BFrank Posted October 17, 2011 Report Posted October 17, 2011 Saw McCoy tonight. He's still got it. Moving a little slowly these days, but has a nice group with Chris Potter holding down the tenor seat. Closed the set with a rousing version of Walk Spirit, which I did not expect to hear. Quote
Pete C Posted October 18, 2011 Report Posted October 18, 2011 Saw McCoy tonight. He's still got it. Moving a little slowly these days, How does he compare with Edgar Buchanan? Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted October 19, 2011 Report Posted October 19, 2011 Saw Stephen Stills at the Birchmere tonite. Left after the first set. All around not good -- vocals and guitar playing. He needs to call it a day. Quote
BFrank Posted October 19, 2011 Report Posted October 19, 2011 Saw McCoy tonight. He's still got it. Moving a little slowly these days, How does he compare with Edgar Buchanan? McCoy has a stronger right hand. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted October 22, 2011 Report Posted October 22, 2011 SATURDAY: Going to the first (and maybe second)set tonight @ Jazz Standard NYC 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30: JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE featuring KENNY WHEELER John Hollenbeck – drums Kenny Wheeler, Shane Endsley, Jon Owens, Tony Kadleck, Nate Wooley – trumpet Alan Ferber, Jacob Garchik, Mike Christianson, Rob Hudson – trombone Chris Cheek – tenor saxophone/reeds Dan Willis – tenor saxophone/winds Jeremy Viner – alto saxophone Ben Kono – alto saxophone/winds Bohdan Hilash – baritone saxophone/reeds Matt Mitchell – piano Kermit Driscoll – basses Brad Shepik – guitar Theo Bleckmann – voice J.C. Sanford – conductor Special Featured Guests: Kenny Wheeler, Nate Wooley, Shane Endsley, Chris Cheek, Brad Shepik Quote
Van Basten II Posted October 22, 2011 Report Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) Ari Hoenig - Drums Gilad Hekselman - Guitar Tigran Hamasyan - Piano Chris Tordini Bass Playful, light, cerebral and very very enjoyable. Edited October 29, 2011 by Van Basten II Quote
ValerieB Posted October 22, 2011 Report Posted October 22, 2011 "Sing the Truth" w/Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo & Lizz Wright singing the music of Odetta, Miriam Makeba & Abbey Lincoln. Terri Lyne Carrington is the musical director. all this and Disney Hall too!! can't wait! Quote
Head Man Posted October 23, 2011 Report Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Saw Louis Hayes with his "Cannonball Legacy Band" last week at Ronnie Scott's Club. Louis seemed a bit 'out-of-it' but played fine and managed to remember the names of his band members...just. Vincent Herring (alto sax) did most of the talking between numbers, he was excellent, as was Jeremy Pelt on trumpet. Here's a review by The Guardian's John Fordham who was present on the same night: Cannonball Tribute Band at Ronnie Scott's Edited October 23, 2011 by Head Man Quote
kh1958 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Posted October 23, 2011 Last night, Guitar Shorty at Pearl at Commerce. Quote
BillF Posted October 23, 2011 Report Posted October 23, 2011 Alan Barnes with the Gerry Tomlinson Trio at Pados House, Prestwich, Manchester this afternoon. Nice venue in a small theatre, Pados standing for Prestwich Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society. Barnesey was his usual ebullient self, leading the group through two compositions from his recent recording with John Taylor with remarks like, "This one's got four bars more than Nigel's expecting". (Nigel Cretney is the trio's drummer.) This done, he invited pianist Gerry to choose anything for the next number. When Gerry named "My Foolish Heart", Alan dubbed it "the Reverend Spooner's favourite tune" and asked the audience to choose alto or baritone. Alto it was and a superb rendition followed. All very enjoyable and great music, too! Quote
mjazzg Posted October 23, 2011 Report Posted October 23, 2011 Christian Wallumrod Ensemble at Kings Place. Magnificent mix of lower case improv, baroque brass chorales, norwegain folk/church music and not much jazz. Shouldn't have worked but did so to produce an absorbing and intense listening experience Quote
kh1958 Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Tuesday night: I was going to see Kenny Barron at the Vanguard, but the first set was sold out, so Plan B was to see Leni Stern at the 55 Bar. I've never listened to her before, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Her band was fabulous, with an incredible bass guitarist from Senegal, and five African percussionists (well, one of them was from New Jersey). I enjoyed her guitar playing very much, the blending of jazz and African music, and her occasional vocals were fine as well. Both sets were stellar. Wednesday night: I traveled to the 92Y Tribeca for a double bill (broadcast on a New Jersey public radio station). Aaron Parks was up first, in a quartet featuring a synthesizer player, bass and drums. This was their first public performance as a grouup, and the band seemed to get stronger as the set progressed. I did have some reservations about the blend of the sound of piano and synthesizer (it was kind of brittle and hard on my ears), but by the last two songs, I was liking the band pretty well, more like what I was expecting based on Aaron Park's Invisible Cinema CD. Next up was the the Derrick Hodge group, a quartet featuring Jamire Williams on drums, Dante Winslow on trumpet, and Chris (?) (introduced as a Thelonious Monk award winner) on keyboards. I didn't have any reservations about this group, they were terrific the entire set. The trumpeter was fiery and impressive, the drummer (recently with Lonnie Smith and as a leader of his own groupn Erimaje) very strong, and the leader an outstanding bass guitarist. I really enjoyed this set. Quote
