What live music are you going to see tonight?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Seeing some local Jazz tonight at Arthur's House of Jazz in Methuen. Nick Goumas (ts) is playing with Ken Cervenka (t), Steve Hunt (p), Bruce Gertz (b) & James Lattini (d).

[Steve Reynolds]

Son of Goldfinger

Lowlands in Brooklyn 

Tim Berne, David Torn & Ches Smith

 

[kh1958]

This evening, Terrence Blanchard E Collective with Turtle Island String Quartet at the Meyerson.

[mjazzg]

Tomorrow - Brotzmann, Edwards, Noble, Adasiewicsz @ Café Oto

[Steve Reynolds]

8 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Tomorrow - Brotzmann, Edwards, Noble, Adasiewicsz @ Café Oto

Yeah Baby!!!

20 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Son of Goldfinger

Lowlands in Brooklyn 

Tim Berne, David Torn & Ches Smith

 

Fwiw this was mind blowing

[Rabshakeh]

12 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Tomorrow - Brotzmann, Edwards, Noble, Adasiewicsz @ Café Oto

See you there!

[Steve Reynolds]

Son of Goldfinger playing again on Tuesday 2/14 with the awesome Devin Hoff added. Same tiny little place. Also on 2/21. I’ll be there this Tuesday at least. Last Thursday set was a 42 minute piece followed by a 32 minute slab of genius. As great a show as I’ve seen recently and I’ve seen a bunch of great sets over the past 4 months. Maybe the 2 William Winant sets the end of last year were comparable. The set with Winant, Ches & Ava Mendoza was astounding. Ches also used his I-phone & lap top electronics that night. He’s a genius with this stuff as well as being the among the 2-3 most powerful & creative drummers on the planet.
 

On Thursday with Torn & Berne it was complete immersion from 6 feet away. Mind torn up. The intensity & force was Teutonic. Like Can to the 20th power. And the improvised breaks he did with Torn. Supernatural. Improvising genius level stuff. They were laughing after it ended. They know. 

17 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

See you there!

Take it all in, boys. This is life itself. Seeing the great man with THAT quartet. Up close & personal. Seeing the Grandaddy of them all. Herr Brotzmann. This is not to be taken lightly. I treasure the group of live concerts I’ve been blessed to be able see him play. There will never be another like him.

Edited February 11, 2023 by Steve Reynolds

[mjazzg]

4 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Son of Goldfinger playing again on Tuesday 2/14 with the awesome Devin Hoff added. Same tiny little place. Also on 2/21. I’ll be there this Tuesday at least. Last Thursday set was a 42 minute piece followed by a 32 minute slab of genius. As great a show as I’ve seen recently and I’ve seen a bunch of great sets over the past 4 months. Maybe the 2 William Winant sets the end of last year were comparable. The set with Winant, Ches & Ava Mendoza was astounding. Ches also used his I-phone & lap top electronics that night. He’s a genius with this stuff as well as being the among the 2-3 most powerful & creative drummers on the planet.
 

On Thursday with Torn & Berne it was complete immersion from 6 feet away. Mind torn up. The intensity & force was Teutonic. Like Can to the 20th power. And the improvised breaks he did with Torn. Supernatural. Improvising genius level stuff. They were laughing after it ended. They know. 

Take it all in, boys. This is life itself. Seeing the great man with THAT quartet. Up close & personal. Seeing the Grandaddy of them all. Herr Brotzmann. This is not to be taken lightly. I treasure the group of live concerts I’ve been blessed to be able see him play. There will never be another like him.

It was astounding Steve. Great to see Herr B back at Oto. There's nothing like THAT sound. Yes he's slowed down, of course he has but that makes the peaks even greater and "ballad and blues" Brotzmann is very moving. But I always think the key to listening to him play is to understand it's not about him it's about the collective sound and my were the other three contributing at a high level tonight. I'm a huge fan of of Adasiewicz in every context but his contributions tonight we're so telling.

Gig for the ages and I thought the first time I saw this quartet was very special. This was a privilege. 

[Rabshakeh]

Echoing @mjazzg. An incredible night.

Brotzmann in 'ballads and blues' territory for sure (although more Jacquet than Webster, and with plenty of heat when needed), but really a jazz quartet playing at their best.

Adasiewicz had a huge sound, but I was struck by the rhythm section in particular: John Edwards (who I've grown accustomed to seeing supporting less rhythmic free improv acts) and especially Steve Noble, who gave the whole thing such a full-blooded rhythmic edge.

[BFrank]

Nice show tonight at Feinstein's in SF: Paula West w/Eric Reed, Jerome Jennings (d), Essiet Essiet (b)

[mjazzg]

7 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Echoing @mjazzg. An incredible night.

Brotzmann in 'ballads and blues' territory for sure (although more Jacquet than Webster, and with plenty of heat when needed), but really a jazz quartet playing at their best.

Adasiewicz had a huge sound, but I was struck by the rhythm section in particular: John Edwards (who I've grown accustomed to seeing supporting less rhythmic free improv acts) and especially Steve Noble, who gave the whole thing such a full-blooded rhythmic edge.

Noble as 'funky drummer' on more than one occasion.

