John Tapscott Posted March 28, 2015 Report Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Tonight in Toronto: Ryan Truesdell and the Gil Evans Project Edited March 28, 2015 by John Tapscott Quote
BillF Posted March 28, 2015 Report Posted March 28, 2015 Tonight in Toronto: Ryan Truesdell and the Gill Evans Project Enjoy! Quote
John Tapscott Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Tonight in Toronto: Ryan Truesdell and the Gill Evans Project Enjoy! I did! It was the best concert I have been to in ages! Truesdell is an excellent and personable and enthusiastic leader who obviously loves Gil's music. Along the way he gave little insights into Gil's arranging craft which were not over the head of the laypeople in attendance (thankfully it was a full house, lots of grey for sure, but still full). The music was taken basically from the Thornhill years up to and including the Individualism album. ( I felt really good when Ryan said that The Individualism of Gil Evans was his favorite Evans recording, because it's mine too!) The only later chart was Gil's mid-seventies updating of The Meaning the Blues which on this night featured Scott Robinson on tenor. And the band was superb, so in tune, so well-balanced. A lot of the names were new to me, but some there were some terrific solo performances - Robinson and Tom Christensen on tenor, Mike Rodriquez and Mat Jodrell on trumpet, (great lead by Augie Haas), Nick Finzer and Ryan Keberle on trombone and monster bass trombonist George Flynn. The rhythm section - Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, and Dennis Mackrel was a model of taste and swing. I bought the band's newest CD released just two weeks ago Lines of Color and Ryan signed with "Gil's Music Lives". Indeed it does. An evening to remember, for sure. Edited March 30, 2015 by John Tapscott Quote
BillF Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Tonight in Toronto: Ryan Truesdell and the Gill Evans Project Enjoy! I did! It was the best concert I have been to in ages! Truesdell is an excellent and personable and enthusiastic leader who obviously loves Gil's music. Along the way he gave little insights into Gil's arranging craft which were not over the head of the laypeople in attendance (thankfully it was a full house, lots of grey for sure, but still full). The music was taken basically from the Thornhill years up to and including the Individualism album. ( I felt really good when Ryan said that The Individualism of Gil Evans was his favorite Evans recording, because it's mine too!) The only later chart was Gil's mid-seventies updating from Miles Ahead of The Meaning the Blues which on this night featured Scott Robinson on tenor. And the band was superb, so in tune, so well-balanced. A lot of the names were new to me, but some there were some terrific solo performances - Robinson and Tom Christensen on tenor, Mike Rodriquez and Mat Jodrell on trumpet, (great lead by Augie Haas), Nick Finzer and Ryan Keberle on trombone and monster bass trombonist George Flynn. The rhythm section - Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson, and Dennis Mackrel was a model of taste and swing. I bought the band's newest CD released just two weeks ago Lines of Color and Ryan signed with "Gil's Music Lives". Indeed it does. An evening to remember, for sure. Sounds great, John! Quote
niels Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Ab Baars and Ig Henneman last night. beautiful duo concert of Ig Henneman on Violin and Ab Baars on Tenor Sax, Clarinet and shakuhachi. The venue itself was also really nice; an old soup factory (Honig) nowadays transformed into a sort of cultural hot spot with many cultural entrepreneurs, a local beer brewery, restaurant and a venue/podium which overlooked the river "De Waal", so during the concert you could see the ships sailing by in the background. Quote
jlhoots Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Sat. night - Open Loose (Helias, Malaby, Rainey) Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Sat. night - Open Loose (Helias, Malaby, Rainey) Enjoy - I'm seeing them on April 25th @ Cornelia Street. Tell Tony Steve Reynolds says hello. Quote
jlhoots Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Sat. night - Open Loose (Helias, Malaby, Rainey) Enjoy - I'm seeing them on April 25th @ Cornelia Street. Tell Tony Steve Reynolds says hello. Will do. Quote
jcam_44 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Open Loose is at the Blue Whale Monday. I might try and go. If it was on the weekend I'd make it for sure. Edited April 3, 2015 by jcam_44 Quote
Leeway Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Last night at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Daniil Trifonov, piano Shostakovitch, Symphony No. 10, National Symphony Orchestra, Krzystzof Urbanski, conductor. Very enjoyable performances. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Open Loose is at the Blue Whale Monday. I might try and go. If it was on the weekend I'd make it for sure. Please go if you have not seen the trio recently. People call me a fanboy but Malaby is playing the best saxophone of his life the past year. Quote
kh1958 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Posted April 5, 2015 Nishat Khan (sitar) and Gouri Shankar (tabla): Allen Public Library. Amazing sitar player. Quote
