What live music are you going to see tonight?

[Aggie87]

Caught the Mike Flanigin Trio with Jimmie Vaughan last night in Austin. They laid down some tasty greaze and blues. As an added bonus blues legend Lazy Lester hopped up on stage and sat in for a bit.

Highlights of the show for me were Sugar Coated Love w/Lester, Thunderbird, and a sublime version of St. James Infirmary.

Mike, Jimmie, and Frosty:

Lester sitting in:

With board-member Mike:

With Jimmie:

[Aggie87]

From all of the reviews & comments I've seen, it should be well worth your time, Buzzzz!!!

[david weiss]

Picked up a ticket for King Crimson at the Warfield on Oct 3. Been on the fence about this for a while, but I think I'll regret it if I DON'T go.

I saw them in New York tonight and it was really a great show.

I'm old enough to have seen the band with Belew, Levin and Bruford live (when in college) and I really liked it but to me, this was on a whole other level.....perhaps because they played a lot of the material from the original band(s) and that is my favorite material and they really played the shit out of most of it. Starless was incredible and it was a thrill to hear it live. Some of the other hits came off great but it was the newer tunes that really showcased the band the best (except for Starless). The three drum thing worked well for the most part (except for Red, which was still great to hear but the drum thing really didn't work well here).

I wasn't familiar with most of the band except for Tony Levin and Mel Collins but they were really strong.

So, if you are a fan of the band, it is certainly worth checking out. They really bring it and sound great.

To stay on my high school guitar hero kick, after the show I walked over to Iridium and heard Alan Holdsworth. He was great too actually and about halfway through the set, most of the King Crimson band and crew (sans Fripp) walked in to check out the show. I had a free seat next to me so I offered it to Mel Collins. Nice guy.....

[Larry Kart]

MARK TURNER QUARTET
Mark Turner - tenor sax
Avishai Cohen - trumpet
Joe Martin - bass
Justin Brown - drums

Constellation Chicago 9/23

I liked Turner some early on, but this music seemed to me to be very dried up melodically and oddly traction-less harmonically and rhythmically. I say "oddly traction-less" because with a fairly active drummer and pieces that do have some harmonic patterning, albeit of a rather bland abstract sort, one has to work at it to make so little apparent contact with the pulse or the "changes," such as they are. Not that the playing was at all "free" either, more like a series of etudes that had been purged of zest or detectable (by me) purpose, though they were not easy to execute.

[jcam_44]

Angel City Jazz Festival is going on this week. Caught Bobby Bradford, Steve Adams and Vinny Golia last night at the Blue Whale. This weekend should be stellar, Wadada, Braxton, Taylor Ho Bynum amongst others playing. Unfortunately I have to leave town for a wedding so I can't catch them.

[kh1958]

Last night, Eldar Djangirov Trio at the Campus Theater in Denton.

[mjazzg]

Brotzmann/Tippett/Noble @ Cafe Oto

[Steve Reynolds]

Brotzmann/Tippett/Noble @ Cafe Oto

Some us await the FULL report!!!!

[colinmce]

Almost certainly an Otoroku album forthcoming from that one!

(as an aside, I sure hope a document from the 2014 Brotz/Parker/Drake tour shows up, too)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Last night, I saw a great show at the Regattabar in Cambridge, MA: Kenny Werner's Coalition band with Chris Potter as a last minute sub for David Sanchez. They only played about 6 tunes but they were all very well done. I was riveted to my seat for nearly 2 hours by this band. Highly recommended if they come through town. Hopefully, Potter has to keep subbing because he was truly great, although Miguel Zenon gave him a run for his money, especially on his own tune.

[Hardbopjazz]

Kirk Lightsey Quartet at the Village Vanguard. Kirk doesn't come to the states that often so I have to hear him and his band.

[ejp626]

Just back from seeing the TSO (and I believe the Mendelssohn Choir) doing Beethoven's 9th Symphony. I don't see it that often (this may be the 2nd time I've seen it live). I had a strange seat that was sort of to the side of the stage, basically overlooking the symphony, though the sound was still decent and not too unbalanced. (Fortunately, the other seats in my subscription are a bit further back.) However, being that close to the choir meant being just surrounded by voices in the 4th movement. It's really hard to describe how overwhelming it was (but in a good way). I doubt I will ever feel the symphony that viscerally again.

[sidewinder]

Kirk Lightsey Quartet at the Village Vanguard. Kirk doesn't come to the states that often so I have to hear him and his band.

Got to meet him during his last gig in this area with his trio. Very nice and approachable guy !

