BillF Posted February 7, 2016 Report Posted February 7, 2016 Saw this fine Anglo-American hard bop sextet at Southport today. L to r: Frank Basile, Osian Roberts, Steve Fishwick, Jeb Patton, Matt Fishwick, Peter Kam. Quote
king ubu Posted February 12, 2016 Report Posted February 12, 2016 next big event ... programme isn't out in details but it's on their website since yesterday, flight and hotel are booked and I'm excited -- even more so as I only know since yesterday that Adasiewicz, Edwards and Noble will be there! 5 Nights with Peter Brötzmann – 75th Birthday Anniversary March 6–10, 2016 at Parton, To Tu in Warsaw, Poland ▂ Peter Brötzmann – tenor / alto saxophone, b-clarinet, tarogato ▂ Alexander von Schlippenbach – fortepian ▂ Han Bennink – perkusja ▂ Heather Leigh – slide guitar ▂ Jason Adasiewicz – wibrafon ▂ John Edwards – kontrabas ▂ Steve Noble – perkusja ▂ Toshinori Kondo – trąbka http://pardontotu.pl/?event=5-nights-with-peter-brotzmann-75th-birthday-anniversary&event_date=2016-03-06 Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 12, 2016 Report Posted February 12, 2016 Wow plus the *great* Toshinoru Kondo is there!! I wonder if Parker, Drake and Kondo with Peter re-form Die Like a Dog Quartet for the celebration. One of my missed dreams! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 12, 2016 Report Posted February 12, 2016 Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party in Manchester. Only saw this lot in November but I had a gap on my trip here so thought I'd go again. New album launch - came out today. Although there was a fair overlap with the last time there were some differences in songs chosen, more from the new album. I've seen some major names 15 years apart still doing the same songs...and the same jokes! Really nice 30 minute talk prior to the concert where she described how she came into folk music ("I wasn't a cool kid. Mum was a Morris dancer - I was known to go to school in my Morris kit.") On her album sleeves and publicity she's always portraye as a moody, dark-eyed beauty, looking slightly unhinged on a moor as if she's lost Heathcliffe. In person she's a delightful, warm and very funny dark-eyed beauty whose enthusiasm for music just engulfs you. Quote
king ubu Posted February 13, 2016 Report Posted February 13, 2016 19 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said: Wow plus the *great* Toshinoru Kondo is there!! I wonder if Parker, Drake and Kondo with Peter re-form Die Like a Dog Quartet for the celebration. One of my missed dreams! Not on this occasion ... but yeah, I'm really looking forward! So far definitely my most extense and expensive concert trip, but I'll have the days to roam through the city (though with what's currently going on there, I'm not all that comfortable about that, honestly). Quote
uli Posted February 13, 2016 Report Posted February 13, 2016 hopefully by march 19 it will be warm enough for me to leave the house Quote
alankin Posted February 19, 2016 Report Posted February 19, 2016 I'm going to Saturday's concert: Saturday-Sunday in Philadelphia | The music of John Zorn! Ars Nova Workshop presents:Saturday, February 20 - 8:00pm JAMIE SAFT TRIO performs JOHN ZORN’S MASADA with Jamie Saft, Fender Rhodes; Trevor Dunn, bass; Ben Perowsky, drums + HOLLENBERG-MILLEVOI QUARTET performs JOHN ZORN’S BAGATELLES with Matt Hollenberg, guitar; Nick Millevoi, guitar; Johnny DeBlase, bass; and Jeff Eber, drumsArs Nova Workshop is pleased to present four extraordinary ensembles performing the work of maverick composer John Zorn over two nights. Tonight, Jamie Saft Trio and the Hollenberg-Millevoi Quartet! “I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it’s not about problem solving anymore. There are no solutions, because there are no problems. You just turn the tap and it flows out.” -John Zorn Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Avenue $15 / $25 for both nights Details and ticketing: http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/events/jamie-saft-trio-john-zorn’s-masada-02-20-2016 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Sunday, February 21 - 8:00pm CLERIC performs JOHN ZORN’S MASADA with Matt Hollenberg , guitar; Dan Kennedy, bass; Nick Shellenberger, voice + keyboards; and Larry Kwartowitz, drums + URI CAINE performs JOHN ZORN’S MASADA Uri Caine, Fender RhodesArs Nova Workshop is pleased to present four extraordinary ensembles performing the work of maverick composer John Zorn over two nights. Tonight, Cleric and Uri Caine perform the music of John Zorn's Masada! Zorn began composing Masada in the early ’90s, exploring his own roots and expanding the idea of Jewish music through a songbook that linked the language of klezmer and the rollicking free-jazz of Ornette Coleman. Now totaling 613 compositions, the Masada Songbook is a masterwork of overwhelming proportions. