Aggressive electric jazz players with hearts that may have been ripped outta punk-rockers and ears hungry for both Meshuggah and Mahavishnu make for… well, probably just more prog-rock dorks, actually. But these guys also milked the following from no less than ridiculously acclaimed jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, also one of their idols: “The music of Zevious shrewdly juxtaposes order and its opposite: structural intensity pushed to its breaking point in the most appealing way. These boys are brilliant and fearless.” OK, case closed.

Zevious - Where’s The Captain

Local pianist Gerrit Roessler’s jazz trio Melamine opens.