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Classical tomorrow:

The program will feature Sextuor (Sextet) by French Les Six composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963). The work caused a stir when premiered in 1933, earning praise from liberal critics and scorn from traditionalists.

The Poné Ensemble for New Music will premiere a Duet for Violin and Viola by Stanley Walden, known for his work on the avant-garde theatrical review Oh! Calcutta! Other works will include Acadia for Oboe, Viola and Piano by the Ensemble’s own Shirley Hoffman Warren; Fanmi Imèn for Flute and Piano (2018) by African American flutist/composer Valerie Coleman; Duet for Flute and Viola by Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006); and The Water Sprites for Flute, Voice and Piano by American composer Amy Beach (1867-1944).

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20 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Threadgill Zooid & Anthony Braxton Quartet 

London Jazz Festival 

 

THAT must have been great!

16 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Thumbscrew (both sets) were incredible last night. Stunning on all kinds of levels. 
 

yes, Mary is GOD:)

I missed it. Was going to stream, but got sidetracked. I'm sure they'll be around again.

Meanwhile, Mary seems to be everywhere the last several years. I've seen her in many different settings (like with Myra Melford just a week ago).

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5 hours ago, BFrank said:

THAT must have been great

It most surely was. Braxton played with his New Quartet - Carla Tests, Susana Silva Santos, Maria Portugal.  If I understood the announcement correctly, this was the first time they had played the music live. The evident delight of AB playing with these musicians was an absolute joy to see, he fist pumped several times at the end whilst doing a little jig! The music was rigorous and engrossing in that way that Braxton music always is. Maria Portugal is someone to look out for.

Threadgill and Zooid inhabited that soundworld that we know so well from the recordings. The interplay between musicians was extraordinary.  HT sat out for longer periods obviously engrossed by the playing of his music. When he played, well there isn't a tone like that anywhere else. Played a lot of Poof I think.

Both sets very well received by a good if not sell-out crowd 

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Kevin Bresnahan Mentor

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I saw The Cookers last night in Portsmouth. Good times with a lot of my local Jazz buds. The band was cooking. :)

Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Billy Harper, Donald Harrison, George Cables, Cecil McBee & Billy Hart. The only negative was that my ears were ringing for quite a while after the show due to Hart's incessant use of his cymbles. I forgot he was in the drum chair... I usually bring an ear plug for my right ear when Billy's playing. :)

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19 minutes ago, bresna said:

I saw The Cookers last night in Portsmouth. Good times with a lot of my local Jazz buds. The band was cooking. :)

Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Billy Harper, Donald Harrison, George Cables, Cecil McBee & Billy Hart. The only negative was that my ears were ringing for quite a while after the show due to Hart's incessant use of his cymbles. I forgot he was in the drum chair... I usually bring an ear plug for my right ear when Billy's playing. :)

Good to see George Cables is back. I saw him live recently in a trio format. He was excellent. Maybe they can bring Victor Lewis back too. ❤️

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8 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Good to see George Cables is back. I saw him live recently in a trio format. He was excellent. Maybe they can bring Victor Lewis back too. ❤️

George played great but he's not in good physical shape. He's not mobile at the moment. Hopefully he can regain his feet in the future.

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43 minutes ago, bresna said:

George played great but he's not in good physical shape. He's not mobile at the moment. Hopefully he can regain his feet in the future.

He was using a walker when I saw him, but his "spirits" seemed good. Part of his ambulation problem is due to the amputation he had years ago. He has a partial leg prosthesis.

 

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I went to the Roman Schwaller quartet tuesday night. 

Roman Schwaller is one of the leading saxophonists here in Europe. He´s from Elvetia but lives in Viena. 

He recorded with name musicians like Johnny Griffin and hundrets of others and is a great composer and arranger also. 

The first time I had heard him was jammin with Sonny Stitt, when Roman still was very young and had played with the Viena Art Orchestra. 

He had a very talented young bassist from Serbia, my favourite Oliver Kent on piano and my favourite Mario Gonzi on drums. 

Interesting, they did a lot of Monk tunes that evening, like "Trinkle Tinkle" and so on. 

And an astonishing medium tempo swing version of "For Heaven´s Sake" which is usually done as a ballad, at least that´s how I had played it once. 
After the show Roman told me that he had heard Joe Lovano doing it that way. 

If I go to a show just for my pleasure for listening,  I always sit as near to the drummer as possible, because I love to hear the drums loud and also feel it from the bottom....

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2 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I went to the Roman Schwaller quartet tuesday night. 

Roman Schwaller is one of the leading saxophonists here in Europe. He´s from Elvetia but lives in Viena. 

He recorded with name musicians like Johnny Griffin and hundrets of others and is a great composer and arranger also. 

The first time I had heard him was jammin with Sonny Stitt, when Roman still was very young and had played with the Viena Art Orchestra. 

He had a very talented young bassist from Serbia, my favourite Oliver Kent on piano and my favourite Mario Gonzi on drums. 

Interesting, they did a lot of Monk tunes that evening, like "Trinkle Tinkle" and so on. 

And an astonishing medium tempo swing version of "For Heaven´s Sake" which is usually done as a ballad, at least that´s how I had played it once. 
After the show Roman told me that he had heard Joe Lovano doing it that way. 

If I go to a show just for my pleasure for listening,  I always sit as near to the drummer as possible, because I love to hear the drums loud and also feel it from the bottom....

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I know Roman Schwaller. Nice that you can see him live.  I think I have him as member of some groups. Have to check that.

