Created over a string of live shows in Toronto at the music venue known as Tapestry, Lavender Town was formed around the idea of combining jazz fusion with a sound hailing from modern genres such as rock, underground hiphop, and EDM.

​

The group is comprised of Lazar Miric (saxophone), Kae Murphy (trumpet), Luan Phung (guitar), Jen Lo (keyboard), Ambrose Veno (drums), PT Sandberg (bass). Their performances highlight their individual improvisational styles while blending influences from contemporary artists such as KNOWER, Hakushi Hasegawa, Outside World, as well as classic jazz fusion legends like Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and Allan Holdsworth.

​

History lesson lol:
In the early 1900s, jazz musicians used themes from popular media (movie/musical scores, pop music) as a base framework for improvisation and stylistic interpretation . These themes are known as “standards” and are still performed to this day, with most being nearly a century old. The harmony and delivery of a standard could vary wildly from the source material, sometimes only abstractly referencing the original form. It is in this spirit that Lavender Town covers themes from current day media and internet subcultures, the “standards” of their time, from video game music to MF DOOM .