[Steve Reynolds]

Tomorrow night : These Arches @ The Stone

Ches Smith - drums

Tim Berne - alto saxophone

Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone

Mary Halvorsen - guitar

Andrea Parkins - accordion/sampler

[Leeway]

Tomorrow night : These Arches @ The Stone

Ches Smith - drums

Tim Berne - alto saxophone

Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone

Mary Halvorsen - guitar

Andrea Parkins - accordion/sampler

That, my friends, is a potent line-up!

[colinmce]

I hope they bring it live. Their Clean Feed record is fucking weak.

[Steve Reynolds]

I hope they bring it live. Their Clean Feed record is fucking weak.

Lots of clean feed recordings are weak - especially compared to what these musicians can be like live.

I kind of have a feeling that live from a few feet away will be anything but weak. I've been waiting a couple of years to see this band live. I never expect a clean feed recording to capture what a band sounds like live.

Capricorn Climber is awesome live / the recording is stale.

Malaby's Novela is even more incredible than the above band live / the recording is "nice" and maybe a bit exciting at times. Overall nothing more than a three star record.

Berne with Malaby plus Mary Halvorsen - with the great Andrea Parkins and Ches Smith on drums?!?!?

I'm trying to lower the expectations in my head.

We'll Let You Know

[colinmce]

I'm sure it does sound better in person. And I actually liked the first record (without Berne-- not that that has anything to do with it) a fair bit, but I really did not get what he was going for with Hammered.

[Steve Reynolds]

It sounds quite a bit more than just "better"

Seeing and hearing musicians of the caliber of Evan Parker or Tony Malaby or Tim Berne or Mary Halvorsen from a few feet away renders the recordings insignificant for weeks or months. Sure they are still enjoyable to listen to - and I loved recordings before I saw any of thus must live.

BUT live is a whole different beast

I could have touched Evan's tenor on the table or his right arm while he was playing the soprano. The SOUND of that tenor or the SOUND of the circular breathing right between my ears seeing him actually creating the music in the spot?!?!?

"Better" is a huge understatement when it comes to comparing the experience of hearing even a great recording as compared to seeing them live, let alone from the first or second row at The Stone

Edited October 1, 2014 by Steve Reynolds

[relyles]

I heard These Arches live in June at Firehouse 12. To be honest it did not do a whole heck of a lot for me.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

The Cookers cookin' at SFJAZZ tonight. Great show!

Those look like bad seats. :)

[medjuck]

Joshua Redman Trio at small (600 seat) theater last night. Good stuff.

[Leeway]

I hope they bring it live. Their Clean Feed record is fucking weak.

Lots of clean feed recordings are weak - especially compared to what these musicians can be like live.

I kind of have a feeling that live from a few feet away will be anything but weak. I've been waiting a couple of years to see this band live. I never expect a clean feed recording to capture what a band sounds like live.

Capricorn Climber is awesome live / the recording is stale.

Malaby's Novela is even more incredible than the above band live / the recording is "nice" and maybe a bit exciting at times. Overall nothing more than a three star record.

Berne with Malaby plus Mary Halvorsen - with the great Andrea Parkins and Ches Smith on drums?!?!?

I'm trying to lower the expectations in my head.

We'll Let You Know

I'm sure it does sound better in person. And I actually liked the first record (without Berne-- not that that has anything to do with it) a fair bit, but I really did not get what he was going for with Hammered.

I heard These Arches live in June at Firehouse 12. To be honest it did not do a whole heck of a lot for me.

I liked the first album from Ches Smith & The Arches, "Finally Out of My Hands." Don't have "Hammered," but from what I can glean from YT vids, it doesn't seem like a miss. I found a couple of You Tube vids that are, I think, instructive, and at least give an idea of what we are talking about. Personally, I think the performances are quite fine, some hot moments from Malaby and Berne, and evolving over a 6 month period:

http://youtu.be/DHWFSdtAesU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k7o48N15fE

[Steve Reynolds]

Front Row - middle.

Fired up

[colinmce]

I just thought Hammered sounded so soft and mannered. It seemed like perhaps he was going for a heavy sound (some promotional copy mentioned inspiration coming from rock, and I think Ches specifically mentioned his time with Xiu Xiu and The Melvins informing this music), but I could just feel them playing the charts. No fire, no energy .... almost polite sounding. The net effect is the band coming off as outgunned, and I know that everyone involved can bring serious heat. But not on Hammered. (And I don't think I'm missing what they were going for ... and if I did, then, well ... what they were going for was a miss to begin with).

Again, this was just my reaction to this album, though there's plenty other music from NYC today that gives me the same vibes. But I certainly don't write Ches Smith off. His playing in Snakeoil is some of the most inspired and incredible I've ever heard. He really has something going on, especially as a percussionist.

Edited October 2, 2014 by colinmce