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Avenue $15 / $25 for both nights Details and ticketing: http://www.arsnovaworkshop.com/events/cleric-john-zorns-masada-02-21-2016 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++http://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/ Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 20, 2016 Report Posted February 20, 2016 My wife has not been feeling well so I wasn't sure I would leave her alone tonight but she is feeling a bit better so it looks like tonight @ 8:00 & 10:00 @ The Stone: Darius Jones: alto saxophone Sam Newsome: soprano saxophone (never heard him live) Cooper-Moore: organ (never ever heard the great man on organ - besides loving to hear Darius Jones live in this little room - Cooper-Moore is why I am going) Chad Taylor: drums Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 Second in line. Band warming up. Sounds like funkified in/out groove just a little bit fired up - first live show in over a month Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) Alexander Hawkins Ensemble at the North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford Alex Hawkins (Piano). Neil Charles (bass), Otto Fischer (electric guitar), Jason Yarde (reeds), Dylan Bates (violin) and a drummer whose name I've unfortunately forgotten (Tom Skinner was unavailable). Excellent evening of Alex's more composed music. The first half was an hour long suite of intricate and highly varied pieces. Ended with a short Elmoic, a tune that would get to No. 1 if there were ever a left-field singles chart. Second half had a 30 minute piece, much looser in composition with longer, more pronounced solo features. I particularly enjoyed a long sequence with an intricate piano solo, building up the tension and then leading into a demonic violin solo. The main concert ended with an utterly beautiful slow ballad [edit: subsequently tracked this down as "So Very, Know" off 'All There, Ever Out'] - short, light touches from the musicians, utterly perfect. A nice Steve Lacy tune as an encore. Superb musicians all round but a special mention for guitarist Otto Fischer - I've been struck by him on album and he really caught my ear here. Non-musicians like myself can usually only describe musicians by comparing them to others on the same instrument. I can't think of anyone who sounds quite like Fisher - there's a fluid, agile lightness in his playing that compels you when he's featured but you're often strongly aware of him when he's playing underneath the rest of the band. Well worth the 5 hour round trip to see the ensemble (even the bizarre diversions off the motorways on the way back that took me into the rural badlands around Lutterworth and Nuneaton! Britain is currently a building site.). They are at Cafe Oto in London on 28th - highly recommended. Edited February 22, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) Edited February 21, 2016 by Steve Reynolds Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 It's about 11:00 and we've heard almost 2 hours of funked out organ jazz with a Darius Jones outside screaming edge with fine performances all around and THEN Cooper-Moore takes organ playing to another planet. People yelling. Darius yelling. People probably crying. I'm yelling. Somehow it gets better. The man is a fucking lunatic genius. Second set was the first set backwards yet all kinds of mixed up. Atonal abstract sections changed, solo orders and heads all kinds of altered. It might all have been genius. Certainly one great CD is the whole thing mixed, matched and edited to present the coolest of cool. It was also pretty damn loud - Newsome used a microphone for his soprano but as some know, Darius Jones doesn't need one even with that screaming bass infested groove monster organ licks the master was manipulating and delivering from that crazy beautiful sounding machine he rolled into the little room last night. Quote
relyles Posted February 22, 2016 Report Posted February 22, 2016 I was fortunate to be third in line in back of Mr. Reynolds at the Stone Saturday night, and then a couple seats to his left in the first row for the intense musical experience of Darius Jones' Shades of Black. Darius Jones and Cooper-Moore were everything I expected them to be, but Sam Newsome was a revelation for me. I knew of him and heard some stuff he was on, but this was my first time hearing him live. For someone who first hit the scene as essentially a straight-ahead dude, he has evolved into quite an adventurous player. Very impressive. In addition to Steve, it was also good to see Clifford Allen again. Definitely worth the 2 1/2 hour drive from CT! Quote
Michael Weiss Posted February 22, 2016 Report Posted February 22, 2016 On February 7, 2016 at 11:12 AM, BillF said: Saw this fine Anglo-American hard bop sextet at Southport today. L to r: Frank Basile, Osian Roberts, Steve Fishwick, Jeb Patton, Matt Fishwick, Peter Kam. Mike Karn Quote