BillF Posted April 5, 2015 Report Posted April 5, 2015 Alan Barnes with the house trio at Whitefield this afternoon. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted April 5, 2015 Report Posted April 5, 2015 fri i saw--- MAGMA. they were amazing. vocally they could be the greatest progressive rock band of all time, perhaps....the music was from another world. the original member is the drummer, who was pretty much a jazz, or jazz-rock if you will, drummer-, his wife Stella Vander who joined in 1973, is a french pop legend in her own right with a recording carreer going back 52 yrs and was the MVP of the all around incredible ensemble. they said it was their 1st trip the the USA since 1999.... sat i saw---FLEETWOOD MAC. had same seat as for last year shows, front row hard stage rt. however last nt in canada it was actually the most intimate arangement yet, im talking abuot the distance from seat-to-stage. every arena although shaped the same, all are really different and so the stage fits in them different ways. John McVie literally walked right next to the aisle when he decended the stage stairs. i was inches away from both McVies the entire show. i made a big effort not to focus on Lindsey at all, god i cant stand Lindsey.....Christine sounded incredible, so happy to hear her since her tunes one more time. so ive caught the tour now in CA OR WA + British Columbia......maybe they are going on never-ending tour, will they be back in fall????? Quote
mikeweil Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Posted April 9, 2015 Kevin Mahogany was in town tonight, with a German/Dutch rhythm section that plays with him for years and had a nice, no-nonsense groove. Drummer missed the first set - one of the most important highway bridges across the Rhine is closed for repair, and neither did his GPS show it nor the touring agency inform him ... The singer was in fine form, may be the last of his kind, I'm afraid - he appeared a bit tired or sick, and the way he sang "For Al We Know" as an encore, sans microphone or accompaniment, was so heartfelt that it left me a bit worried about him .... Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 Marius Neset Quintet in the place in Sheffield where they show the snooker. Marius Neset: sax; Magnus Hjorth: piano; Jim Hart: vibes; Petter Eldh: bass; Joshua Blackmore: drums Excellent couple of sets. Very composed music (but with lots of solo space), tricksy and nervy but full of passion. I've yet to get a sense of Neset as a distinctive saxophone voice but there's no doubting the overall excitement of the group. Quote
Head Man Posted April 10, 2015 Report Posted April 10, 2015 Joshua Redman Trio at The Sage in Gateshead tomorrow followed by The Cookers there on Sunday. I'm hoping this will end my recent run of watching pretty poor live jazz perfomances. Quote
relyles Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 Ches Smith / Craig Taborn / Mat Maneri @ Firehouse 12 in New Haven. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 Ches Smith / Craig Taborn / Mat Maneri @ Firehouse 12 in New Haven. I LOVE that trio. Wondering if they played free improvisations or some of Ches' wonderful compositions. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted April 11, 2015 Report Posted April 11, 2015 Tonight, Myra Melford, Mark Dresser and Matt Wilson at Constellation. Quote
Utevsky Posted April 12, 2015 Report Posted April 12, 2015 Last night, at The Royal Room in Seattle, Open Loose (Mark Helias, Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey) played two excellent muscular sets. Opening for them was a hefty new Seattle trio, consisting of Evan Flory-Barnes on bass, Neil Welch on sax and D'Vonne Lewis on drums. An excellent evening all around. Quote
jeffcrom Posted April 12, 2015 Report Posted April 12, 2015 Matthew Shipp solo, at a tiny little club in Tallahassee. It was pretty great. Afterwards I said hello, and we talked admiringly about Allen Lowe. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted April 12, 2015 Report Posted April 12, 2015 Last night, at The Royal Room in Seattle, Open Loose (Mark Helias, Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey) played two excellent muscular sets. Opening for them was a hefty new Seattle trio, consisting of Evan Flory-Barnes on bass, Neil Welch on sax and D'Vonne Lewis on drums. An excellent evening all around. Even though I probably see the trio a couple of times a year for the last few, I'm always fired up to see the long standing trio. Telepathic is one of those overused descriptors but it fits this band. April 25th @ Cornelia Street after they return back from their little tour. My guess is Malaby played a bit if soprano along with the tenor. First time any of Helias' compositions for this band called for Tony to play soprano are a few on the new recording. My first impression of the new music via seeing them in December was very positive. Also looking forward to picking up the new CD on Intakt at the upcoming show. Quote
BillF Posted April 13, 2015 Report Posted April 13, 2015 Superb session including fascinating pre-gig talk by The Cookers at The Sage, Gateshead yesterday afternoon. Great Organissimo presence at this one - David Weiss on stage and Head Man and self in the audience! Quote
sidewinder Posted April 13, 2015 Report Posted April 13, 2015 Superb session including fascinating pre-gig talk by The Cookers at The Sage, Gateshead yesterday afternoon. Great Organissimo presence at this one - David Weiss on stage and Head Man and self in the audience! Lucky you guys ! Quote
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