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  1. Sonny Clark complete Blue Note announced.

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    I don’t listen to very much classic jazz these days but Sonny Clark is my favorite pianist of his sort. Love these recordings and I may buy this. 

    regarding Hoffman the jazz threads are fine. The one Lon started is excellent.

    There is a great avant-garde thread with decent participation although of course the interest in that sort of music will always be very limited. Some here would enjoy the recommendations and commentary. 

    Also it’s the best place by FAR to discuss the Grateful Dead. The most knowledgeable posters on the subject of my favorite rock band. 

  3. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by Steve Reynolds

    On 7/26/2023 at 11:21 AM, mjazzg said:

    I'd like to seebher.bFound the couple of albums I've heard pretty interesting 

    This was an avant-garde rock set. Spectacular. Zoh played some guitar and sang one song. Ismaily was beyond great as was Steve Gunn

    seeing Zoh again the next 2 or even 3 nights

    tonight is Forbes Graham, gabby fluke-mogul & Luke Stewart

    friday is with Patrick Shiroishi, Wendy Eisenberg & Chris Corsano

    saturday is with Micah Thomas & Corsano

    expecting free jazz Friday & Saturday 

    who knows what tonight will bring 

    On 7/28/2023 at 2:22 PM, Steve Reynolds said:

    This was an avant-garde rock set. Spectacular. Zoh played some guitar and sang one song. Ismaily was beyond great as was Steve Gunn

    seeing Zoh again the next 2 or even 3 nights

    tonight is sign Forbes Graham, gabby fluke-mogul & Luke Stewart

    friday is with Patrick Shiroishi, Wendy Eisenberg & Chris Corsano

    saturday is with Micah Thomas & Corsano

    expecting free jazz Friday & Saturday 

    who knows what tonight will bring 

    Last night mind blowing 1 hour piece with some thematic elements. As great as Zoh, Forbes & Luke were, gabby fluke-mogul played as great on violin as I have ever heard. Genius level from many perspectives. 
     

    looking forward to tonight 

     

  4. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    On 7/26/2023 at 11:21 AM, mjazzg said:

    I'd like to seebher.bFound the couple of albums I've heard pretty interesting 

    This was an avant-garde rock set. Spectacular. Zoh played some guitar and sang one song. Ismaily was beyond great as was Steve Gunn

    seeing Zoh again the next 2 or even 3 nights

    tonight is sign Forbes Graham, gabby fluke-mogul & Luke Stewart

    friday is with Patrick Shiroishi, Wendy Eisenberg & Chris Corsano

    saturday is with Micah Thomas & Corsano

    expecting free jazz Friday & Saturday 

    who knows what tonight will bring 

  6. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by Steve Reynolds

    8 hours ago, colinmce said:

    very nice lineup

    Plus best vibe I’ve ever experienced in live music the last 9 months especially in these small rooms in Brooklyn. Hanging out between sets with Brandon, Kevin & some of the other musicians is a roar. Brandon is the best. 

    seeing Webb again on Wednesday plus an awesome cellist named T.J. Borden.

    most importantly the duo of James McKain on tenor saxophone and the miraculous Chuck Roth on guitar. I’ve seen them 2-3 times and her (Chuck) 4-5 times the last few months. Recordings of both of them solo and then duo will happen in the near future. 
     

    for those wondering the audience is young, alive and open to new vibrant and radical brilliant music. 

  10. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

    Last night Larry Ochs with Steve Swell, Tim Berne, Brandon Lopez & Gerald Cleaver

    tonight Darius Jones solo then Lopez & Cleaver with Fred Moten

    Again both sets far exceeded my expectations. Cleaver & Lopez together are magic. Fred Moten is brilliant and I’m not normally a fan of any spoken word/poetry. Their 45 minute set was a work of musical vision Gerald added in a bit of his own vocalizing with stunning effect. He’s a genius level musician peaking. Seeing him 3 times in 4 days almost not enough. Too bad he doesn’t live here any longer but he says he’ll be back within a month for more gigs. 

    Might go tomorrow for the last of their 3 night residency. With Matt Nelson opening on solo tenor saxophone. 

  11. My Top Three Younger Trumpeters

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by Steve Reynolds

     Ben LaMar Gay / but also plays cornet

    Seeing Peter Evans this Friday with Jessica Pavone, Brandon Lopez & Ryan Sawyer. It’s Jessica’s week at The Stone at The New School

    Saw his Being & Becoming quartet in the spring with Joel Ross and they were spectacular and Evans is flat out incredible. But he’s now 41 years old and has been on the scene 16 to 17 years. 
     

  17. Modern/Avant New Releases: A running thread

    in New Releases

    Posted · Edited by Steve Reynolds

    See my comments on the live music thread

    the “Old Dogs” are destroying planets 

    Larry Ochs still peaking at 74 so this week 2 or 3 more sets with the great saxophonist. He was sitting right behind me for Crispell, Dresser & Hemingway. Nice guy. Vladimir Tarasov 2 seats to my right. I’m so blessed to have witnessed these sets live.

    after this week back to the young guns. I’m sure some shows in Brooklyn with the scene changers then,,,, 

    2 sets late this month with the *great* Zoh Amba!! 7/28 & 7/29 both include Chris Corsano

    Next Friday 7/14 Jessica Pavone, Peter Evans, Brandon Lopez & Ryan Sawyer. Wowza

    plus 7/22 improv show at Roulette with various luminaries including Mary Halvorson, Cyro Baptista, Billy Martin, Kenny Wolleson, Ches Smith, John Zorn, Wendy Eisenberg & gabby fluke-mogul among others 

    look out for Joanna Mattrey on violin, James McKain on tenor saxophone snd especially the amazing Chuck Roth on guitar. Don’t look her up:)

    the musical energy over here is burning hot.

