8:30pm. $15 ADV / $20 DOS
Lineup:
Ausberto Acevedo (bass)
Dan Bitney (drums, electronics, percussion)
Jeb Bishop (trombone)
Matthew Davis (tuba)
Hunter Diamond (tenor saxophone)
Dan Fliegel (drums and vocals)
Casey Foubert (guitar)
Nick Zoulek (alto and bass saxophones)
Scurvy Jazzby started as Scurvy (1992-96) in Chicago, playing compositions by Dan Fliegel over several years with a rotating lineup at the old Bop Shop, the original Hot House, Lunar Cabaret, the Tao, and elsewhere. The group’s only available recording is a collaboration of “Tell Me Once More” with Tortoise, recorded by John McEntire, and released as part of a Tortoise suite entitled “Cliff Dweller Society” on Stereolab’s Duophonic label in 1995, featuring Josh Abrams, Jeb Bishop, Evan Coleman, Fliegel, Chris Lopes, Jeff Parker, and John Sandfort with Dan Bitney, Bundy K. Brown, John Herndon, and Doug McCombs of Tortoise. The recording is also included in the Tortoise box set, A Lazurus Taxon in 2006 from Thrill Jockey. The band stopped performing live around 1996.
Scurvy became a catch-all name for Fliegel’s solo and collaborative recordings through the next couple decades, including “Louise,” recorded with McEntire at his Soma Studio in 2001, featuring many of the above musicians and others (forthcoming in 2027).
The reborn project, now Scurvy Jazzby, released Solamente in February 2025 with Fliegel on vocals and drums recorded live without overdubs, in two sessions, in July 2013 (by Wayne Montana) and December 2024 (by Brooks Hannon). A second LP, Friendly Fire (forthcoming in 2027) was recorded and mixed by Hannon at West Town Magnetics during the summers of 2025 and 2026 and features Ausberto Acevedo (bass), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Dan Bitney (additional drums), Matthew Davis (tuba), Hunter Diamond (tenor saxophone), Fliegel (drums and vocals), Casey Foubert (guitar), Damon Locks (vocals), Matthew Lux (bass), Wayne Montana (bass), Takeru Satoh (alto saxophone), Mai Sugimoto (alto saxophone), Lea Tschilds (vocals), and Taylor Zorn (trombone).
