Steve Reynolds

Please go if you have not seen the trio recently. People call me a fanboy but Malaby is playing the best saxophone of his life the past year.

Enjoy - I'm seeing them on April 25th @ Cornelia Street. Tell Tony Steve Reynolds says hello.

Do it, Colin Or ticket to NY and see them three times

Uli - can you help me? What is the announcement? I am twitter, Facebook and all else ignorant!!!

Excellent news Probably I choose Friday night @ Roulette. I love that room. Nice sound. Easy access.

Wolter Wierbos with ICP or Available Jelly Fwiw - Ray Anderson I'm sure has played a bit of Ellington and in his way is the most Ellintonian of any trombonist outside of the actual trombonists who played in Duke's band.

Sounds great Here's hoping some of the shows from the past few Stone residencies see the light of day. As we know very few of any of the concerts at The Stone come out as official releases.

Wickets from Blinks - 1983 on hatART

Brother in law birthday party ruined next Sunday night for me. Duo with Ehrlich is the vaunted Alive in the House trio. Would love to be there Friday or Saturday night but I don't see it happening as I'm away and not back until late Thursday with a long day at work on Friday

Fwiw, the audiences where I go in that supposedly nasty city named New York are the most pleasant group of people collectively I've ever been around. Last Saturday night was more of the same. New acquaintances, old friends, the musicians - all were happy, friendly and all had a great time. At least the above poster gave a reason why they don't go to see live music, as opposite of my regular experiences.

A few more random thoughts if anyone is interested..... Nine tunes split between Mat's & Lucien's. For sure some different compositions and some the same as the previous two shows. Tiltles like Lime(closed the night), Ed, Number One,to some cool title with the word Demons in it (opened the night). Band is a fine mix between composition, collective improvisation, solos, duos and trios with little sense of where they will go next. I wonder how planned or unplanned these excursions into obliquess or incredible power and energy are. Impressively exciting, invigorating, confusing and life affirming. Regarding Peterson, Mat told my wife after the second set ended that 'one has to be willing to listen to Randy in order to hear him'. Paraphrased but I have an idea where he do coming from. His approach can initially seem like a bull in a china shop, when the reality to my ears that he is always in an improvisation mode and he refuses to not be himself. Comparing (as I do way too often) the band with Peterson as compared to Cleaver or Mintz is easy. Totally different sound. For those who have *heard* Randy, you might have an idea.

Mat would love to. Maybe if a few people bought a few CDs that he had Fwiw - full house both sets. Crowd young, old, in between. Seems like everyone loved it. Even Randy when he knocked two of the Tom drums half way off their stands.

"Start with the tuba with a groove on non-groove" "That's it" The *great* Bob Stewart pushed to the edge - doesn't quite tip over Malaby plays soprano in a manner and on a level that I've never heard before. Mat takes the band leading shit real fucking serious. The combination of his and Lucien's compositions with a drum driven band teetering on the edge of combustion made for a perfect first set and a shorter second set that almost matched it. Stunning

My wife says Randy Peterson is on the EDGE!! Almost tipped over Tom drums did tip over Thought the cymbals might levitate I'm recovering

Met 4/5ths of the band on the corner... First in line and fired up....

Yep, stunning record. Reminiscent of doom metal to me. Remind me to get this CD:)

All in, baby!!

Clusone Trio : The Gig or Qow

Last Option is great The much earlier Ant Farm might be even better The opening track on Last Option is Ellingtonian in style and Chicagoan in sound One lucky week about 16-17 years ago on a 3 day business trip, I saw Von Freeman in a quartet with John Young and Eight Bold Souls at the Hot House Might have been wrapped around my first visit to a place called The Velvet Lounge where I heard Ari Brown mourn the death that day of the great Fred Hopkins Was the night Fred Anderson called my friend and I a cab to get back to the hotel during a heavy snow storm Indiana Avenue, baby

CJ - next step - try Nailed by Cecil Taylor with Evan Parker, Barry Guy & Tony Oxley The first 50 minute track is as relentlessly intense as anything I've ever heard on record. Cecil never slows down. When Parker is playing (on tenor on this live performance) he stays right with him - maybe even moreso than when Jimmy Lyons was playing with Cecil on, for example, sections of One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye. The Taylor unit recordings from the late 70's and then the group recordings with the European masters (late 80's & early 90's on FMP) all fit Colin's description. Extreme high intensity stuff that at first blush or listen can seem inpenetrable.

Making my earlier point better than I did:)

Joe Lovano: From the Soul & Trio Fascination on blue note Joe Maneri on ECM Art Ensemble on ECM Bley-Peacock-Motian: Not Two, Not One ECM (Not sure if ECM qualifies)

EXACTLY! I have nowhere near the expertise in free improv you do, but so much of it is killing without swinging in the "conventional" sense, like the new Jack album or "Espiritu" by Bendian/Cline. Right. I'm thinking more like the power generated by the likes Schlippenbach Trio/Quartet, Peter Brotzmann, Anthony Braxton's classic quartet, or Tim Berne. Not swinging exactly but a sustained and sometimes punishing intensity that generates the same feeling for me. Other groups that fall into category would be Parker-Guy-Lytton, Tarfala which is Mats Gustaffson with Barry Guy & Raymond Strid, Tony Malaby's Tamarindo (which combines all sorts of grooves and seeming anti grooves/skronk, Paul Dunmall with John Edwards and Mark Sanders, David S Ware's classic quartet - especially with Susie Ibarra and Mujician with the grooves of Tony Levin. The mystery and interest often occurs on the margins. Swing? Non-Swing? groove? Non groove? Many combinations of the above makes it all work Sometimes the "clatter" of Paul Lytton turns in some odd way into a rollicking groove in the head and heart - when he never ever plays a straight groove.

For pure groove based (rather than saying "swinging" since well you know the rathole that discussion can go down) free jazz, the above recommendation for Exploding Customer's first release hits my sweet spot as well For me, here are some recordings that demand to be heard: AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark: Live @ The Glenn Miller Cafe Any DKV trio discs - Live in Wels/Chicago and/or Trigonomtry - then if you love the band - either of the recent box sets on not two records Clusone Trio: I am an Indian Trio 3: Live in Willisau (1992) still the finest recording from Lake, Workman & Cyrille David Murray Octet: Ming - powered by the great Steve McCall BassDrumBone: March of Dimes Gerry Hemingway Quintet: Special Detail - I chose the earliest hatART recording as it is the most rambunctious and teetering on madness. William Parker Quartet: O'Neal's Porch - or go directly to the fairly recent 8 CD Wood Flute Songs box which captures the same quintet down the road by 5 to 10 years in various live performances augmented by more musicians on 4 of the 8 discs. Worth way more than the $60 or so it takes to buy it.

Two sets: 9:00 & 10:30 Third time the quintet is playing at the venue. Nasheet Waits was scheduled to be playing with the quintet for the first time. Previous drummers I saw were Gerald Cleaver & Billy Mintz. Nasheet no longer listed BUT there is ONLY one drummer I would rather see with the band and his name is listed below: Mat Maneri - viola Lucien Ban - piano Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone (maybe soprano as well?) Bob Stewart - tuba RANDY PETERSON - drums As great as Nasheet is (especially live as his power in a little room is nothing short of mind boggling), Randy Peterson live with Mat & friends has always been a very unique experience beyond the words I have. Get Ready to Receive Yourself