Have a question: did he ever record something under his name as group leader?

Question solved. Found some on Discogs. 

 

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17 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

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I know Roman Schwaller. Nice that you can see him live.  I think I have him as member of some groups. Have to check that.

Have a question: did he ever record something under his name as group leader?

Question solved. Found some on Discogs. 

 

Yes, Roman had lived in Germany , I think after his tenur with the VAO, and then returned to Elveția . For that occasion he composed a tune, it´s a waltz with many many changes, and it´s titled "Some Changes to Make". He played it tuesday night. Really some tricky changes, I must admit I wouldn´t be able to check that "ad hoc" without studying the changes before a gig. 

When I had the occasion to play for him in a 3-Tenors Unit this summer it was only standard tunes, so it was easy. 

I love what he plays so much, he and austrian tenorist Thomas Kugi are among my favourites here in Viena. 

Steve Reynolds Community Regular

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13 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Darius Jones Quartet with Matt Mitchell, Chris Lightcap & Ches Smith

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Matt Mitchell replaced by Micah Thomas on piano. First set short ok.

second set 65 minutes why I go on a 1:45 ride to Brooklyn in the rain.
 

Darius Jones remains as great an expressive individual alto saxophonist as exists in this world. Incredible moving mind blowing experience with Ches destroying the room in unison with the band. Ending drum solo into duet with the great saxophone man was astounding. Wowza.

 

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On 11/27/2022 at 7:00 PM, jlhoots said:

He was using a walker when I saw him, but his "spirits" seemed good. Part of his ambulation problem is due to the amputation he had years ago. He has a partial leg prosthesis.

 

I think I read that Art Pepper used to call Cables Mister Beautiful.  That pretty much sums up his playing and sunny disposition. :)  I know that it is a waste of energy to lament award snubs, but how is Cables not an NEA Jazz Master?!?  I just checked and neither are Harper, McBee and Henderson.  That is nuts.

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This past Thursday night

First set:

William Winant with Nava & Shayna Dunkelman, Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori. Nava Dunkelman rules the world!!!

Second Set:

Winant with Ava Mendoza & the *great* Ches Smith who added his laptop brilliance to his drumming. 2 Stunning 23-24 minute pieces. As great as improvised music gets. Extreme explosive playing by Winant & Smith. Much of it was dual drum kits. Wowza

Last Night:

Catalytic Festival

All short small formations

First Set:

Ned Rothenberg & Lotte Anker

David Watson, Celia Lopez & Zeena Parkins

Brandon Lopez, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Sylvie Courvoisier & Chris Corsano (spectacular)

Second Set:

Zeena Parkins & Chris Corsano (spectacular)

Brandon Lopez, Ned Rothenberg & Fred Lonberg-Holm (incredible especially the two great string players. New levels of imagination from both of them)

Sylvie Courvoisier, Celia Lopez, Lotte Anker & David Watson (another wow set / Sylvie might have been the best musician on the stage last night which given that we had Zeena, Fred & Brandon is saying something)

the WHOLE group finished with a 16-17 minute piece that was, again, among the greatest slices of live improvised music I’ve ever witnessed

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Mingus Big Band tonight with Orrin Evans, Adam Cruz. Conrad Herwig, a trumpet section of Randy Brecker, Freddie Hendrix, and Phil Harper, and lot of other fine players.  Wayne Escoffery is now helming the band.  Was invited out to see them last week by someone I know who works with the band, with a somewhat different lineup (including Helen Sung and Craig Handy).  It was literally the first jazz show I've seen since I caught Ben Waltzer and Steve Nelson at Mezzrow just a week before all hell broke loose back in March 2020.  Saw the lineup for this week and said that I'd just have to come back. 

Venue for these Wednesday night shows is the brand new Midnight Theater in the ludicrous Hudson Yards development.  The place sure wasn't ready for prime time last week (QR code menu and online ordering system not working reliably, no paper menu backup available, very amateurish service, etc.) but the limited menu of pricey Chinese snacks was OK, and the music was, of course, sublime, with just the right touch of Mingusian chaos.

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41 minutes ago, Al in NYC said:

Mingus Big Band tonight with Orrin Evans, Adam Cruz. Conrad Herwig, a trumpet section of Randy Brecker, Freddie Hendrix, and Phil Harper, and lot of other fine players.  Wayne Escoffery is now helming the band.  Was invited out to see them last week by someone I know who works with the band, with a somewhat different lineup (including Helen Sung and Craig Handy).  It was literally the first jazz show I've seen since I caught Ben Waltzer and Steve Nelson at Mezzrow just a week before all hell broke loose back in March 2020.  Saw the lineup for this week and said that I'd just have to come back. 

Venue for these Wednesday night shows is the brand new Midnight Theater in the ludicrous Hudson Yards development.  The place sure wasn't ready for prime time last week (QR code menu and online ordering system not working reliably, no paper menu backup available, very amateurish service, etc.) but the limited menu of pricey Chinese snacks was OK, and the music was, of course, sublime, with just the right touch of Mingusian chaos.

For some reason, I thought that Alex Sipiagin was leading the Mingus Big Band. It probably doesn't matter as it is more of an ensemble than anything.

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Joan Manuel Serrat: El Vicio de Cantar - Madrid, Wizink Center

Farewell tour by the greatest Spanish songwriter. Last concert (ever) in Madrid. 78 years old (he will be 79 on December 27).
Three remaining concerts in BCN and… he will be off the scene. 

 

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