[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

"Segundo" (21st Anniversary)
by Juana Molina

[Is David Murray Still Around & Perfoming?]

This was from the NYC Winter Jazzfest in 2019 dueling it out with JD Allen

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

[Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?]

[the fusion-era tony williams...]

I got the box last week. Haven't had time to spend time with it yet, though

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

7 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Jon Dee Graham: Only Dead For A Little While

He's a real character. I've seen him a few times in Austin.

[Michael Cuscuna has died at 75]

Just my small collection of Mosaic titles, but a lifetime of great music inside.

Thanks, Michael!

[Best Live Boxed Set?]

4 hours ago, Pim said:

Coltrane's Village Vanguard Box set is my favorite probably. There's not a single bad note at that set. It's one of the few sets where I really don't mind the fact that there are four takes of the same track on it.

Yes - THAT one, too!

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

[Best Live Boxed Set?]

I like Miles at the Blackhawk, and also the large Plugged Nickel set. I would also add Lee Morgan's Complete Lighthouse box.

This isn't jazz (exactly), but Jimi's "Songs For Groovy Children" (The Fillmore East Concerts) is an exceptional set that far exceeds all the other versions that have been released to date.

[Is David Murray Still Around & Perfoming?]

Saw him last year at Big Ears performing with Tar Baby. He can still blow!

 

[Michael Cuscuna has died at 75]

Didn't have any personal relationship with him, but I always highly respected him for his dedication to the music.

A giant loss for the jazz world 

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Rudolph Carter .... prior to that with the Percy Sledge Band ...

Good to know. Didn't quite work this time, anyway.

[Impulse on Banadcamp]

7 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

So I did a quick dive into this and apparently this description comes from two of the members of Messthetics being former members of the punk band Fugazi (which I only have passing knowledge of). 

Yes, that's correct. Messthetics are bass/drums from Fugazi plus Anthony Pirog on guitar. It's an interesting combination of progressive loud rock and jazz. Not for everybody, but I like it. Saw them at Big Ears, too. Very high energy.

[Chrome is missing]

Chrome didn't log in correctly on my Windows laptop today either. It was there, but none of my links signed in as usual. After I rebooted, everything was fine.

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

15 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I never did pick that one up. I guess I figured that the band picked the best of the tracks for the original release and didn't think the alternate takes would be very different. Was I wrong?

Honestly, I haven't listened to all the disks that much. There are some tracks with a sax player that don't work well. But like any group of live tracks, some are better than others. Let's just say the original album wasn't wrong.

But I like the idea of hearing complete shows, as opposed to a 'best of' from multiple shows. The most successful so far is Jimi Hendrix, "Songs For Groovy Children" (The Fillmore East Concerts). A real tour de force!

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

[What live music are you going to see tonight?]

14 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Recently over the past week or so:

Mat Maneri Ash quartet with Lucian Ban, Brandon Lopez & Randy Peterson. Saw them twice over a 10 day span and now 6 times over the last 9-10 months. Best jazz group live I know of. Mat taking it to places unvisited by mere mortals. 

also a nice quartet with a local great young pedal steel guitarist which included Lopez & the fine young drummer Joey Sullivan at the same gig as the Maneri group

Tony Malaby quartet with Angelica Sanchez, Mark Helias & Tom Rainey

Michael Attias’ Renku with John Hebert & Satoshi Takeshi

Ingrid Laubrock, Brandon Lopez & Tom Rainey

tonight:

Patricia Brennan, Noel Brennan with Ingrid Laubrock & Keisuke Matsuno

All 3 of these saxophonists playing at a very high level but Ingrid on soprano especially on Sunday night took it to another level. That trio is incredible with the *great* Brandon Lopez as the linchpin. Rainey is, of course, one of the greatest drummers on the planet. Seeing him very often doesn’t dull his brilliance in any way. Almost new and fresh. Plus seeing him back to back nights from 5-8 feet always doesn’t hurt:)

 

Saw Laubrock with Myra Melford's Fire and Water super group (also Mary Halvorson, Tomeka Reid and Leslie Mok) at Big Ears. What a great performance!

[What live music are you going to see tonight?]

24 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Saw James Brandon Lewis last night at the Vortex, with his touring Quartet of Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor. 

Not a group that I like that much on record but I found them very absorbing live, particularly Jones and Taylor. As is often the case, music that can seem a little wandering on record makes sense when you can see the players in action.

Saw him last month with the Messthetics. A totally different experience.

[Last art exhibition you visited?]

Large Irving Penn retrospective at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco.

Excellent show if you happen to be in town

[Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?]

[Calvin Keys. R.I.P.]

It's very sad.

He was scheduled to perform on Sunday at a great oceanside venue down the coast (from SF), and I was thinking of going.

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

Lunatic Soul "Under The Fragmented Sky"