Full Set Video: Joe Russo, Marco Benevento & Oteil Burbridge Debut RB&B At Peach Music Festival

When Gregg Allman cancelled all dates through late October due to “serious health issues,” organizers of the Peach Music Festival at Montage Mountain in Scranton had to scramble to fill Gregg’s slots at this year’s festival. One of the creative pairings they came up with for Sunday was RB&B, a supergroup featuring drummer Joe Russo, keyboardist Marco Benevento and bassist Oteil Burbridge. This afternoon, RB&B made their debut with an 80-minute set at the festival.

RB&B’s set was mostly an improv-heavy superjam. The trio showed off their skills with very few stops in the action throughout the 80-minute performance. Joe, Marco and Oteil explored a bevy of different themes over the course of the set with a strong leaning towards the jazz-fusion of the ’70s favored by the likes of Miles Davis, Weather Report and Return To Forever. RB&B varied tempos and took turns leading the action.

Our first taste of the set comes from UStream’s NYLifer who captured video from side-stage:

Here’s hoping our first look at RB&B won’t be our last.