king ubu Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Hm, actually when I heard Waits with Wadada in Berlin, he was playing differently - more into a straight flow, that may have had some Elvin in it, kind of a waves thing, one wave rolling in after the other, a dancing groove of a very different type than what he played this time. This time I definitely never thought of Elvin at all. And I didn't really when I was in Berlin, I lacked references there, which of course isn't exactly a bad thing either I know Helias is good, I've heard him with Open Loose (on a so-so night, at least so it seemed to me) and in a gorgeous trio set with John Surman and Pierre Favre a bit more than a year ago ... I really don't get the over-amplification thing really. I mean Jones clearly profited as he was able to adapt his volume on a much broader level regardless of how loud Waits was, but the piano wasn't loud enough and the bass just had this slippery, somewhat thin sound ... that ugly bass sound you find so often on late 70s/early 80s productions. I guess I prefer unamplified bigtime, but with Waits on a kit like the one he played that night, none of the others would be heard any more, so there's that. But put a microphone in front of the bass, catch it's natural sound, and that's that. Oh, btw, the last number before the encore (it was like this, I think: set 1 was 4 tunes all in one segue, set 2 was 2 tunes, then the ballad, then 2 tunes, then the encore) was Charlie Parker's "KoKo". Another old-school aspect, throw in a bebop tune. Nice. Not something you get to hear by such great musicians often, over here! Next up, maybe Defunkt in about two weeks, not sure I'll make it (several classical concerts scheduled in the meantime and around that time). Quote
relyles Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Tonight at Birdland in NYC: The Story of Jazz: 100 Years A 10-piece All-Star ensemble lead by Vincent Herring (alto sax) with Jon Faddis, Jeremy Pelt (trumpets) James Carter, Eric Alexander (tenor saxes) Steve Turre (trombone) Mike LeDonne (piano) David Williams (bass) Carl Allen (drums) Nicolas Bearde (vocals) The group will perform newly commissioned arrangements of classic jazz songs written by prominent artists from each decade of jazz history from 1917 to 2017. A musical journey celebrating 100 years of America’s original art form begins with the African drumming and work songs that led to the birth of the blues – the basis of all jazz. The show moves through 1920’s Ragtime, to 1930’s Swing, to 1940’s Bebop, to 1950’s Cool. In the 1960’s jazz explodes with innovation: The Hard Bop of Miles Davis and Art Blakey, the Modal Jazz of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Soul Jazz, the Bossa Nova craze, Latin Jazz, and Free/Avant-Garde sounds of Ornette Coleman. The program concludes with 1970’s Fusion and the many Post-Bop iterations from the 1980’s to the present. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 10 hours ago, relyles said: Tonight at Birdland in NYC: The Story of Jazz: 100 Years A 10-piece All-Star ensemble lead by Vincent Herring (alto sax) with Jon Faddis, Jeremy Pelt (trumpets) James Carter, Eric Alexander (tenor saxes) Steve Turre (trombone) Mike LeDonne (piano) David Williams (bass) Carl Allen (drums) Nicolas Bearde (vocals) The group will perform newly commissioned arrangements of classic jazz songs written by prominent artists from each decade of jazz history from 1917 to 2017. A musical journey celebrating 100 years of America’s original art form begins with the African drumming and work songs that led to the birth of the blues – the basis of all jazz. The show moves through 1920’s Ragtime, to 1930’s Swing, to 1940’s Bebop, to 1950’s Cool. In the 1960’s jazz explodes with innovation: The Hard Bop of Miles Davis and Art Blakey, the Modal Jazz of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Soul Jazz, the Bossa Nova craze, Latin Jazz, and Free/Avant-Garde sounds of Ornette Coleman. The program concludes with 1970’s Fusion and the many Post-Bop iterations from the 1980’s to the present. What a killer band! It's shows like this that make me wish I lived a lot closer to NYC. Quote
Dmitry Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 Saw Joey DeFrancesco tonight at Scullers in Boston. I found the band underwhelming. Set lasted just about an hour. Never saw him play before, was expecting a lot mo' greaze. There definitely was some, but it dripped, not poured. Joey didn't break a sweat. Quote
