BFrank Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 Zig Zag Power Trio (Vernon Reid, Will Calhoun, Melvin Gibbs) Quote
kh1958 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Posted January 30, 2020 Last night, Hiromi (Solo piano) at Arlington Music Hall. Quote
OliverM Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) Enrico Rava - William Parker - Andrew Cyrille Last friday. Couldn't believe I was there! Great evening, large audience. Edited February 2, 2020 by OliverM Quote
Jim Duckworth Posted February 7, 2020 Report Posted February 7, 2020 I usually cannot contribute to this thread as I live in Memphis where improvised music does not flourish. But tonight I am going to see The Dopoloarians: William Parker (bass), Douglas Ewart (tenor saxophone), Chris Parker (piano, Kelley Hurt (voice), Chad Fowler (alto saxophone and saxello), Chad Anderson (percussion), and special guest Marc Franklin (trumpet). Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 18, 2020 Report Posted February 18, 2020 Tim Berne Quintet with Tony Malaby, Ryan Ferreira, Devin Hoff & Elliot Kavee maybe we will stay for the second band which is Ben Monder, Gary Wang & Diego Voglino at a place called Halyards in Brooklyn Quote
BFrank Posted February 19, 2020 Report Posted February 19, 2020 15 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said: Tim Berne Quintet with Tony Malaby, Ryan Ferreira, Devin Hoff & Elliot Kavee maybe we will stay for the second band which is Ben Monder, Gary Wang & Diego Voglino at a place called Halyards in Brooklyn I'll see anything with Tim Berne! Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 19, 2020 Report Posted February 19, 2020 9 hours ago, BFrank said: I'll see anything with Tim Berne! Very fine group. Minor quibble for me is that Kavee is just not forceful or powerful enough for a band with a saxophonist as good as Berne or as great as Malaby. A drummer like Ches Smith or Nasheet Waits or Tyshawn Sorey would have elevated this band to the stratosphere. Ferreira was awesome. His riffing/comping with the saxophonists was powerful, skronky and almost psychedelic. Berne had new written music that seemed to be presented for the first time to the group before the show. Tim knew the music by heart as he didn’t need sheet music for himself.  6 compositions with improvisational elements organically incorporated into the written music. A couple of segues (maybe only one?) with the set lasting a beefy 75 minutes. Malaby only on tenor and he played towards his most beautiful side more than his piercing aggressive mode for the most part. There was one passage where he might have almost been Getz for a bit. Wondrous. Also tremendous unison playing with Berne's alto and Malaby’s tenor. Also one of the them comping or accenting the other. Seemingly rehearsed but I’d be shocked if this wasn’t the first time they played this music. In fact I think it’s the first time the band played together. Quote
BFrank Posted February 19, 2020 Report Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said: Very fine group. Minor quibble for me is that Kavee is just not forceful or powerful enough for a band with a saxophonist as good as Berne or as great as Malaby. A drummer like Ches Smith or Nasheet Waits or Tyshawn Sorey would have elevated this band to the stratosphere. Ferreira was awesome. His riffing/comping with the saxophonists was powerful, skronky and almost psychedelic. Berne had new written music that seemed to be presented for the first time to the group before the show. Tim knew the music by heart as he didn’t need sheet music for himself.  6 compositions with improvisational elements organically incorporated into the written music. A couple of segues (maybe only one?) with the set lasting a beefy 75 minutes. Malaby only on tenor and he played towards his most beautiful side more than his piercing aggressive mode for the most part. There was one passage where he might have almost been Getz for a bit. Wondrous. Also tremendous unison playing with Berne's alto and Malaby’s tenor. Also one of the them comping or accenting the other. Seemingly rehearsed but I’d be shocked if this wasn’t the first time they played this music. In fact I think it’s the first time the band played together. Sounds good! Quote
Dave James Posted February 22, 2020 Report Posted February 22, 2020 Archie Shepp at the Newmark Theater in Portland, Oregon. Part of the PDX Jazz Festival.  Opening act is a group called The Blue Cranes.  Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted February 24, 2020 Report Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 11:57 AM, Dave James said: Archie Shepp at the Newmark Theater in Portland, Oregon. Part of the PDX Jazz Festival.  Opening act is a group called The Blue Cranes.   I was there with my wife, we both enjoyed it very much. Quote
kh1958 Posted February 26, 2020 Report Posted February 26, 2020 Last night, the Puerto Rican singer iLe at the Cambridge Room of the House of Blues in Dallas. iLe (to my ears) is fantastic, and every song she performed in her 90 minute set (mostly originals by iLe, her sister and her grandmother) was worthwhile. Quote
