Pete C Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 In 1991 I went to a Charlie Parker tribute concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Kenny Drew was supposed to be on piano, and I was really looking forward to it, but he didn't make it to the states for some reason, and Stanley Cowell played instead. I never got to see Drew live. I believe it was, however, the only time I saw A.T. Here's a review of the show: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/23/news/pop-in-review-729591.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 dear Freddie H. was infamous for "no-showing," especially during the last couple of decades. but, when he did, watch out! i first started hearing him in the '60s and was forever a fan, in spite of his iffy behavior! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Mentioned this before... I was ending a short stay in New York back in September 1980 and decided to check Bill Evans's appearance at Fat Tuesday's on the eve of my departure, showed up at the club where a note indicated he would not be playing that evening. Back in Paris, I caught the news of his death! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 dear Freddie H. was infamous for "no-showing," especially during the last couple of decades. but, when he did, watch out! i first started hearing him in the '60s and was forever a fan, in spite of his iffy behavior! I think he had a fairly serious lip problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Wayne Shorter with his 90s 'electric' lineup in Western Canada - around the time that his first Verve CD came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Toronto 1983. People had gathered at the venue (it was a ticketed event), waited outside, then the announcement came that there would be no concert. Border hassles, perhaps. Disappointing really, and I never did get to see Blakey live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Not a "no show" per se, but the result was no show, so I guess it counts... I went to see Jaki Byard and Michael Marcus in a duo performance at the Regattabar in Cambridge. There was a massive power outage so they postponed the show. Jaki was murdered before the rescheduled show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 there was a famous gig scheduled for the Tin Palace, a lotta years ago, with Barry Harris, that was supposed to have Hank Mobley. Chewy showed up instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Not a "no show" per se, but the result was no show, so I guess it counts... I went to see Jaki Byard and Michael Marcus in a duo performance at the Regattabar in Cambridge. There was a massive power outage so they postponed the show. Jaki was murdered before the rescheduled show. I missed Dennis Gonzalez, Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean at Downtown Music Gallery due to the big blackout of 2003. I heard that Hopper borrowed an acoustic guitar for the gig since he couldn't play electric bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I was getting ready to go see Joe Henderson in Paris when they canceled the show due to illness. The illness turned out to be a major stroke, and Joe never played again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Well, I've no-showed a few. I've also had a few cancel after I'd booked the ticket (especially sad Eddie Jefferson). I went to a Hank Jones / Tommy Flanagan concert and ended up with solo piano. I saw Chet Baker, horn-less. Strange I can't remember more. Most of them were decades ago when concerts were just about daily events and jazz had more players with (hate to use the term) "demons". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Not a "no show" per se, but the result was no show, so I guess it counts... I went to see Jaki Byard and Michael Marcus in a duo performance at the Regattabar in Cambridge. There was a massive power outage so they postponed the show. Jaki was murdered before the rescheduled show. Damn! The reschedule was a terrible no-show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I went to a Hank Jones / Tommy Flanagan concert and ended up with solo piano. Which one showed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 The details have slipped my mind, but I believe David Newman was going to play the Jazz Showcase in Dec. 2008, as I was thinking of bringing my father in law (who was a Fathead fan). Of course, David had major health problems and died within a few weeks (followed so closely by Hank Crawford). On a more positive note, I saw Johnny Griffin on one of his last concerts in Chicago (and did bring my FIL). Never expected to see Griffin play live, given that he had relocated to France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 The details slip my mind but Fathead also missed a date in south Florida not long before he died. I did go in to NYC to catch Ray Brown with Gene Harris at the Blue Note only it turned out to be Benny Green in the piano chair. It wasn't long after that I read that Gene was going on his own and that Benny had officially joined Ray. The concert was great but it was my last chance to see Gene in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Not a "no show" per se, but the result was no show, so I guess it counts... I went to see Jaki Byard and Michael Marcus in a duo performance at the Regattabar in Cambridge. There was a massive power outage so they postponed the show. Jaki was murdered before the rescheduled show. Damn! The reschedule was a terrible no-show. You know, now that I think about it more, the rescheduled show may have happened but I couldn't make it so it turned out to be a "no show" for me. However, I never did get to see Jaki perform as he died before coming back into Boston again. I'm still bummed out about that power outage to this day. We tried to talk the Regattabar to let them play acoustic but management said that it would violate their liability insurance policies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 One year at the original Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, Freddie Hubbard was a no-show. Another year at the same festival, Ella Fitzgerald cancelled due to illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Had tickets for Ralph Peterson's Fo'tet that I was really looking forward to but it ended up being cancelled due to US/Canada border problems. Bummer ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 At the Edinburgh Jazz Festival quite a number of years ago I attended a lunch time gig by the Junior Mance Trio. I sat down and was surprised to find out that Junior wasn't well. Instead Stan Tracey, John Bunch and Paul Harrison played short solo sets. I was enthralled by Stan but probably loved Bunch ( who I hadn't heard of at that point) the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) I once took the ride to Jazzkeller in Frankfurt to hear Philly Joe Jones - there was a note on the door he had cancelled scant hours before the show for health reasons. There was a fan at the door just as disappointed making remarks about substance problems ... it wasn't long before he died. I really would have loved to see him play live. Edited April 2, 2012 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 About twenty years ago I took a date to see Janis Siegel with Fred Hersch in Atlanta. There was a power outtage, and as we all waited outside we were told that the fire marshal prohibited the concert from being performed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 'Nother case was the Bulgarian Jazz Quartet Focus '65 with Simeon Shterev and Milcho Leviev who were supposed to open for Herbie Mann in 1970 - the Wolfgang Dauner Trio had been called as a sub as the Bulgarians had been denied visas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I was enthralled by Stan but probably loved Bunch ( who I hadn't heard of at that point) the most. Bunch is an excellent late swing pianist. I saw him many times at the now defunct Zinno Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village, often in a trio with Jay Leonhardt & Bucky Pizzarelli. I also saw that trio do a freebie at the Umbria festival. I think the first time I saw bunch was at Bradley's in the late '70s. Junior Mance was also a regular at Zinno (Bruno, the Milanese bartender, called him "Juny-or Mahn-say), and now he performs at Cafe Loup, across the street, where Bruno works since the demise of Zinno. I was planning to see Stan Tracey last time I was in London, in 2009, but Waiting for Godot with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellin let out too late to make it practical. About twenty years ago I took a date to see Janis Siegel with Fred Hersch in Atlanta. There was a power outtage, and as we all waited outside we were told that the fire marshal prohibited the concert from being performed. Fire marshals seem to be the enemies of jazz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I missed Dennis Gonzalez, Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean at Downtown Music Gallery due to the big blackout of 2003. I heard that Hopper borrowed an acoustic guitar for the gig since he couldn't play electric bass. Hey, I was at that gig! Hopper tried in vain to find an acoustic bass. A woman ran a mile or two to her apartment to get her acoustic guitar for him to borrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hey, I was at that gig! I was at home in Brooklyn when the power went out. I was never happier to be unemployed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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