Lettuce (New date: 03.10.2022)

Lettuce
Funk
Jazz
Soul
Cosmopolite Scene
Friday 11. February 2022
The doors open at 19:00
Concert starts at 20:00
Venue
Cosmopolite
Ticket price
430/380,- +avg
Age limit
18 years with valid ID
Seats
Unnumbered
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Lettuce (New date: 03.10.2022)

Lettuce breaks just about all boundaries, and have tried to describe their music as funk/jazz/soul/jam/psychedelic/hip-hop/avant-garde/experimental. That's about right, but it does not give a complete picture of how powerfull, varied and rich their sound is. 

The band started out in 1992 by talented people who met at Berklee College Of Music in Boston. At that time they were inspired by, among others, Herbie Hancock, Earth Wind and Fire, and Tower of Power.

Indeed, Lettuce is funky - like a rhythmic firework topped with gorgeous wind instruments and keyboards. They debuted on a record with ‘Outta Here’ in 2002, followed by a live album from Tokyo the next year. In total, there have been seven studio albums, with "Resonate" as their latest.

Lettuce consists of Adam Deitch, Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff (guitar), Erick “Jesus” Coomes (bass), Ryan Zoidis (saxophone, Korg X-911), Eric “Benny” Bloom (trumpet, horn) and Nigel Hall: (vocals, Hammond B-3, Rhodes, clavinet, keyboards).

How did Lettuce get their name, you may ask? From the time they walked around to local venues and said: "Let us play!"

This is the band's first appearance in Norway.