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9 hours ago, BillF said:

Have a good evening! :tup

Thanks. Kofi-Barnes' first set was great, starting off with Barnes' 'Peverill Point', dedicated to the local landmark. Caught Ian Shaw's last set and also a real hoot of a show by the Budapest Ragtime Orchestra (!). The average age in the 'trad' marquee looked to be less than that of the 'modernist' marquee (:o) !

Some good stuff to come tomorrow. Sadly, Bobby Wellins had to cancel due to illness - Stan Sultzmann is depping for him.

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More at Swanage today - Mark Nightingale, Tim Garland, Stan Sultzmann and later on a JATP tribute/knees up and Keith Nichols' excellent Blue Devils orchestra with their 'Harlem Nights'.

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1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

More at Swanage today - Mark Nightingale, Tim Garland, Stan Sultzmann and later on a JATP tribute/knees up and Keith Nichols' excellent Blue Devils orchestra with their 'Harlem Nights'.

Looks like you're doing pretty well at Swanage. I could put together the best part of a day's listening that suits my tastes there, which I certainly couldn't do at any accessible festival round here. A new regime has taken over the Southport Feb. festival and put on Fabien Mary, who's a great favourite of mine, from 10:30 to midnight, which I can't make. An email to the organiser saying at least I could go on listening to Monsieur Mary's excellent albums, brought a plug for the Southport Premier Inn!

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Sadly, they mentioned tonight that next year's Swanage event is likely to be the last. Some problem with the rights to the venue location and having to find an alternative I think. Ironic, as the quality of the music today was superb and as good as I've ever witnessed there.. :(

Your fave Robert Fowler was on good form tonight Bill, with Mr Barnes and co.

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6 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Sadly, they mentioned tonight that next year's Swanage event is likely to be the last. Some problem with the rights to the venue location and having to find an alternative I think. Ironic, as the quality of the music today was superb and as good as I've ever witnessed there.. :(

Your fave Robert Fowler was on good form tonight Bill, with Mr Barnes and co.

So Swanage joins the list of folding festivals. Sad! Employment opportunities for jazz musicians dwindle constantly, it seems. Better listen while I can, so it's Greg Abate and Alan Barnes at Cheadle Hulme on the 25th. And there's always the movies!

http://homemcr.org/event/jazz-on-film/

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Maybe they will resolve things with a new venue but I wouldn't bet money on it - that beachfront location was a major plus.

Greg Abate is performing again this afternoon with Quartet. Missed the Barnes/Abate yesterday, it clashed with Tim Garland. Choices..

Maybe they will resolve things with a new venue but I wouldn't bet money on it - that beachfront location was a major plus.

Greg Abate is performing again this afternoon with Quartet. Missed the Barnes/Abate yesterday, it clashed with Tim Garland. Choices..

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Highlight today - Gareth Williams and Trish Clowes' co-op group 'Glow Quartet' in the Methodist church venue. Lyrical, inventive and superb !

Very fine performance as well by Art Themen's group with Steve Fishwick sharing the front line. Gareth Williams was in that one too.

Most versatile performer of the fest (and a standout) - Amy Roberts.

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1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Highlight today - Gareth Williams and Trish Clowes' co-op group 'Glow Quartet' in the Methodist church venue. Lyrical, inventive and superb !

Very fine performance as well by Art Themen's group with Steve Fishwick sharing the front line. Gareth Williams was in that one too.

Most versatile performer of the fest (and a standout) - Amy Roberts.

Amy Roberts is a product of Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. I first saw her in a Basie-style student big band at the college with Alan Barnes as guest leader. Why was she whispering in the ear of the saxophonist next to her in the section, I wondered. Turned out she was singing riffs which the whole band gradually took up. Kansas City lives!

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Interesting - a very naturally gifted musician. Particularly liked her flute work. One of few at Swanage who can work with equal comfort in both trad and modern marquees. Part of the sax lineup in Keith Nichols' Blue Devils playing 20s/30s stuff yesterday, then doing Gillespie numbers with ease this afternoon in her joint venture quintet. :cool:

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On 7/10/2016 at 7:11 PM, sidewinder said:

Highlight today - Gareth Williams and Trish Clowes' co-op group 'Glow Quartet' in the Methodist church venue. Lyrical, inventive and superb !

Looking forward to that group in Sheffield later in the year. I've seen Clowes a couple of times recently and really like her three records. Not just a good player but an interesting writer who draws from beyond jazz. 

Just missed Abate by a day in St. Ives. Did get to see:

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Kevin Figes Quartet (St Ives Jazz Club)

KEVIN FIGES (alto), JIM BLOMFIELD (pn), A sub whose name I missed (electric bass), MARK WHITLAM (dm)

 Good evening of modal/fusiony jazz with Figes playing alto throughout (last time I saw him in the same venue he used baritone as well). Very nice keyboards from Blomfield - mainly a Nord that seemed to be able to usher a range of sounds from the 60s/70s but also some proper piano. Impressive drummer too. 

Read in the blurb that Figes was taught by Elton Dean. 

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On 23/03/2016 at 3:22 PM, Steve Reynolds said:

Tomorrow night @ Rubin Museum of Art in NYC @ 7:00

Ches Smith Trio with Craig Taborn & Mat Maneri

 

Just saw this trio last tuesday at the Sunside in Paris towards the end of their tour in Europe! Intimate experience in the tight concert hall for very powerful music which has stuck with me during the last couple of days. Two full sets and all in top form. It was great to see Mat Maneri so enthusiastic during one of Craig Taborn's high speed solos. I wish concerts like this happened more often!

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Tutu Jones at Tolbert's in Grapevine. A restaurant with a live music stage in "historic" Grapevine and a meager crowd--nonetheless a superb performance by a Texas blues master.

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Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison (Greystones, Sheffield)

That was fun. I've known Willis since the 90s on record but never expected to see her round these parts (although she's been before, it seems). Just two guitars, two voices and a bit of mouth organ. Excellent songs - I've only come across Mr Willis since their last record together and knew nothing of his history as a songwriter to the country stars. Marvellous harmony singing. Two relaxed but engaging sets.

And all at what has become my favourite venue. Small and intimate, always drawing a positive crowd, into the music and rooting for the performers.  

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Not jazz at all, but tonight I saw Jonathan Richman along with his longtime drummer Tommy Larkins (if you ever saw the movie There's Something About Mary, then you've seen the two of them) at a divey place called the Starline Social Club up in Oakland.  Why Jonathan Richman is not yet in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a mystery to me.  I guess he's just too quirky and he's certainly never been a big commercial hit. 

It was about a 70 minute show.  That's long enough at my age for a venue that holds 400 people and had maybe 40 seats, so standing for the whole show is not ideal an old geezer like me anymore.  He did a number of my favorites including "No One Was Like Vermeer", "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar", "Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow" and closed with a joyous version of "My Baby Love Love Loves Me".  Glad I finally got the chance to see him in person.

 

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