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Harry Allen is swinging through for his annual visit to Jocko's Sahara Jazz Club in Methuen, MA. Although I live in Maine now, I'll still be making the trek to Methuen tonight. I don't miss Allen's visits. Next week, Greg Abate is coming back for another visit. I may have to make it two weeks in a row. :)

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12 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Harry Allen is swinging through for his annual visit to Jocko's Sahara Jazz Club in Methuen, MA. Although I live in Maine now, I'll still be making the trek to Methuen tonight. I don't miss Allen's visits. Next week, Greg Abate is coming back for another visit. I may have to make it two weeks in a row. :)

Enjoy.  I caught Harry Allen at The 75 Club and at Smalls.  Very nice evenings.

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Rhoda Scott tonight! That's Ms Rhoda ... Scott! I hope they'll provide (or have paid for her bringing) her two Leslie's and she'll rock the house with her "Lady Quartet". Didn't enjoy the group's second disc as much as the first, but live is going to be different anyway.

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5 hours ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

is DiMeola doing a tribute to The Three Suns! 

This was in his jazz/world music fusion style. Astor Piazolla is an influence on the band's sound.

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i heard really interesting avant garde jazz-classical and classical clairnet pieces written and performaed by bill and ensemble.  for regular clairnet, bass clairnet, and extra short clairnet.  This guys more far out there than brubeck man, hes the guy who pushed brubeck qiartet more outside.  it was a new experience for sure.  it was a little out there for me, i mean it wasnt like a jazz concert at all- but i mean i knew that going into it and i was stoked to hear it all. 

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3 hours ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

i heard really interesting avant garde jazz-classical and classical clairnet pieces written and performaed by bill and ensemble.  for regular clairnet, bass clairnet, and extra short clairnet.  This guys more far out there than brubeck man, hes the guy who pushed brubeck qiartet more outside.  it was a new experience for sure.  it was a little out there for me, i mean it wasnt like a jazz concert at all- but i mean i knew that going into it and i was stoked to hear it all. 

Would love to have been there

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On Friday, I flew to Albuequerque to attend a World Music festival, Globalquerque, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

It's a three stage festival (two outdoor, one indoor stage) over two evenings. There are ten sets a night, with about 16 groups playing over the course of the festival.

On Friday, I heard--

Youssra El Hawary (Egypt). She plays accordion and sings; her music is charming and fairly enjoyable.

Martha Redbone (U.S./American Indian/Appalachian/Brooklyn). She sings well; my level of interest varies with the source of her material. The main thing was she had Charlie Burnham on violin and Marvin Sewell on guitar.

Jupiter and Okwess (Congo). A fantastic band. Mind-blowing Afro-rock. Great.

Delgres (France/Guadeloupe). Also a fine band consisting of guitar/tuba/drums. A Carribean version of the blues.

On Saturday, I heard--

Aynur (Turkey/Kurdish). Backed by two musicians (Piano [Salmon Gambarov, jazz pianist from Azerbaijan] and a stringed instrument I could not identify [Cemil Qocgiri on tenbur]), this set was profoundly beautiful. Aynur is a fantastic singer and her band, soloing at length, was equally adept. I notice a fair percentage of the audience could not handle this music; I found it mesmerizing.

La Dame Blanche (Cuba). This is Cuban jazz vocalist and flautist Yaite Ramos Rodriguez, performing a mixture of Cuban, cumbia, and electronic dance music--not what I would expect to respond to, but her voice is magnificent and powerful, the melodies she has composed are captivating, and her flute playing is also quite accomplished. Another superb set.

Rio Mira (Equador/Columbia). This 8 piece band is constructed around the marimba, with three drummers and four vocalists. Heavily percussive music, which also proved enjoyable.

 

 

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1 hour ago, OliverM said:

Saw Chris Abrahams (from The Necks) playing solo last week. Exceptional!

I bet. I would have liked to see that. The Necks play London about twice a year but I'm not sure Abrahams has done so solo

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I was also lucky to participate in a masterclass he gave on the next day. We were nine to participate on various instruments. A great occasion to observe his playing and hear of influences, from Mal Waldron to Alvin Lucier.

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Tomorrow: Cyrus Chestnut w/Buster Williams & Lenny White in SFJAZZ's intimate Joe Henderson Lab

UPDATE: It was a nice show. Not especially "exciting," but well worth spending an hour+ with this group in such a small venue.

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Yesterday, I saw the great Abdullah Ibrahim yesterday in Leuven. It was.... just stunning. 82 years old and still going strong. Playing solo piano, practically all of his amazing compositions past in an 1,5 hour improvisation. Small concert hall, 200 listeners, no microphone, just Mr. Ibrahim and the piano. So incredibly intimate and beautiful. After 1.5 hour of improvisation the man stood up and made a few deep bows. What a beautiful person! What an experience.

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