Cortex

The French jazz-funk outfit Cortex – founded in 1974 by the pianist Alain Mion – is currently on the road with a lineup featuring some original members and new vocalist Virginie Hobble. The band is celebrating it’s underground masterpiece, 1975’s Troupe Bleu, on this run. If you’ve never heard this band, do check them out, they summon a joyous, fiery din.