What live music are you going to see tonight?

[Chalupa]

Last night Daniel Higgs. Tonight Circulasione Total Orcherstra

[Guest Bill Barton]

Tonight it's the conclusion of the Is That Jazz? series at the Chapel Performance Space in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. A double-bill of the Tom Baker Quartet and the Cuong Vu Trio. Looking forward!

Is That Jazz?

Then Sunday night it's Beth Fleenor as clarinet soloist with the odeonquartet in Wayne Horvitz's These Hills of Glory, his composition for improvising soloist and string quartet. Also on the bill is the premiere of a new string quartet by Robin Holcomb and a full set from Figeater, Fleenor's wildly eclectic ensemble. Thank goodness it's a 7:30 p.m. start-time, so I should be able to catch the whole show before heading to Bellevue for my radio program.

These Hills of Glory story from Seattle Weekly

[jeffcrom]

McCoy Tyner Trio

[Chalupa]

Tonight - James Blackshaw w/ Gary Higgins(read about his Red Hash LP)opening.

Edited February 3, 2010 by J.H. Deeley

[BFrank]

Tonite - Yoshi's, Oakland:

Doug Carn - Keys

Calvin Keys - Guitar

George Harper - Sax

Michael Carvin - Drums

Henry Franklin - Bass

Kathryn Farmer - Vocals

[jazzbo]

Last night:

Frode Gjerstad Trio

Here in Austin at "Space 12"

Good time!

[Tom 1960]

Fred Hersch Trio with Larry Grenadier/bass, Richie Barshay/drums.

[Van Basten II]

Going to see the Marianne Trudel quartet with guest Mark Feldman.

[BFrank]

Tomorrow:

Charisma: The Music of Lee Morgan

Billy Harper- Tenor Sax

Bennie Maupin- Tenor, Soprano Sax and Bass Clarinet

Eddie Henderson - Trumpet

David Weiss- Trumpet

Geri Allen- Piano

Dwayne Burno- Bass

Billy Hart- Drums

[Chalupa]

Trudged through two feet of snow to see The Residents tonight.

[BFrank]

The Residents!

Saw that Lee Morgan all-star show last night. It was a small (because of the Super Bowl), but enthusiastic audience and a very entertaining show. They concentrated on tunes from late in his career, but also did the Sidewinder and Ceora. Everyone got to solo which was great because they're truly ALL stars.

[David Gitin]

On Saturday (2/13) Masters of Persian Music at Zellerbach in Berkeley

[LWayne]

Hoping to see Henry Threadgill atb the Jazz Standard on Thursday IF the weather permits (and that is a BIG "if" since I have to fly into NYC).

C'mon warming trend...

LWaye

[jlhoots]

Carrie Rodriguez

Alejandro Escovedo

[save0904]

Tomorrow I'm going to see the

World Saxophone Quartet

David Murray (ts, bcl) James Carter (ts, ss, cl) Oliver Lake (as) Hamiet Bluiett (bs, cl)

Eli Fountain (mallet perc, tympani) Steve Berrios (conga, latin perc) Warren Smith (tympani)

Ray Mantilla (conga, latin perc) Joe Chambers (mallet perc)

on a double bill with

The Anat Ford Trio

Gary Wang (b) Roland Schneider (dr)

at NDR Radio Studios (German Public Radio)

Edited February 17, 2010 by save

[Chalupa]

Fucked Up & Kurt Vile

[clifford_thornton]

Did you enjoy Gary Higgins? I saw him a year or two ago, 'twas excellent.

[Van Basten II]

Saw last night the Trio Håvard Wiik, was ok.

The previous week attended a gig with Chloé Ste-Marie doing songs in an Amerindian language quite good also saw local drummer Thom Gossage in a fine quintet starring Remi Bolduc and Frank Lozano with guess bassist Drew Gress. Nice cohesive music.

Tonight going to see pianist Hiromi.

[Chalupa]

Did you enjoy Gary Higgins? I saw him a year or two ago, 'twas excellent.

He was pretty good, I was surprised that his voice is still in really good shape. I do prefer his older material though. James Blackshaw was excellent. Amazing player. He got a little emotional at the end of his set when speaking of Jack Rose....

[Van Basten II]

It's not the first I'm seeing Hiromi, but never noticed before that she grunts so much, at times thought I was attending a Maria Sharapova tennis match.

She has a lot of mannerisms that are at times aggravating but there's no denying her technique, hope she finds the artistical maturity and a project that she could use her amazing talent to fruition.

Meanwhile, she plays piano like it is a sport instead of a musical instrument.

Despite all those misgivings, felt she has improved, there is a bit more emotion that goes through her music than she used to.

[Van Basten II]

Saw Christine Jensen Orchestra tonight One of the best show I saw in a while. If you're into Maria Schneider like music, do not miss them.

[jeffcrom]

A nice evening for Jeffery. I did my first piano gig in over a year - a hand injury left me uncertain about whether I would ever be able to do a full gig on piano again (although the injury doesn't give me any problems playing saxophone). Got through it with no real problems, then the bassist and I fell by Fat Matt's Rib Shack in Atlanta to hear a couple of sets by Joe Lee Bush. Joe Lee is a direct link to Little Walter - as a kid he would ride his bicycle to the Royal Peacock on Auburn Avenue when Walter was in town, and Walter would give him lessons between sets. Some smokin' blues tonight.

[Van Basten II]

Saw Steve Smith's Vital Legacy. Definitely not the the same musical pleasure than the Jensen Orchestra. It will sound a bit harsh, buit to me the way this things worked it reminds me the bit during a rock concert when the main singer leaves the stage to take a break and let stage musicians jam a bit. Well, imagine if the singer doing so went to the bathroom and got stuck for 90 minutes insude them leaving the band by themselves for 90 minutes. Well, that's basically what we had. Not that is was completely bad, it is simply not my conception of music.

[Van Basten II]

Adrian Vedady quartet with guest Marc Copland

[Brad]

A little late but saw Clapton and Jeff Beck in NY. They each had their own sets and then played together. Beck was wonderful, playing selections from his new album. Clapton didn't seem to be too engaged but was better when he played with Jeff. They did a very unusual Moon River. The critics didn't seem to like it but I thought it was great. Wish they would have played together longer.

Seeing Jeff in June. Oh, yeah!