JD Allen - Barracoon (JDA tenor saxophone; Ian Kenselaar bass; Nic Cacioppo - drums)
Nothing revelatory, but very enjoyable. JDA leans more towards Ornette in his playing.
I did not find the show disappointing, I found it underwhelming. Darius's focus has been on politics the last few times that I have seen him. At that show, he seemed more interested in spreading his political viewpoints than making good music. I go to the Jazz Gallery to get away from the overtly political. I could have stayed home and watched cable news instead of going to see the performance.
Anthony Braxton box - four hour-long slabs dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, James Brown, and Merle Haggard, played by AB, Taylor Ho Bynum, Nels Cline, and Greg Saunier out 6/21 on Firehouse 12.
Source: Burning Ambulance
A new JD Allen Trio release due in June on Savant w/ new trio -- Ian Kenselaar (bass) and Nic Cacioppo (drums).
The title is Barracoon.
source: Burning Ambulance
I attended a performance of Tyshawn Sorey's sextet at the Jazz Gallery in NYC this past Saturday. His band mates were all young and relatively new on the NYC scene -- probably all under 30 years of age. It was packed. Standing room only. I have been to the Jazz Gallery dozens of times and have never seen so many people attending an event there.
The band played a single set lasting approximately two hours and fifteen minutes. The music was not as "experimental" as the music Sorey has presented in his latest several releases. I would describe the music as covering the spectrum from post bop to free bop.
He operated in the conventional role as a drummer with this band. What struck me the most was how great a drummer Sorey is. He performed over the two hours some of the most effortlessly melodic and inventive drumming that I have heard in a long while.
Nathan Reising- alto saxophone
Morgan tenor- tenor saxophone, EWI
Sasha Berliner- vibraphone, marimba
Lex Korten- piano
Nick Dunston- bass
Tyshawn Sorey- drums
His release before the latest one -- A Rift in Decorum -- is a very nice double album recorded live at the Village Vanguard. Lots of good playing on that one.