BFrank Posted May 19, 2013 Report Posted May 19, 2013 Just back from Paula West in the 100-seat "Joe Henderson Lab" at SFJazz. Good show in this small, glass-walled, street-level venue. And the sound is excellent! Quote
alankin Posted May 19, 2013 Report Posted May 19, 2013 Last night: Yapp! (opening) & Frank London (trumpet) & Guy Barash (electronics) at Studio 34 Backspace, West Philly Quote
relyles Posted May 23, 2013 Report Posted May 23, 2013 Thursday, May 23, 2013 MIKE REED’S PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS United Congregational Church - 300 Appleton St. - Holyoke, MA Mike Reed’s People Places & Things includes Mike Reed, drums, Greg Ward, alto sax, Tim Haldeman, tenor sax and Jason Roebke, bass. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted May 23, 2013 Report Posted May 23, 2013 Look forward to hearing your comments, relyles Quote
relyles Posted May 23, 2013 Report Posted May 23, 2013 I have been looking forward to this show for a while. Will be sure to report back. Quote
BillF Posted May 23, 2013 Report Posted May 23, 2013 Pat Martino at Band on the Wall, Manchester Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted May 23, 2013 Report Posted May 23, 2013 Very cool to me that a few of us are all going to shows on the same night. Quote
BillF Posted May 24, 2013 Report Posted May 24, 2013 Pat Martino at Band on the Wall, Manchester Yes, a great show! Highly technically proficient group of Martino (guitar), Pat Bianchi (organ) and Carmen Intorre (drums). Nice to hear the spirit of Charlie Christian still alive. They even played "Seven Come Eleven"! Quote
ejp626 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Posted May 24, 2013 Saw a few classical pieces by a subgroup of the VSO. There was a short 2-violin sonata by Prokofiev, followed by Bartok's Contrasts. Finally, the main event was a reduction of Shostakovich's 15th Symphony to a String Trio (with the piano player occasionally doubling on celeste!) and 3 percussionists. While this makes more sense than the piano transcription of Rite of Spring I saw back in Jan., it isn't entirely successful. The ending of the 3rd and 4th movement are pretty cool when the percussionists really get going, but during the slow sections (most of the 2nd) and the first part of the 3rd, there isn't enough energy in the piece when done primarily by the trio on their own. I'll have to listen to a full version of the symphony tomorrow. Still an interesting experiment, and it was worth going to check it out. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted May 24, 2013 Report Posted May 24, 2013 Roy Haynes is back in town. It should be the usual great time. Roy is slowing down but can still swing like a mofo. My friend Bob is going to try and get Roy to sign a picture he took of Roy up in Rockport at the Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center. Quote
relyles Posted May 24, 2013 Report Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) Thursday, May 23, 2013 MIKE REED’S PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS United Congregational Church - 300 Appleton St. - Holyoke, MA Mike Reed’s People Places & Things includes Mike Reed, drums, Greg Ward, alto sax, Tim Haldeman, tenor sax and Jason Roebke, bass. Very enjoyable performance last night. As expected the band performed compositions by Chicago fifties hard bop musicians as well as originals from within the group. An added delight was several tunes by Dutch composers Guus Jansen and Eric Boeren. Apparently, this winter People, Places & Things recorded with Dutch musicians for a later release and these tunes are on that release. the band has the right combination of structure/precision, and edginess that makes even fifties era tunes sound contemporary. Haldeman was particularly impressive displaying a wide range, good tone and strong technique. The sound in the church was a liitle muddy and Ward did not project as well (I think his sound is not as big to start), but overall very good performance. I was tempted to try to get permission to catch them tonight at Cornelia Street CAfe in NY, but just found out my wife has to work tonight. So no road trip for me today. Next up Saturday night: Saturday, May 25, 2013WILLIAM PARKER - contrabass violin, shakuhachi, sinter ǀ JOE MORRIS - guitar ǀ STEPHEN HAYNES - cornetIMPROVISATIONSReal Art Ways - 56 Arbor Street – Hartford Edited May 24, 2013 by relyles Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted May 24, 2013 Report Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) Thanks! My buddy is seeing them tonight @ Cornelia Street. Of course there will be no issue with muddy sound in the great little club. Wish I could go as well but I was happy to be there for Open Loose last night Edited May 24, 2013 by Steve Reynolds Quote
Soulstation1 Posted May 26, 2013 Report Posted May 26, 2013 Tonight in Tucson Tower Of Power War Cheech & Chong I bet it's gonna smell good out there......... Quote
epistrophy arts Posted May 29, 2013 Report Posted May 29, 2013 http://epistrophyarts.tumblr.com Quote
B. Goren. Posted May 30, 2013 Report Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival: Chihiro Yamanaka played yesterday evening. She is amazing! It was really a memoreable experience. Edited May 30, 2013 by B. Goren. Quote
steve(thelil) Posted May 30, 2013 Report Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Roy Haynes is back in town. It should be the usual great time. Roy is slowing down but can still swing like a mofo. My friend Bob is going to try and get Roy to sign a picture he took of Roy up in Rockport at the Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center. Roy Re-sized.jpg Jimmy Cobb was just in my neck of the woods for a birthday celebration show at Smoke, but we weren't able to make it. But his appearance and Kevin's post makes me remember that it seems like great drummers tend to have great longevity both in life and careers. Or maybe it's just OUR great luck that Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Louis Bellson, Paul Motian and Chico Hamilton - all who did big things in the 1950's (Motian joined Bill Evans in 1959) - kept making fine music for decades afterwards - all of them in fact, still doin' it at the dawn of this millennium. Edited May 30, 2013 by steve(thelil) Quote
B. Goren. Posted June 1, 2013 Report Posted June 1, 2013 Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival: Gary Bartz played yesterday at the Cinematheque with his quartet. Quote
BillF Posted June 2, 2013 Report Posted June 2, 2013 Alan Barnes with the Gerry Tomlinson Trio at Whitefield, Greater Manchester. Quote
Justin V Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 I caught Kenny Barron and Dave Holland in a duo in Detroit on Friday, and Peter Brotzmann and Joe McPhee in a duo and quartet (with Kent Kessler and Hamid Drake) in Chicago yesterday. Quote
marcello Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) All during this coming week The International Society of Bassists is having a convention here at the Eastman School with scores of bassists from all genres and from around the world. I'm going to try see a couple of performances or workshops. Some of your favorites are: David Finck Henry Grimes Nilson Matta David Darling Ron Carter Martin Wind Dave Holland Putter Smith Harvey S. Chuck Israels Bill Crow David Young Mark Dresser Michael Formanek Edited June 3, 2013 by marcello Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 12, 2013 Report Posted June 12, 2013 Joe McPhee and Peter Brotzmann along with a Joshua Abrams group at Hallwalls in Buffalo. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted June 12, 2013 Report Posted June 12, 2013 Friday night among other bands for my one night @ Vision Fest, this band @ 10:00 PM: 10:00 PM – The French-American Peace Ensemble Francois Tusques – piano Louis Sclavis – clarinets Kidd Jordan – tenor sax William Parker – bass Hamid Drake – drums same band playing in Chicago on June 19th Quote
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