Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound

Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound bring forth a funky, lyrically charged racket that is explosive, yet intimate.

Taking cues from the dance bands of western Louisiana (and his native Midwest,), the streets (and 45s) of New Orleans, touring African and Caribbean combos and the soul, funk & blues of his youth, Paul Cebar is a masterful synthesist of rhythmic culture. His time spent in his second home of New Orleans, as a musicologist in Florida, and as a journeyman wanderer in Cuba, is reflected in his musical worldview. At the core is gifted songwriting, and the company Paul keeps bears it out: Bonnie Raitt, Nick Lowe, Chris Smither, John Hiatt, and Cesar Rosas are among his friends and admirers.

The present-day incarnation of Tomorrow Sound took shape with the arrival of bassist Mike Fredrickson, joining veterans Reggie Bordeaux on drums and Bob Jennings on saxophones and keyboards. The peripatetic pageant continues unabated with renewed focus on “the song” in the context of the increasingly forceful rhythmic exploration that is at the heart of Cebar’s quest. Stripping back to 4 pieces has opened up space for the understated command of Bob Jennings’ keyboard and saxophonic thinking. Field Marshall Cebar’s pithy guitar musing comes to the fore building upon the muscular rhythmic lattice laid by Reggie and Mike.

Presently spreading the word with their gangling, headlong, and insouciant record, Fine Rude Thing (2014), Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound want and need you to come on out and help them get down.