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I'm once again loving reading about the festival in this thread. Maybe next year for me.
If you have any chance, you gotta come!
btw, Chuck -- nice seeing you again this year! Sorry I didn't get more of a chance to talk.
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wow. I guess my favorites were not the favorites of the organissimo board in the slightest.
As is seemingly the case every year, the best acts get booked on the jazz on jackson stage so they can play to a few hundred people.
Fareed Haque, Esperanza Spaulding (her band is SOOOOO good), Dan Cray, Nicole Mitchell, Darwin Noguera and the previously mentioned Ben Paterson all turned in top notch performances that should have been seen by far more people than they were.
Jeff Parker's set was a great (in essence) kick off to the festivities.
I told everyone that would listen that Gonzalo Rubalcaba's set was going to be the best of the entire weekend. All of the reports that I've heard back indicate that I called that one to a "T." One of the few times in my life that I've been bummed that I was playing instead of seeing someone else.
I thought Amina Figarova's set was really good, but was totally floored by the Holland Big Band. Especially Potter's solo. Damn.
I was glad to see the Young Lions stage this year.
What I'd REALLY like to see is either more JIC attention for Chicago's alt-jazz scene or an altogether new stage for the stuff. Algernon, Leafbird, Matt Ulery's Loom, Eastern Bloc, Andreas Kapsalis, and others are more than deserving of space at the fest, yet year after year, their music is ignored, where really, it's the freshest music happening in the midwest.
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A belated happy birthday wish, but a happy birthday wish nonetheless! Hope you had a good one. But more importantly, hope you have a good year!
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Re: "The Dead": with or without Jerry, they're still going to be pulling from one of the most marvelous canons of music EVER. Say what you will about masturbation, long jams, whatever, whatever, blah, blah, blah. There's still no debating the fact that they simply wrote great songs, from the hippie-dippie rock of The Golden Road to the overblown-ness of Terrapin Station, there's no denying their ability to craft great music. Shit, even Foolish Heart is a great tune (though I don't recommend the poorly played studio version of it on Built to Last).
Re: which albums to pick up: there are magic moments on every live record, even Steal Your Face (if I found it for $2 used somewhere, that'd make the Casey Jones on there worthwhile). The Live/Dead era is great for its fire and wide eyed sense of adventure. The country rock era is great for the song craft. The "Grateful Dead Records" era (73-76) is great for the fantastic jamming material that came from that era. The Arista Years are plagued by great songs buried under bad performances. But great songs are still great songs. So, really, at the end of the day, the answer to the question of "what Dead to buy" is simple: EVERYTHING.
One way to hear a lot of great Dead for free is to go here: Live Music Archive
Enjoy.
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Lazaro,
I might have to take you up on that offer!
And for anyone else interested...
The audio is atrocious (it was taken off of one of those mini handheld camcorders by one of my friends on a whim). I'm a little proud of the performances though.
Enjoy!
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One of these days, I'll get some of the Chicagoans that post here to come out to a show...
Paul Abella Trio
THE STORE
2002 N. Halsted
9:30pm-12:30am
Friday January 16th
no cover
We're fun, I promise. We won't change your life, we won't make you think heavy thoughts. We'll just hope you have a good time.
If that's good enough for you, then please join us!
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my review in the upcoming edition of Chicago Jazz Magazine. I really dig what they're doing. Maybe you will too...
MATT ULERY'S LOOM -- MUSIC BOX BALLERINA (Woolgathering Music)Thad Franklin -- Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Tim Haldeman -- Tenor Saxophone
Zach Brock -- Violin
Rob Clearfield -- Accordian & Piano
Matt Ulery -- Acoustic Bass
Jon Deitmeyer --Drums
I will start off by stating this: this isn't going to be a review, in the normal sense. This is going to be a gush-fest. A review might be critical in an area or two in order to give the perspective of objectivity. I'm not even going to try. From the moment I put this one in the CD player, it hit me as a close to perfect representation of what jazz can be in 2009.
