Eminence -- meaning fame, notability, or prestige -- may seem like quite the prediction to set as a band, in the name of the group no less. But it doesn’t feel like that was the intention with Eminence Ensemble. Wouldn’t a band chasing nothing but fame and popularity, be making much more generic music? It appears that they’re after the embodiment of a different definition of the word: a projection, an outcrop, something bursting from the scene. Now that seems to fit, especially after Friday’s performance at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom. The six-piece outfit emitted unstoppable energy throughout the whole night and left us buzzing.

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