Dave Harrington / Jay Bellerose / Billy Mohler - Club Tee Gee, Los Angeles, California, August 3,…

Dave Harrington / Jay Bellerose / Billy Mohler - Club Tee Gee, Los Angeles, California, August 3, 2026Have I mentioned how much I’ve been enjoying the debut album from Giraffe — The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums? Let me mention that. The LA-based collective features some dynamite players: guitarist Dave Harrington, bassist Spencer Zahn, drummer Kosta Galanopoulos and keyboardist Robert Walter. This stuff is fully improvised but manages to find a perfect balance of freedom and melody; it’s exciting and inviting all at once. Reed Jackson writes: The tunes have a rough freshness, with Harrington or Walter playing bright melodic lines that drive the songs with an easiness that’s akin to cruise control. Harrington’s tangy tone and citrusy notes sound more than ever like a tantalizing combo of Jerry Garcia and Can’s Michael Karoli, while Walter’s keys have the humid, neon quality of a Jan Hammer soundtrack, leavened with the sultry skronk of Herbie Hancock. It’s another winner from…