Of course, it didn't hurt that there's more than a passing resemblance here to another favorite band of mine, Ben Allison's Medicine Wheel. If you've heard that group's "Riding the Nuclear Tiger," you pretty much know what to expect. The arrangements are smart, the players are certainly technically proficient, and they're definitely doing their parts to move jazz into a new century. That said, there's an indie rock aesthetic here that can't be ignored. It crops up in the grooves, it rears it's head in the looseness of the solos and in the shapeshifting of the arrangements. This isn't jazz to be relegated to a dimly lit corner buried underneath a hundred mundane conversations. This is jazz as you expect to hear it while you're jam packed into the Hideout or the Darkroom, packed shoulder to shoulder with other jazz aficionados that know that this band is about to tear the roof off the sucka.
Things definitely get started off on the right note with "Scott Free." A tune with a groove funky enough that it could easily be sampled by a progressive house music dj with a kickin' horn line to boot. What makes things truly intersting though, is how the accordian is used to accent the tenor/trumpet front line. It's as if Ulery went out of his way to ensure that absolutely no stone went unturned in creating just the right texture for these songs, and this only becomes more evident as you listen to more of the disc.
"Kentucky Animal Orchestra" is next on the disc, and it is on this disc that you realize just how fantastic of a rhythm section Ulery and Deitmeyer make here. Deitmeyer knows exactly when to fill up space, and when to leave huge, gaping holes. His playing is ALWAYS tasteful on this disc, and his willingness to take chances is downright inspiring, especially in his interplay with Ulery and Zach Brock.
"Good Morning" was the tune that really threw its hooks in me and made me realize what a HEAVY disc this is. Starting off with a some trumpet/tenor work that reminded me of some of Dave Douglas' 90's work, it's a beautiful tune, full of rhythmic twists and turns that aren't found nearly enough in the jazz world. The blatant lack of a chordal instrument in the first solo chorus is nice, as Haldeman gets all of the space in that he needs to craft a beautiful solo, which only gains more steam as Rob Clearfield's accordian builds in intensity behind him.
"Liguria" puts the spotlight on Rob Clearfield's piano playing. It's gorgeous. The focus is clearly on the rhythm section here, and they do not disappoint.
"Constant" starts off as mellow as "Liguria," but the focus once again turns from standard jazz rhythm section to incredibly creative juggernaut as the intensity builds and builds. This is one of the standout tracks on Music Box Ballerina for sure.
Grazyna Auguscik enters the fray on "Slow and Awake." As with nearly everything she touches, this too is gold. I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that Ulery wrote this with her in mind. Auguscik has a certain way with a vocal that is beautiful, and this song seemed like it was written to fit those very contours. Whether that's the case or not, while not as intense of a song as some of the stuff to be heard earlier on this disc, it is just as interesting.
"House Logic" is actually a kind of disturbing way to end the CD. The closest comparison I can make here is the scene in the film adaptation of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" when Hunter S. Thompson and his attorney are on an ether trip walking scared out of their minds through a carnival runway. Trying to describe it further would only be an exercise in futility. Suffice it to say that if the description just given interests you, you'll probably like it. If you're left wondering why they didn't just play "Autumn Leaves" instead, you probably won't.
To put it simply, Music Box Ballerina is fantastic. To my ears, THIS is what modern day jazz should be all about. Just like Bird, Diz, Mingus, Trane, Miles and Weather Report did, Ulery and his group are creating new jazz on their terms. And if I remember what my teachers taught me in jazz appreciation class, that is what jazz is all about.
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Yes. I very much agree. I hesitate to say this, because it's just a feeling I have based on a small sample, but it seems to me that the music I've listened to coming out of Chicago recently is exciting, forward-leaning, fresh, unafraid.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Nice win by those Rays. Happy to be done with A.J. "I'm-ready-to-play-some-real-baseball" Pierzynski and his pals, although I gotta say that Ozzie kinda grew on me over the last few games.
