases in, eases out and sets the flow for the delightful original wordplay guitar mashup interplay of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind Cried Mary," Lennon-McCartney's ragtime throwback "Honey Pie" a 12-bar send up of "Down By the Riverside, " and such bouncy, energetic originals as "Psycho Samba" and "Struttin." 

And so the album (Munro's twentieth as a leader) sails along as La Pompe Attack— Albert Rivera, saxophone, Michael Goetz, bass, drummers Ian Carroll and Jon Doty and its small guitar army of Munro, Vinny Raniolo, Ernie Pugliese, Ted Gottsegen and Ben Wood—makes the music comfortable, irresistible, and, perhaps most importantly, impossible not to smile along to.