duaneiac Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Dmitry said: Joey didn't break a sweat. Unless he has slimmed down considerably, I would think that just walking from the dressing room to the stage might cause him to break a sweat . . . Quote
BFrank Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 I saw Joey D a few months ago in the Bobby Hutcherson Memorial Concert at SFJAZZ. He only did a few tunes, but seemed pretty locked in even though there were sound problems with his B3. Quote
Dmitry Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 1 hour ago, BFrank said: He only did a few tunes, but seemed pretty locked in even though there were sound problems with his B3. Funny you should say that. At the Scullers gig the first thing he did when he sat down was to announce that one of the keys had fallen off the organ, and the percussion was broken. I wonder if they did a soundcheck. Anyway, that didn't seem to affect the sound, at least to my ears. I dunno, it just felt that he was holding back, passing time, like a boxing champion in a fight with a no.10-rated challenger. I suppose the gigs can get pretty tedious, understandably. Just my $.02, which cost $170 for the music charge, and food and drinks for two. Quote
BFrank Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Dmitry said: Funny you should say that. At the Scullers gig the first thing he did when he sat down was to announce that one of the keys had fallen off the organ, and the percussion was broken. I wonder if they did a soundcheck. Anyway, that didn't seem to affect the sound, at least to my ears. I dunno, it just felt that he was holding back, passing time, like a boxing champion in a fight with a no.10-rated challenger. I suppose the gigs can get pretty tedious, understandably. Just my $.02, which cost $170 for the music charge, and food and drinks for two. This was only 2-3 tunes and the sound problem seemed to have something to do with a faulty cable. I've heard at least one of his live albums and was a little under-whelmed, myself. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) Gilad Atzmon Plays Coltrane (Bonington Theatre Nottingham) GILAD ATZMON (SAXES); FRANK HARRISON (PIANO); YARON STAVI (BASS); ASAF SIRKIS (DRUMS) Very enjoyable gig of famous Coltrane tunes. Mainly ballads but the band occasionally sped things up - took the roof off with 'Impressions'. Four superb musicians - particularly taken by Harrison. Atzmon was anxious that we knew that this particular theme was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Coltrane, not the 50th of the Six Day War or the centenary of The Balfour Declaration. Theatre packed to the gills. Edited January 13, 2017 by A Lark Ascending Quote
BillF Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 1 hour ago, A Lark Ascending said: Gilad Atzmon Plays Coltrane (Bonington Theatre Nottingham) GILAD ATZMON (SAXES); FRANK HARRISON (PIANO); YARON STAVI (BASS); ASAF SIRKIS (DRUMS) Very enjoyable gig of famous Coltrane tunes. Mainly ballads but the band occasionally sped things up - took the roof off with 'Impressions'. Four superb musicians - particularly taken by Harrison. Atzmon was anxious that we knew that this particular theme was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Coltrane, not the 50th of the Six Day War or the centenary of The Balfour Declaration. Theatre packed to the gills. Glad he's drawing in a good audience. He deserves it! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 He sold out his latest book and the copies of the Atzmon/Barnes CD he had in the interval. He seems to have a very loyal following. And I won the raffle (a Pete Hurt CD)! Bet they don't have raffles in New York clubs. Quote
king ubu Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 On 12.1.2017 at 5:39 AM, king ubu said: Hm, actually when I heard Waits with Wadada in Berlin, he was playing differently - more into a straight flow, that may have had some Elvin in it, kind of a waves thing, one wave rolling in after the other, a dancing groove of a very different type than what he played this time. This time I definitely never thought of Elvin at all. And I didn't really when I was in Berlin, I lacked references there, which of course isn't exactly a bad thing either Uhm, yeah ... he was playing differently with Wadada because that (as well as the drummer with Vijay Iyer) was obviously not Nasheet Waits but Marcus Gilmore - and Gilmore was actually the one of this generation missing in Berlin to make the festival complete (Gilmore, Sorey and Cleaver were there, Waits was not). DOH! Quote