F*ck Ozzie with a donkey dick. I'm so glad I don't have to watch that prick make goo-goo eyes at the camera anymore this season. I'll be so happy when he's finally out of baseball -- egotistical camera hound.
Well yeah, there's that.
As (seemingly) the only White Sox fan on this entire forum, I gotta stand up for my guys.
The players that they have are great, and A.J., like his attitude or not, is a great player. Damn good catcher, damn good hitter for a catcher. If we can unload Vazquez and solidify our pitching, I think we've got a pretty good package all the way around.
And for Ozzie to be able to make 2 playoff appearances and a 90 win season in 4 years is pretty impressive, especially considering the nimrods he has to take orders from.
So, congrats to Tampa Bay for a great season and a great series.
But all you White Sox haters out there can kiss my generously proportioned buttocks.
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Paul, is there a reason WDCB doesn't report to Jazzweek/MediaGuide? Just curious.
We hit #2 on the CMJ jazz charts (that's College Music Journal) this week!
Well, suffice it to say that there's not a station in the country that wouldn't want to be on mediaguide's radar.
In every discussion that we've had with them, they've said that we're out of their range.
What makes this really odd is the fact that WHPK is in their range, and we're not.
I keep hearing that they're going to start monitoring web streams. I'm looking forward to that day.
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Cool!
Everyone should call up their local jazz station and ask them to play some organissimo! If the station doesn't have the new disc, tell them they are a donkey-ass moron who no like jazz and then let me know and we'll send them one!
the problem is, it looks like your radio promotions guru is only going off of a jazzweek/media guide list, which means that a lot of stations like the one I work for are getting the shaft, because, hey, if you can't see the spins, then they must not exist.
Trust me, they exist.
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I'm hard at work on my third CD ( at this point , mostly trying to finish getting the production bread
together and I'm about 70% there - not an easy task in todays financial climate! ) I've got it pretty well finished writing wise and with any luck, hope to get it out late winter or spring.
Samples from my earlier two CDs can be heard on my own website:
www.philkellymusic.com
or on CD Baby or the Origin Records webpage.
Phil Kelly
www.philkellymusic.com
NW Prevailing Winds
SW Santa Ana Winds
Origin Records
I was talking to John, Chad and Matt last week at the Origin Records Jazz Fest in Chicago and your name kept coming up as an example of some of the finest music to come off of that label.
I love your stuff man.
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I dig it.
And the fine and friendly folks at WDCB all seem to be digging it too!
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I think this meltdown is as good a reason as any to vote third party across the board this November.
Okay, let's see who you got!
Let the liberals vote for the Green PartyMy original plan, until I found out that Cynthia "let's get a congressional hearing together to find out who killed Tupac" McKinney was their presidential choice. What a way to tell the world, "hey, we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning in November!"
and the conservatives vote for the Constitution and Libertarian Parties.And, for the libertarians, we get someone who voted for some of the most UN-Libertarian laws ever to be on the books: The Patriot Act, DOMA, and he also wasted how many tax dollars trying to impeach Clinton?
What a change in Congress we would see then!Yeah. The phrase "the inmates running the asylum" comes to mind.
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I've been loving me some emusic for a while now.
I just found my disc on there the other day. (I seriously didn't know that it was on there until my wife found it on a google search...)
so, find this one...
it's only 8 credits! what a bargain!
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Some after-fest venues to consider:
Greg Osby Five
Fri, August 29 : 9 p.m.
Sat, August 30 : 8 p.m.
