Ben Frock & Love Unit with Balti Mare (Balkan Disco Dance Party) at Creative Alliance

We've got plenty of AC and..wow...the bands! In their Patterson debut Love Unit opens.

Described by mild mannered founder Ben Frock as "asymetical disco funk" Love Unit features somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 musicians, many of them gals on horns, playing extended play dance tunes. Ben's compositions cross Miles Davis with Rick James and George Clinton, who he has recorded with. Baltimore's most awesome mad, gypsy, Balkan dance band Balti Mare amps up their line up with some new players, roiling out their high-energy dance tunes rooted in East European traditions, accented with the City's urban energy. 8:30pm. $13, $8 mbrs. & stus....

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We've got plenty of AC and..wow...the bands! In their Patterson debut Love Unit opens.

Described by mild mannered founder Ben Frock as "asymetical disco funk" Love Unit features somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 musicians, many of them gals on horns, playing extended play dance tunes. Ben's compositions cross Miles Davis with Rick James and George Clinton, who he has recorded with. Baltimore's most awesome mad, gypsy, Balkan dance band Balti Mare amps up their line up with some new players, roiling out their high-energy dance tunes rooted in East European traditions, accented with the City's urban energy. 8:30pm. $13, $8 mbrs. & stus.

Trumpets:
Leo Maxey
Jimmy Baseman
Garrett Faccone
Ruby Fulton

Trombones:
Brad Gunson
Jake Macary
Zach Foote


Woodwinds:
Russell Kirk - Alto Sax
Jarrett Gilgore - Alto Sax
Derrick Michaels - Tenor Sax
Tiffany DeFoe - Tenor Sax
Anna Meadors - Baritone Sax
Todd Marcus - Bass Clarinet
John Dierker - Bass Clarinet

Vocals:
Nikki Colavito
Melissa Wimbish
Eze Jackson

Rhythm:
Jake Leckie - Bass
Jon Birkholz - Keyboards
Matt Frazao - Guitar
Erich von Marko - Drums, Percussion, Guitar
Mike Kuhl - Drums/Percussion
Jim Hannah - Percussion

Ben Frock - Guitar, Vocals, Trumpet, Composition, Arranging

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