BillF Posted February 23, 2016 Report Posted February 23, 2016 10 hours ago, Michael Weiss said: Mike Karn Thanks for the correction. He played fine bass and his tenor playing was mentioned, too. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted February 23, 2016 Report Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/7/2016 at 11:12 AM, BillF said: Saw this fine Anglo-American hard bop sextet at Southport today. L to r: Frank Basile, Osian Roberts, Steve Fishwick, Jeb Patton, Matt Fishwick, Mike Karn. It blows my mind to realize that Jeb Patton is now over 40. I remember seeing him as "a kid" playing with Jimmy Heath back in the 90's. How time flies. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 pat martino is at the absolute top of his game rt now, after last nights show i really have to think he might be the best jazz guitarist working today Quote
robertoart Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 5 hours ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said: pat martino is at the absolute top of his game rt now, after last nights show i really have to think he might be the best jazz guitarist working today He still sounds great when I watch him on YouTube there are some crazy but fascinating documentaries on him that are accessible on the tube and Vimeo etc. One is an investigation of creative people who have suffered traumatic brain surgery. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 26, 2016 Report Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Maz O'Connor at the Greystones Sheffield Young up-and-coming folk singer - beautiful voice (her diction often brings back the ghost of Sandy Denny), very strong songwriter, lovely stage personality. Mostly previewing her new album with a few songs from her first two. Had the audience eating out of her hand. Saw her last year playing solo at Sidmouth, tonight she had a double bass player and fiddle/banjo/pedal-steely-sort-of-thing as well. The bass was especially effective in adding colour and rhythmic drive to the songs. Suspect she'll be a major player on the folk scene within a few years - just hope she doesn't get grabbed for the mainstream. She's got the talent and the looks for cross-over. Edited February 26, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
BFrank Posted February 26, 2016 Report Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Kamasi - 2nd set of 2 sold-out shows. Very entertaining, but was it great jazz? I don't know. I do know that the crowd of mostly 20/30-something hipsters was having a great time and that says something for any "jazz" show. More often than not I find the audiences for jazz are much older and more sedate, which makes me worry about it's future. These guys bring some hope and an exciting mixture of classic sounds mixed with all sorts of other influences. Edited February 26, 2016 by BFrank Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 27, 2016 Report Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) On 2/13/2016 at 0:28 PM, uli said: hopefully by march 19 it will be warm enough for me to leave the house this should be great, i would go if i was there Edited February 27, 2016 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez add Quote
BillF Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 The Andrew Cleyndert Quartet (Cleyndert bs, Martin Shaw tpt, flg, Colin Oxley gtr, Ross Stanley pno) at Malcolm Frazer's house last night. Quote
Leeway Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 The Ches Smith Trio: Smith (d, vibes), Mat Maneri (viola), Craig Taborn (piano). Bohemian Taverns, Washington, DC, Feb 28, 2016 Been waiting for an opportunity to see this group in the right venue and last night was it. Incredible performance from the trio. The first of two sets opened with a continuous one hour performance (don't know if it was severe pieces strung together in a continuos flow, or one long piece), but the performance built to a powerful, dense, level by the time it was done. The second set was three or four pieces, none of them named except for "See You on the Dark Side of the Earth," from the new CD, which got a gorgeous performance. Each member of the trio was playing to the hilt, but I have to say that Ches Smith's drumming was electric and really propelled the group. His vibe playing has become quite proficient as well, and he integrates it beautifully into his drumming. A strong and memorable performance. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 10 hours ago, BillF said: The Andrew Cleyndert Quartet (Cleyndert bs, Martin Shaw tpt, flg, Colin Oxley gtr, Ross Stanley pno) at Malcolm Frazer's house last night. Andy Cleyndert's a wonderful bass player. Some stamina too...at Appleby he seemed to be on stage every other set in a 14 hour day! Nice record label to. Quote
BillF Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) On 2/29/2016 at 9:35 AM, BillF said: The Andrew Cleyndert Quartet (Cleyndert bs, Martin Shaw tpt, flg, Colin Oxley gtr, Ross Stanley pno) at Malcolm Frazer's house last night. Clips now available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tIfyZJJtes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMzrtZApYs Edited March 1, 2016 by BillF Quote
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