Early Show! New Orleans-based Basher

New Orleans-based Basher makes their DC debut at Bossa!

Basher is New Orleans’s “free jazz party band,” playing highly improvisational dance music propelled by two drum sets analog synthesizers and two horns.

Led by saxophonist and composer Byron Asher, Basher has garnered the adoration of the New Orleans creative music scene with its combination of danceable grooves, anthemic melodies, and a wild clash of acoustic and electronic textures. They have been playing listening rooms, dive bars, train tunnels, and arenas across the U.S. since 2017.

In 2022, Basher released their new LP, Doubles, on Sinking City Records, which Downbeat gave four stars, claiming it “slaps;” and Pitchfork called “unbearably beautiful.”

Cost: $10 at the door
Tickets: Online