Green Mill Jazz Club
4802 N. Broadway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
773.878.5552
greenmill@comcast.net
Price: $12
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Velvet Lounge
Fri: 10pm Jazz Festival AfterFest Session AACM Great Black Music Ensemble with special guests
Sat: 10pm Jazz Festival AfterFest Session with Fred Anderson, Kidd Jordan, Harrison Bankhead, Isaiah Spencer with special guests
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The Hungry Brain
2319 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
773-935-2118
Saturday, 30 August 2008
10:00PM | After Fest Sessions
Misha Mengelberg - solo piano
11:00PM | Gerald Cleaver's Violet Hour
Gerald Cleaver
J.D. Allen
Andrew Bishop
Chris Lightcap
Jeremy Pelt
Ben Waltzer
Rupe
and the Paul Abella Trio at Joey's Brickhouse! Come support your fellow O boarder!!!
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Ann and I are driving in tomorrow night. We will be there thru Sunday. If anyone needs to contact me, my cell is 231 944-8096. Hope to see old friends and make some new ones.
whilst probably pointless, I will remind you that if you're up for a trip up the red line, my trio is playing at Joey's Brickhouse on Friday after Jazz Fest.
It'd be cool to see some of the O boarders that are from Chicago or that are coming to Chicago.
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I've said it before elsewhere in this forum and I'll say it again: when I die, I want this CD playing "Amazing Grace" at my funeral.
If you haven't picked it up yet, get it NOW. It really is that good!
Thanks, man!!!
Heed this man's advice.
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When I first (mis)read this I thought, "The Paula Abdul Trio"?!?
you wouldn't be the first, and you won't be the last.
But, if it'll get more people to show up, I can babble on incoherently about how everyone is the best musician ever.
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The Paul Abella Trio
Friday, August 29th
Joey's Brickhouse
1258 W. Belmont
Chicago, IL 60657
8:30pm-12:30am
Just like last year, we're hosting our little after fest jazz party at one of the most fun places that you'll find on Chicago's North Side!
It's a couple of blocks from the red line stop at Belmont, making it an easy hop, skip and a jump from downtown!
So, come see us swing through a whole bunch of stuff! It'll be fun, I promise. And if you tell me who you are, I might just buy you a beer.
C'mon, you know you wanna...
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Just received an email that Greg Osby will be performing at the Green Mill on Friday, August 29th and Saturday, August 30th to celebrate his initial CD release on his own imprint. I am very much looking forward to attending that show.
LWayne
there goes any chance of me attempting to lure people to Joey's Brickhouse after the fest to come see my trio play.
Shit, I might bail on my gig to go see that one.
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Oh, I get it. But if you're going to have a festival whose organizers are so gung-ho on having a festival that is the polar opposite of selling out, then those organizers shouldn't all of the sudden sell out when it comes to supporting local business.
Two very different entities operating here. The JIC does the shows and the City controls the purse strings and does the rest.
For as much as I know about the inner workings here, I didn't know that the JIC wasn't involved in the booths and vendors and such. Which I should, considering that I work in one of those booths every year.
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I wish I could go ... sadly, I think it'll have to wait this year.
As for the autograph thing, I know at the Atlanta festival a few years ago there was a booth set up off to the side of the main stage where some bands would sell autographed copies of their CDs. Good way to meet the musicians and at least let them know how much you enjoy their music. So ... if Gerald Wilson has a new CD out, there might be a similar setup in Chicago. ... Just guessing.
They always do this at whatever company is set up to sell CD's.
In the past, it had been the jazz record mart.
Last year, inexplicably, it was best buy.
Here, I'll explicate for you: $.
Mark, Kidd and Fred are only doing Saturday/Sunday. Friday will be the Great Black Music Ensemble with special guests from that evening's AACM concert at the festival...
Oh, I get it. But if you're going to have a festival whose organizers are so gung-ho on having a festival that is the polar opposite of selling out, then those organizers shouldn't all of the sudden sell out when it comes to supporting local business.
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You should have made mention of it, I would have gladly given you an empty glass. Or better yet, a full one!
Sounds like any number of gigs that I have on a steady basis.