relyles Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 14 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said: What a killer band! It's shows like this that make me wish I lived a lot closer to NYC. I probably would not have decided to drive the 2.5 hours to NY to see that show if I had not been invited to hang by a close friend. Ultimately I enjoyed the set much more than I anticipated. They really took it from the early jazz through more modern. I really started remembering my own roots in the music when they played tunes like Sugar, Headhunters, some Woody Shaw, RRK's Bright Moments and other recognizable tunes. They were doing a lot of reading and some of the segues were a bit rough, but a lot of strong solos throughout. Carter was his usual extroverted forceful self and receive the most enthusiastic responses from the audience, but everyone had moments when they represented themselves quite well. Quote
jlhoots Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 Dave Alvin / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / James McMurtry Quote
Dmitry Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 Club d'Elf with John Medeski. A phenomenal show at the storied Columbus Theatre!!! Loved it. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) Pierre Omer's Swing Revue from Switzerland playing a downtown club. https://www.voodoorhythm.com/125-artists/pierre-omer-s-swing-revue/218-pierre-omer-s-swing-revue.html Small-group swing (including some gypsy swing influence) with a somewhat different modernized twist showing new directions this style of jazz can take. Edited January 14, 2017 by Big Beat Steve Quote
sidewinder Posted January 15, 2017 Report Posted January 15, 2017 Laura Jurd's band 'Dinosaur' at the Turner-Sims, Southampton. Full house and deservedly so. More than a hint of Ian Carr in Laura's trumpet playing I think. Quote
BillF Posted January 15, 2017 Report Posted January 15, 2017 On 1/13/2017 at 7:19 AM, A Lark Ascending said: He sold out his latest book and the copies of the Atzmon/Barnes CD he had in the interval. He seems to have a very loyal following. And I won the raffle (a Pete Hurt CD)! Bet they don't have raffles in New York clubs. I don't think they do. I saw Eric Alexander roped in to draw raffle tickets in Leeds. He seemed very unfamiliar with this strange British rite. Quote
BillF Posted January 16, 2017 Report Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) New York singer/pianist Daryl Sherman at Malcolm Frazer's house last night. Very much in Blossom Dearie vein. Entertaining. Edited January 16, 2017 by BillF Quote
king ubu Posted January 16, 2017 Report Posted January 16, 2017 Raffles? They do that in homes for the elderly ... but I guess that's almost the same as jazz clubs Quote
BFrank Posted January 17, 2017 Report Posted January 17, 2017 Going to the Tony Williams Spotlight at SFJAZZ on Thursday. Should be pretty exciting with this lineup of artists. CONCERT INCLUDES PERFORMANCES BY Zakir Hussain · Joshua Redman · Terence Blanchard Mary Stallings · Joe Lovano · Bill Frisell Stefon Harris · Cindy Blackman Santana Eric Harland · John Santos · Kronos Quartet SFJAZZ Collective Quote
HutchFan Posted January 19, 2017 Report Posted January 19, 2017 On Saturday night, I'm going to see Pat Martino at the Velvet Note, a local club. I'm really looking forward to it. I've never him live before. Quote
T.D. Posted January 21, 2017 Report Posted January 21, 2017 Jack DeJohnette "Concert for Inner Peace" (solo piano) http://www.woodstockguild.org/dejohnette.html Quote
OliverM Posted January 27, 2017 Report Posted January 27, 2017 Tonight!! Roscoe Mitchell Sextet: Tribute to John Coltrane RM, Mazz Swift, Tomeka Reid, Silvia Bolognesi, Junius Paul, Vincent Davis My crossover concert for the Chinese New Year! Wishing the best to all of you. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted January 27, 2017 Report Posted January 27, 2017 5 hours ago, OliverM said: Tonight!! Roscoe Mitchell Sextet: Tribute to John Coltrane RM, Mazz Swift, Tomeka Reid, Silvia Bolognesi, Junius Paul, Vincent Davis My crossover concert for the Chinese New Year! Wishing the best to all of you. Enjoy - sounds like an amazing band and I'm not familiar with Mazz or Silvia Quote
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