BFrank Posted October 28, 2011 Report Posted October 28, 2011 Friday night: Javon Jackson tenor saxophone Mulgrew Miller piano Nat Reeves bass Jimmy Cobb drums Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted October 29, 2011 Report Posted October 29, 2011 Saturday night, first JIMMY HEATH'S 85th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: THE JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND then Kenny Barron Quartet. Quote
Van Basten II Posted October 29, 2011 Report Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) Saw last tuesday Gillian Welch, the second part was better than the first, she seemed more at ease and it did not feel like listening to flat cd version of her songs venue was horrible, what's the point of making a gig like this in a place where it is standing room on the first floor, seating being available only on the balcony. The best part was the crowd who gave her the rock star treatment. This thursday saw Maceo Parker, had good memories of him when I saw him about ten years ago, will have to stick with my memories, rather ordinary going through the motion gig with not much genuine energy. Edited October 29, 2011 by Van Basten II Quote
ValerieB Posted October 29, 2011 Report Posted October 29, 2011 Friday night: Javon Jackson tenor saxophone Mulgrew Miller piano Nat Reeves bass Jimmy Cobb drums tonight for me!!! Saturday night, first JIMMY HEATH'S 85th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: THE JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND then Kenny Barron Quartet. that sounds like quite an evening! enjoy! if you get a chance, please wish Jimmy a happy 85th from "Valerie, Dominique and Prophet"!! Quote
kh1958 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Posted October 31, 2011 Last Thursday night, Rob Garcia 4 (Noah Preminger, John Hebert and Dan Tepfer) at the Cornela Street Cafe. Friday night, first the Kevin Hays Trio at the Kitano for two sets, then the Steve Kuhn Trio (Buster Williams and Billy Drummond) at the Jazz Standard for their final set of the night. Saturday, the terrible weather disrupted my plans, so I opted for the relatively close by Jazz Standard again for another set of Steve Kuhn. Finally, later I went to the Zinc Bar to hear a Brazilian vocalist named Mirianni. She was just okay, but her band was terrific. And the highlight proved to be a guest artist for the second set, a young woman who was fantastic on violin--Frederika Krier. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted November 3, 2011 Report Posted November 3, 2011 Last night I caught the Frank Wess Quintet, with our board member Michael Weiss on piano. It was a wonderful set. Frank Wess, tenor saxophone, flute; Greg Gisbert, trumpet; Michael Weiss, piano; Noriko Ueda, bass; Winard Harper, drums Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 saw keith jarrett trio last night, had the best seat in the house, front box on keiths side of stage, 2nd level, so enough height to see single thing jack was doing on each drum including snare, and stull being right behind jarrett, and could see all of gary peacock. keith only freaked out on select individuals, and did not piss off the entire audience. but im telling you, with what he does, hes -asking- for it.....a little baby made a baby noise or somethin like that right at the start and he turned around and said: "i should tell you ive never played the muppet show"....he must be freaking out more and more cause 8 years ago and then before that 9 or 10 yrs ago i dont recall him communicating at all with words w/ the aud.-- they just played.---- they did a funky version of the pop-jazz tune 'fever' which i thought was an odd choice for this particular band, kind of out in left field, but i liked it! dont have really much to go on and on about regarding the rest of music, but it was good Quote
BeBop Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 With any luck, Sonny Simmons on Sunday in Oakland. (C'mon United Airlines, you can do it!) Quote
Shawn Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 Saw Stephen Stills at the Birchmere tonite. Left after the first set. All around not good -- vocals and guitar playing. He needs to call it a day. That's a shame, he's one of my favorites. I saw him in the late 80's and he was fantastic, though granted ALOT of time has passed since then. Quote
Larry Kart Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 9:00PM at Elastic, 2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl, 773.772.3616 ($15) 6th Annual Umbrella Music Festival Nick Mazzarella Trio, with Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly John Butcher Solo Tim Berne Trio, with Devin Hoff, Ches Smith Quote
Leeway Posted November 5, 2011 Report Posted November 5, 2011 9:00PM at Elastic, 2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl, 773.772.3616 ($15) 6th Annual Umbrella Music Festival Nick Mazzarella Trio, with Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly John Butcher Solo Tim Berne Trio, with Devin Hoff, Ches Smith One of the things I envy Chicagoans (I lived there for 14 yeas BTW), is the Umbrella Festival. There have been some darn good line-ups. Butcher did 3 great nights at the High Zero Festival in Baltimore last month. Quote
BFrank Posted November 5, 2011 Report Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Just saw Lydia Loveless. Little girl with a BIG voice. Edited November 5, 2011 by BFrank Quote
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