sidewinder Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 Saw the old team of Greg Abate and Alan Barnes at Wilmslow this evening - excellent session! Greg tells me he's just made an album with Phil Woods. No Abate this year but off down for the annual Barnes-Fest at Swanage tonight. Let's hope that the rain holds off a bit. Quote
BillF Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 Saw the old team of Greg Abate and Alan Barnes at Wilmslow this evening - excellent session! Greg tells me he's just made an album with Phil Woods. No Abate this year but off down for the annual Barnes-Fest at Swanage tonight. Let's hope that the rain holds off a bit. Best of luck for the weather. I see you have youthful alto/clarinet prodigy (and Manchester college graduate) Amy Roberts at Swanage tomorrow. I'll be seeing her with Abate (40 years her senior) at Wilmslow on Monday. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 Best of luck for the weather. It's a write-off. But the music and beer will be good. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Turns out that flooding of 2 out of 3 marquees nearly led to cancellation of Swanage earlier in the week but the council gave Fred Lindop the go-ahead at the last minute and the music is as good as ever. Last night was able to check out Frank Harrison's trio, Alan Barnes (sounding very Oliver Nelson-ish under the pulpit at the Methodist Church) featured with Andy Hague's band and an excellent set by Matt Wates. Turns out that Abram Wilson's band will be performing a tribute to him this afternoon - certainly one not to miss. Let's hope that the rain subsides ! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Sounds good. I have some very nice Matt Wates CDs. Hope the weather is kinder to you. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) Hope the weather is kinder to you. Cheers ! Nothing extreme and the sea is flat calm. Just lack of sun - first time I have ever known this at Swanage. Matt Wates' Sextet were indeed excellent. Very well rehearsed and 'together' - they deservedly got generous applause. Lots of good stuff coming up over the next couple of days. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing Simon Spillett's Quartet tomorrow - although the Methodist Church is probably not a totally ideal venue for his Tubby Hayes tribute. Lots of people will be running down the hill to the Red Lion at intermission I suspect. Edited July 14, 2012 by sidewinder Quote
BillF Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) I have some very nice Matt Wates CDs. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing Simon Spillett's Quartet tomorrow Simon gave me a couple of very nice CDs - by Eric Alexander! Edited July 14, 2012 by BillF Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Simon gave me a couple of very nice CDs - by Eric Alexander! Someone clearly forgot to tell him that Eric is Harry's evil side-kick. Quote
BillF Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Simon gave me a couple of very nice CDs - by Eric Alexander! Someone clearly forgot to tell him that Eric is Harry's evil side-kick. Plus Scotty, of course, to complete the Unholy Trinity. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 I'm looking forward to Mike Westbrook on Dartmoor a week tomorrow. Apparently starts at midday rather than an evening concert. Could also belt down to St. Ives (the real one, not the East Anglian impersonation) from Bude two days later. And I'm actually staying in St. Ives when this interesting sounding band are on: 4-SIDED TRIANGLE: KEVIN FIGES (sx), DAN MOORE (Rhodes), MIKE OUTRAM (gt), MARK WHITLAM (dm) More live jazz in one week than I've seen all year. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) And I'm actually staying in St. Ives when this interesting sounding band are on: 4-SIDED TRIANGLE: KEVIN FIGES (sx), DAN MOORE (Rhodes), MIKE OUTRAM (gt), MARK WHITLAM (dm) More live jazz in one week than I've seen all year. Kevin's band (not this one but his Quartet) is first on deck at the church tomorrow ! Recommended. Edited July 14, 2012 by sidewinder Quote
sidewinder Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Apparently starts at midday rather than an evening concert. They have to start early as the Hound comes out at night ! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted July 15, 2012 Report Posted July 15, 2012 Apparently starts at midday rather than an evening concert. They have to start early as the Hound comes out at night ! I'll remember to zip up at night! I thought it was concern that those wild, jazz sounds might carry at night and send the inhabitants of a nearby institution into a frenzy, causing a riot in cell block F. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 15, 2012 Report Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) More good stuff at Swanage yesterday but the quagmire in the marquee got to be a pain in the end so became a 'mouldy figge' and retreated to the Football Club (?!) in the evening to check out the 20s/30s sounds of Keith Nichols and his Blue Devils with Joan Viskant. Fine stuff ! The Abram Wilson tribute was predictably good - with strong front line of Jean Toussaint and Peter King (or 'King Peter' as Jean was calling him). Edited July 15, 2012 by sidewinder Quote
BillF Posted July 17, 2012 Report Posted July 17, 2012 Greg Abate again at Wilmslow last night - this time with youthful altoist, Amy Roberts. Had a long and interesting chat with Greg in which he recalled the Boston of his youth - Berklee, Herb Pomeroy and Charlie Mariano. Quote
jazzbo Posted July 19, 2012 Report Posted July 19, 2012 My friends Dave Laczko (trumpet) and Willie Oteri (guitar) as WD-41 at "Kenny Dorham's Back Yard" (next to the Victory Grille) Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted July 28, 2012 Report Posted July 28, 2012 Ramsey Lewis FUSION band! yeyaa! Quote
medjuck Posted July 28, 2012 Report Posted July 28, 2012 Just came back from seeing the Rebirth Brass Band in a club. They had the audience (including me) dancing and screaming. Quote
BillF Posted July 29, 2012 Report Posted July 29, 2012 John Hallam with the Gerry Tomlinson Trio at Whitefield this afternoon. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 Well, seen last night at 'the last jazz club before New York' in St Ives, Cornwall - 4 Sided Triangle. Excellent fusiony band with superb Mike Outram on guitar and Kevin Figes on baritone and alto; some very nice e-p from Dan Moore too ( who looked like a refugee from a 70s Canterbury band). Like Partisans, jazz-rock with the emphasis on jazz. Recommended to Brits - likely to be at a jazz club near you before long. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 Earth Wind & Fire played in Tucson last night Damn No $$$$$$$$$$ Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 4, 2012 Report Posted August 4, 2012 (edited) Various amateurs (many of considerable skill) playing Irish and American folk in pubs in Sidmouth. Very enjoyable main concert by Show of Hands - cult folk duo who do the clubs but have filled the Royal Albert Hall at least twice. I've always been a bit wary of them - probably the cult following grated - but they were extremely entertaining last night with their songs of the West Country struggling in an uncertain modern world. Edited August 4, 2012 by A Lark Ascending Quote
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