[Steve Reynolds]

Tuesday night Son of Goldfinger once more this time with the awesome Devin Hoff on what I imagine will be his electric bass guitar. Wowza.

[adh1907]

11 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Echoing @mjazzg. An incredible night.

Brotzmann in 'ballads and blues' territory for sure (although more Jacquet than Webster, and with plenty of heat when needed), but really a jazz quartet playing at their best.

Adasiewicz had a huge sound, but I was struck by the rhythm section in particular: John Edwards (who I've grown accustomed to seeing supporting less rhythmic free improv acts) and especially Steve Noble, who gave the whole thing such a full-blooded rhythmic edge.

Shame I missed that. John Edwards is brilliant, whoever he plays with. 
 

is Oto now a seated venue or still the old mixture of seats and standing? Haven’t been for a while.

[Rabshakeh]

40 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

is Oto now a seated venue or still the old mixture of seats and standing? Haven’t been for a while.

Same.

[kh1958]

Last night, Jackie Venson at the Lewisville Grand Theater.

[OliverM]

Was meaning to post this earlier, February 4:

Christian Marclay graphic scores interpreted by Jacques Demierre (2009 score), by Noël Akchoté, Julien Eil, John Butcher, Luc Mueller and Noelle Reymond (2016 and 2005), Elaine Mitchener (2020), Alex ABH Hackett (2010).

Excellent complement to the really good exhibit at the Modern Art Center in Paris.

[HutchFan]

Heading up to NYC today for a long weekend with my wife. I'm hoping to catch Mike Moreno tonight at Smalls -- and Michael Blake on Sunday at Rizzoli's Bookstore. ... And a bunch of other shows as well TBD. 😁

[kh1958]

Last night, my first trip to a dive bar since before COVID, with Tutu Jones and His Twisted Soul Band, at the Goat. Dallas' best active bluesman sounded great, playing a 75 minute set of instrumentals (with a single vocal exception).

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I am watching the weather this week, as Ricky Ford is making his first trip to the Boston area in many years on Thursday (2/23) when he is scheduled to play at Arthur's House of Jazz in Methuen. They are currently predicting an ice storm. Shit.

I honestly can't remember the last time I saw Ford play live but I'm thinking it was sometime in the late-90s. I'm a bit surprised that he's chosen to play at Arthur's, as it is a rather small club and I have to wonder if he wouldn't pull a crowd at one of the larger venues in the area. Maybe he wants to go small?

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, bresna said:

I am watching the weather this week, as Ricky Ford is making his first trip to the Boston area in many years on Thursday (2/23) when he is scheduled to play at Arthur's House of Jazz in Methuen. They are currently predicting an ice storm. Shit.

I honestly can't remember the last time I saw Ford play live but I'm thinking it was sometime in the late-90s. I'm a bit surprised that he's chosen to play at Arthur's, as it is a rather small club and I have to wonder if he wouldn't pull a crowd at one of the larger venues in the area. Maybe he wants to go small?

He's scheduled to be here in Buffalo on March 2 with my old friend Thurman Barker on drums.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

3 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

He's scheduled to be here in Buffalo on March 2 with my old friend Thurman Barker on drums.

He's got Yoron Israel on drums scheduled for his visit Thursday. It's a rhythm section of Berklee professors. I was actually hoping he would have brought Barry Altschul, his usual drummer in France, with him on this tour, I've never seen Barry.

[BFrank]

Saw the Mingus Big Band on Saturday in NY. Fun show, as it always is. Some of the players in this edition were: Eric Mingus, Wayne Escoffery, Earl McIntyre, Abraham Burton, Bruce Barth

[Gheorghe]

47 minutes ago, BFrank said:

Saw the Mingus Big Band on Saturday in NY. Fun show, as it always is. Some of the players in this edition were: Eric Mingus, Wayne Escoffery, Earl McIntyre, Abraham Burton, Bruce Barth

Sounds interesting. Well I still saw Mingus himself, and the first ghost bands still they all were musicians who had played with him. But in general there are few musicians around who play Mingus compositions. I did it when I was young and we were just a band that rehearsed for the few gigs we had. I remember having to "sing" the "Mingus rap" on "Cumbia" . It would have been supposed that the bassist does the rap, but they said that I have more that snarled voice to get the sound. Oh my god, me and "singin´" , I get hoarse as quick as  making announcments ...😀

[mikeweil]

Tonight it will be the Larry Goldings Trio with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart at M8 in Mainz (Mayence) just over the tiver Rhine. This was scheduled for 2020 but cancelled when the pandemic started, The local guitarist who runs the Jazz Initiative there does a good job, but as they have no piano in there it is mostly guitarist bands he features,

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

Tonight it will be the Larry Goldings Trio with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart at M8 in Mainz (Mayence) just over the tiver Rhine. This was scheduled for 2020 but cancelled when the pandemic started, The local guitarist who runs the Jazz Initiative there does a good job, but as they have no piano in there it is mostly guitarist bands he features,

Thanks God the clubs over here in Vienna all have good pianos. We´ll play on 09.03. at "Zwe" with Allan Praskin. They have a very fine baby grand, it was donated by a wonderful guy who is my favourite pianist over here. 

But for gigs in other federal countries it happens that they don´t have a piano. I manage to get thru with a stage piano with a good acoustic sound.....