BFrank Posted February 26, 2020 Report Posted February 26, 2020 Going to try to get here tonight. The Cookers are on the West Coast and have an off night, so this is happening: Jazz legends David Weiss & Billy Harper WEISS/HARPER 5tet Billy Harper – tenor sax David Weiss – trumpet Matt Clark – piano Lorca Hart – drums John Wiitala – bass Quote
jlhoots Posted February 27, 2020 Report Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, BFrank said: Going to try to get here tonight. The Cookers are on the West Coast and have an off night, so this is happening: Jazz legends David Weiss & Billy Harper WEISS/HARPER 5tet Billy Harper – tenor sax David Weiss – trumpet Matt Clark – piano Lorca Hart – drums John Wiitala – bass Billy Hart's son! Quote
Larry Kart Posted February 27, 2020 Report Posted February 27, 2020  9:00PM  at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($15-$12) Friends & Neighbors : Thomas Johansson, André Roligheten, Oscar Grönberg, Jon Rune Strøm, Tollef Østvang, special guests special guests Josh Berman, Nick Mazzarella Quote
Patrick Posted February 27, 2020 Report Posted February 27, 2020 Friday at Kennedy Center: Jason Moran trio with guests Cassandra Wilson and Marvin Sewell. Part of his 20th year celebration of Bandwagon. Expect a fair amount of Billie Holiday and Same Mother. Saturday at KC: National Symphony Orch performing Tchaikovsky violin concerto (Akiko Suwanai)Â and some Stravinsky. Will miss Charles Tolliver up in Baltimore. Quote
mjazzg Posted February 27, 2020 Report Posted February 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Patrick said: Friday at Kennedy Center: Jason Moran trio with guests Cassandra Wilson and Marvin Sewell. Part of his 20th year celebration of Bandwagon. Expect a fair amount of Billie Holiday and Same Mother. Saturday at KC: National Symphony Orch performing Tchaikovsky violin concerto (Akiko Suwanai) and some Stravinsky. Will miss Charles Tolliver up in Baltimore. My favourite singer with one of my favourite piano trios. I hope it's as good as it should be. Quote
BFrank Posted February 27, 2020 Report Posted February 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Patrick said: Friday at Kennedy Center: Jason Moran trio with guests Cassandra Wilson and Marvin Sewell. Part of his 20th year celebration of Bandwagon. Expect a fair amount of Billie Holiday and Same Mother. Saturday at KC: National Symphony Orch performing Tchaikovsky violin concerto (Akiko Suwanai)Â and some Stravinsky. Will miss Charles Tolliver up in Baltimore. Saw Cassandra and Jason together a few years ago at SFJAZZ. She talked about hiring him many years ago when he was just coming on the scene. Quote
relyles Posted February 28, 2020 Report Posted February 28, 2020 Last night: Gerald Cleaver, William Parker and David Virelles in Northampton, MA. Long continuous improvised set with a lot of close listening going on between the musicians. Quote
cliffpeterson Posted February 28, 2020 Report Posted February 28, 2020 I saw the same concert as relyles-great stuff Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted March 3, 2020 Report Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) Tyshawn Sorey Sextet @ Jazz Gallery @ 7:30 one long set - expected to be a continuous 2 hour set - maybe 2 hours and 15 minutes. I’m looking forward to hearing these younger unknown to me musicians perform tonight. Alto & tenor saxophonists, pianist, vibraphonist & bassist.   Edited March 3, 2020 by Steve Reynolds Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 3, 2020 Report Posted March 3, 2020 Pianist Tom Snow is bringing local legend Ralph Norris to Jocko's in Methuen tonight. Ralph, even at the age of 84, swings like hell and he's been doing it for a long time. I'm assuming that they're going to play music from their last recording together, "Duke's Diamonds - An Ellington Celebration" (https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thomassnowtrio) Quote
Gheorghe Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 Sorry to say Dave Liebman - Richie Beirach have chancelled their scheduled concert here in Vienna , it would have been the coming Sunday and me and my wife had tickets. Due to the corona virus Mr. Liebman decided not to take the trip to Europe. I really can understand that. But it´s sad news we were looking forward to that concert, since Mr. Liebman was one of my first idols...... Quote
HutchFan Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 33 minutes ago, Gheorghe said: Sorry to say Dave Liebman - Richie Beirach have chancelled their scheduled concert here in Vienna , it would have been the coming Sunday and me and my wife had tickets. Due to the corona virus Mr. Liebman decided not to take the trip to Europe. I really can understand that. But it´s sad news we were looking forward to that concert, since Mr. Liebman was one of my first idols...... Oh that's a bummer! Sorry to hear that, Gheorghe. Hopefully, they will re-schedule in the near future. Quote
Gheorghe Posted March 6, 2020 Report Posted March 6, 2020 12 hours ago, HutchFan said: Oh that's a bummer! Sorry to hear that, Gheorghe. Hopefully, they will re-schedule in the near future. Thank you so much ! I also hope they will re-schedule it. Quote
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