Steve Reynolds

Door of the Cage, baby

Uh Oh the great Larry Kart did it again plus this time the thread was getting good

I'll miss the January NYC date but I'll be sure to see them on March 25th yes, Mark - and ZERO days off. For the love of the music for sure. I'll repeat that their opening gig (2 sets) @ Cornelia Street Cafe on a Sunday night in March of 2013 was as good a show as I saw that year. That show was freely improvised. The third gig was based on Ches Smith compositions @ Greenwich House and it was nearly as great. Either way, it is a magical trio.

Second set last night some douchebag and his girl chatting during the second set and this fool giving huge cheers at the end of each of the three sections. He was really trying to impress her a she was clueless and was laughing a bit when Tony was doing some of what he does that few saxophonists do. I'm sure she had never heard "out" saxophone playing before. if my wife was there, she would have let him have it and good. These two dopes couldn't ruin the night, especially the incendiary 70 minute second set which had my ears on fire. Waits being Nasheet and Malaby, especially on soprano, playing with a ferocity and extreme focus that again has me knowing what this music means to me on a very deep level. the slowest piece called Mother's Milk was the ultimate highlight and the soprano playing was as good as I've heard him on the straight horn

Great News!! I encourage all to go see this incredible trio

Very true. How about the Bill Evans Vanguard recordings? imagine trying to chat @ The Village Vanguard today? You would be thrown out. once @ Vision Fest I did tell some ass hat to shut the fuck up and he actually did! tonight: TAMARINDO!!! Malaby, Formanek & Waits

There are relatively few serious listeners for this stuff even here in the NYC area

NEVER at The Stone once in a while @ Cornelia Street way in the back but I think anyone close up with us intense serious listeners would risk limbs if they talked during a Malaby or Halvorsen or Berne or Wooley or Maneri excursion into the nether worlds.

Talking during the Schlippenbach Trio. Fucking Wonderful. Beyond assholes. Why the fuck did they show up to disrespect giants who walk this earth is beyond my ability to comprehend. I might have hurt them badly. Especially if I ever get the opportunity to see them. I've seen all three but never together. I hope you still enjoyed the concert, erwbol

Sonic Youth : The Diamond Sea

Was trying to post a photo of Dragonfly Breath to no avail.....

I missed your message, Chuck. If I get back there on Sunday night, I will do so words by thanksgiving once i digest what I just experienced

Front row - 30 minutes from the edge of an oncoming storm Standing on a Whale Fishing for Minnows

10:00 @ The Stone Dragonfly Breath Steve Swell: trombone Paul Flaherty: tenor saxophone C. Spenser Yeh: violin & voice Weasel Walter: drums

15 minute trio track on Steve Swell's Kanreki trio is Swell, Guillermo Gregorio & Fred Lonberg-Holm fwiw, I am resisting at all costs putting disc 1 in which starts with a 31:19 piece by Dragonfly at least until the day after 11/24 which is the night I see that quartet live up close and personal. I have a feeling that track and maybe that concert might be more than simply, "the best track I've listened to this week"

Among a few more than this at the show the other night: Brotzmann/Swell/Nilssen Love: Kraków Nights (not two) Steve Swell: Kanreki - 2 CD set on not two / various ensembles including a 31 minute live set from Dragonfly Breath. Mr. Swell told me it is as intense as the self-titled masterpiece

That quartet has a secret weapon:) I hope I can put into some sort of words what happened last night. What I will say is that the *great* Steve Swell added to the ensemble seamlessly and the energy level increased from the first set. I will also say that my wife gave Hamid a big hug and for her, it was simply the best concert she has ever experienced. for me I can say something about Mr. Harrison Bankhead. It's been a while since I've seen him and I guess I've not understood what he is capable of. I cannot explain why he started by simply using the plug on his amplifier cord to play music or why or when he sings or vocalizes just as I cannot explain how he instantly composed or introduces song form melodies into a free jazz improvisation in ways that I've never heard before. Nor can I start to tell anyone who wasn't there how stunningly gorgeous were those melodic excursions or insertions. And when that first set ended (before the short duo with Ramon & Hamid) with the following said or sung twice, why did I feel tears of joy? Swing Low, baby

First Set OMFG love always to those two incredible Chicago dudes plus the amazing Duboc & Lopez peace and blessings

Fired up for tomorrow night upcoming on Saturday 12/5 @ Cornelia Street: Tamarindo which is Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek & Nasheet Waits BE THERE - if it is 70% of what it was last fall,,,,,

"Misericords" 13:04 opening track from Ghostly Thoughts c/o Dunmall, Adams & Sanders fwiw, as I've been saying for many years, the whole CD is as good and as explosivly innovative as free jazz can get. There is no other recording to compare it to. Thoroughly its own piece.

I've of the mind that KV is a smart talented writer, arranger, musical mind who is a fine yet not exceptional improviser. I've felt this way for many years and I'm sure my feelings are not uncommon. I'm a huge fan of DKV as I feel his playing fits that trio very well. I'm also a strong believer in his large groups. I'm continually impressed and have become more intrigued in the Resonance Ensemble and recently I've spent some time with a couple of those Territory band records and have really been captivated by Company Switch. I'm also very impressed that he is open to electronics and musicians not normally associated with the traditional jazz/free jazz world. As far as The Velvet Lounge I'll write about my ideas later from an out of town perspective

Btw - tell Mat if you get to say hello to him that Steve Reynolds from his home base says hi as well

I've seen the band 3 times over the past few years and they have been better every time. I imagine by now that Kris has written some new material for the band. For me the whole thing hinges on and is elevated to greatness by Mat Maneri. This is the sort of abstract music with those beguiling Davis melodies and structures that Maneri excels in. Whenever I've seen them, there are a few passages where the music goes to another level when Mat gets in that zone.

Had to cancel Village Vanguard tonight? BUT - replacing w/Turbine! on 11/17 - 7:30 @ Zurcher Gallery 33 Lafayette Street Harrison Bankhead & Benjamin Duboc on basses; Ramon Lopez & Hamid Drake on drums, percussion - Steve Swell joins for second set on trombone. YEAH BABY! Disappointment turns to joy - nothing in this world better than seeing/hearing Hamid Drake in a nice little room and little will be better than seeing Harrison Bankhead for the first time in over 15 years. Plus the 2 bass/2 drum idea is something I'm all in on. Will have to wait on seeing Zorn, Laswell etc. as sometimes life shows up a little note for next year - next August at a The Stone - Joe Morris calendar includes Drake all week plus McPhee, Maneri, Taborn and many other greats and a couple or three two drummer shows with Cleaver & Drake!! Plus one set is Malaby, Morris, Parker & Drake. plus the last night is 2 sets of Morris, Maneri, Lightcap & Cleaver wish it all was sooner than 9 months from now!