  18. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by Steve Reynolds

    5 hours ago, colinmce said:

    Amazing. Jealous!

    btw, maybe I missed it but I would love to hear your thoughts on anything you saw at Vision.

    Had a very bad back issue and was only able to attend the first 2 nights

    1st night highlights: Joelle with Fred Moten & the septet was 40 minutes of genius. They rehearsed almost 30 hours over 3 days and pulled off the execution of a very complex score with intricate improvised sections and solos. Steve Swell, Mat Maneri & Fred Lonberg-Holm absolutely killed it. I’m still amazed at this. One time meeting. Hoping we get a recording of this down the road.

    Leandre was immense the whole night / the trio with Taborn & Maneri a bit better than the trio with Melford & Mitchell

    2nd night highlights: Black Host delivered with Seabrook the highlight as well as Cooper-Moore. Darius Jones not high enough in the mix

    Rob Brown with Hilliard Greene & Jackson Krall incredibly great / old school free jazz vibrant and alive. Band explodes once Brown laid out. Hilliard especially great with the bow

    Patricia Nicholson ruined the Drake Alice Coltrane project with her incessant yelping and self promotional horseshit. Pathetic but it’s her festival. Her ego knows no bounds. 

     

     

  19. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by Steve Reynolds

    On 6/28/2023 at 11:23 PM, Steve Reynolds said:

    Tonight saw Mark Dresser, Larry Ochs & Vladimir Tarasov

    “Jones Jones”

    Stunning 1 hour set. Uber restraint and genius level improvisation 

    3 pieces between 17 to 20 minutes then a stunning 3-4 minute coda. Short piece the only time Tarasov used standard drum sticks. Mallets & brushes with a couple of bells & a small tambourine used as only a master can.

    Ochs as brilliant as ever, Dresser among the best 3-4 bassists on the planet and Tarasov is still Tarasov. Blessed to see this very rare occurrence for the second time.

    If my back holds out I’ll see BassDrumBone tomorrow night (Helias, Hemingway & Anderson), then Crispell, Dresser & Hemingway Saturday night.

    next week 2 shows with Ochs. Trio with Nels Cline & Gerald Cleaver then a quintet with Trevor Dunn, Jason Hao Kwang, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Kate Gentile. 
     

    Crispell, Dresser & Hemingway delivered a 62 minute continuous set of Braxton’s music with an intensity & pure genius that no words can be found to describe what was played 3 hours ago. Best set of the last 9 months and I’ve seen at least 40 to 50 sets of jazz/free improv as this was on that level above and beyond. 
     

    to see my heroes in the glass box theatre 10 feet away was another musical dream come true. They are all better than ever. Astounding.

  21. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by Steve Reynolds

    Tonight saw Mark Dresser, Larry Ochs & Vladimir Tarasov

    “Jones Jones”

    Stunning 1 hour set. Uber restraint and genius level improvisation 

    3 pieces between 17 to 20 minutes then a stunning 3-4 minute coda. Short piece the only time Tarasov used standard drum sticks. Mallets & brushes with a couple of bells & a small tambourine used as only a master can.

    Ochs as brilliant as ever, Dresser among the best 3-4 bassists on the planet and Tarasov is still Tarasov. Blessed to see this very rare occurrence for the second time.

    If my back holds out I’ll see BassDrumBone tomorrow night (Helias, Hemingway & Anderson), then Crispell, Dresser & Hemingway Saturday night.

    next week 2 shows with Ochs. Trio with Nels Cline & Gerald Cleaver then a quintet with Trevor Dunn, Jason Hao Kwang, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Kate Gentile. 
     

  22. Peter Brotzmann RIP

    in Artists

    Posted

    Very reliable source just confirmed this

    the granddaddy of them all

    82 years old. Toured the world for 50 plus years. Influence beyond immense.

    there has never been a *sound* that comes close to Herr Brotzmann on the tenor

    this one hurts / along with Evan Parker, he is my most listened to reed player

    Plus the 2 shows of his Tentet in 2000 & 2002 remain the greatest sets of live music I’ve ever witnessed

     

    RIP, sir

  23. Vision Festival 2023 6/13 thru 6/18

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    Up as this happens this week

    day 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 all have 2 or more can’t miss sets

    Day 1 6/13 has Joelle Leandre in 4 different ensembles & 6/14 has 3 can’t miss groups

    Day 2 6/14 has Gerald Cleaver’s incredible Black Host, Hamid Drake’s tribute to Alice Coltrane & Mark Dresser’s sextet

    probably rest on day 3 6/15

    only other date up in the air for me is Friday night 6/16 day 4 but it will be tough to miss the augmented Space Station trio with William Parker, Ava Mendoza & Gerald Cleaver. 

    plus the Matthew Shipp quartet should be very very good and Patricia Brennan is an amazing vibraphonist. 

    Day 5 Saturday night has Joe McPhee duo with Dave Burrell and a Brandon Lopez led group with both Gerald Cleaver AND Tom Rainey on drums with Zeena Parkins, Mat Maneri and 2 others. Plus an opening set that includes the *great* Nava Dunkelman 

    Day 6 has some intriguing early sets but I cannot miss a chance to see a band with Reggie Workman, Odean Pope, Jason Moran & Gerry Hemingway. Have no idea what will happen but what if?!?! 

     

     

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