Adam

I went on Saturday. Copying my post from the AAJ board: Yes I did - to the second set on Saturday. Got there just slightly too late for the first set. Has this happened to you? The World Stage seats something like 40, and that's a tight fit. I had a date with me, and two friends already inside. But when we two got to the door, they had only one ticket left! So I bought two for the second set and we went down the street for coffee. Anyway, the second set was sold out as well. We sat in the second row. There were seven people crammed onto the small stage: Grimes - bass Nick Rosen on a second bass. The 17-year old discussed above. Dan Clucas - tpt Alex Cline - drums Nels Cline - guitar Chris Heenan - Alto sax & bass clarinet But no Charles Owen. Some other youngter also playing alto sax. Don't have the name with me, but he was only 16, and worth watching. Grimes didn't say a word. Nick Rosen did the intros, and he seems to have gotten it together. Two untitled numbers of free jazz, each about 30 minutes. Both quite good (although my date didn't quite get into it). The first number, IMHO, went on too long. Some second solos to people who weren't quite up for it. Maybe the songs had titles and were from somewhere, but I don't know the sources, and no titles were called. Grimes himself played without pause for the full 60 minutes, dripping sweat, sounding great, listening intensely, playng some walking lines. But he really did not solo! I guess he doesn't feel up to it yet, as everyone else soloed. Also, he looked down at the bass the whole time, as though he weren't fully confident about his fingering yet. But everything he played sounded good to me. The best moment for me from the two pieces was the end of the second piece, which was a lovely duet between Nels and Henry. I dreaded the possibility that everyone was going to come back in again, but they didn't. Oh, and Mike, thank you for posting that article about Waldron.

Hey, the "v" and the "b" are next to each other on the keyboard. Could be a typo, and proofreading ain't exactly the strong suit at AMG.

Waldro had a stroke, I believe, in the 1960s, and relearned. Man, I'm gonna go this weekend to see Grimes with the Clines.

I remember it being Got a Good Thing Goin as the Rare Groove next month.

May I suggest the addition of a forum like Jazz in Print - Books, Mags, Photos? Also, I would call it Live Shows & Festivals. Finally, I still like the idea of a Record Reviews forum. But who knows? Thank you.