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Over the past five years, the members of Shot x Shot have become that rarest of entities in the jazz world, an actual band<\/em>. The foursome have dedicated themselves to forging a collective sound, with a forward-looking interest in evolving their group dynamic and a genuine excitement at the disparate influences being imported thanks to each member’s side projects.<\/p>\nThe group coalesced at UArts in 2002 when saxophonists Dan Scofield and Bryan Rogers decided they needed a less school-sanctioned outlet for some of their more left-field influences and eventually enlisted Engle to play “Ornette swing stuff.” The three gelled, but it became increasingly clear that their then-drummer, while technically proficient, had different ideas and was tethering their increasingly free-form excursions to a decidedly straight-ahead beat. It was then that they chanced upon drummer Dan Capecchi, a grad student recently transplanted from Minnesota.<\/p>\n