What live music are you going to see tonight?

[Gheorghe]

12 hours ago, sidewinder said:

The Cookers in London. David Weiss, Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper, Donald Harrison, George Cables, Cecil McBee and Billy Hart. So many highlights..

oh that´s great !

[sidewinder]

43 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

oh that´s great !

So hard to pick out specific highlights as everyone played so well. There was a very well deserved standing ovation at Cadogan Hall.

I have to pick out Cecil McBee though, who was truly astonishing for an 88 year old. Such efficient note placement and big sound.

Billy Hart - what can you say? The guy remains a human dynamo, gave it 200%

A great pleasure too to hear again the lovely trumpet tone and attack of Eddie Henderson. His lip was spot on right to the end.

George Cables - first time I've seen him but what a player and not letting mobility issues stop him. Got a huge applause.

Billy Harper - some telling and probing solos, nice to hear him on his own 'Croquet Ballet'.

Last time I saw The Cookers was around 2012 with our late friend JohnS. They remain, thankfully, a vital presence in jazz.

 

[optatio]

22 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

So hard to pick out specific highlights as everyone played so well. There was a very well deserved standing ovation at Cadogan Hall.

I have to pick out Cecil McBee though, who was truly astonishing for an 88 year old. Such efficient note placement and big sound.

Billy Hart - what can you say? The guy remains a human dynamo, gave it 200%

A great pleasure too to hear again the lovely trumpet tone and attack of Eddie Henderson. His lip was spot on right to the end.

George Cables - first time I've seen him but what a player and not letting mobility issues stop him. Got a huge applause.

Billy Harper - some telling and probing solos, nice to hear him on his own 'Croquet Ballet'.

Last time I saw The Cookers was around 2012 with our late friend JohnS. They remain, thankfully, a vital presence in jazz.

 

I share your enthusiasm! I saw them twice in the Theaterstübchen in Kassel. Billy Hart will be there again next year https://www.theaterstuebchen.de/event/johannes-enders-feat-billy-hart/ 

[BFrank]

Other Minds Festival is this week. Thinking of going on Wednesday.

Opens with a performance by Swedish sound artist and composer Ellen Arkbro, whose chordal textures spread out like invisible sculptures—diamond formations for the listening mind. Arkbro will be followed by an improvised set by the American pianist and composer Craig Taborn, whose music melding the complexity of Iannis Xenakis with the sweetness of Francis Poulenc has been hailed by the New York Times for its “proud refusal to cater to expectations about what jazz, or even music, should be.”

[Steve Reynolds]

Tim Berne with David Torn, Trevor Dunn (on electric bass) & Tom Rainey

gonna be insane 

[Steve Reynolds]

5 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Tim Berne with David Torn, Trevor Dunn (on electric bass) & Tom Rainey

gonna be insane 

Even better than last week’s Sun of Goldfinger show. Like last week, fully improvised. The opening 44 minute piece had Rainey fully peaking. I’ve seen him dozens of times over the years and yet he still shocks me. Stunning with only grooves that he plays. Sounds like no other drummer. Best brush player on the planet. 

Dunn is understated to some extent and simply brilliant. Torn is like no one else and Berne was on fire. Second 16 minute piece slightly less great but it would have been an impossibility to match the first improvisation.  

Edited November 17, 2023 by Steve Reynolds

[BFrank]

Saw Taborn last night at Other Minds. Never seen him solo before, but he was amazing. Much different than I expected. A real powerhouse, but also a unique style that I've never seen before. 

[mjazzg]

Taborn solo is one of the most concentratedly intense gigs I've seen. It must be nearly ten years ago and it still gives me shivers.

He's in London soon so may have to repeat the experience 

[BFrank]

21 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Taborn solo is one of the most concentratedly intense gigs I've seen. It must be nearly ten years ago and it still gives me shivers.

He's in London soon so may have to repeat the experience 

Yes! I was surprised. Much more intense than I've seen in any of his other settings.

[mjazzg]

Charles Lloyd Ocean trio at the Barbican last night.

Some beautiful playing from all three.

Cleverly paced with Clayton and Sewell doing some heavy lifting to give Lloyd plenty of rest. He looked notably less mobile than 4 years ago but when he played he played at length and strongly.

[tranemonk]

I've got a ticket tonight to see Brad Mehldau trio here in Boston but I don't know if I'm going to go. I'm listening again to some of his stuff to decide.

[Steve Reynolds]

Trevor Watts with Jamie Harris

Jazz Gallery in NYC

[mjazzg]

Tyshawn Sorey, piano solo.  At Oto, packed to the rafters. Played in the dark, 50 minute improvisation and then 15 minute encore.

Extraordinary 

Edited November 18, 2023 by mjazzg

[BFrank]

11 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Tyshawn Sorey, piano solo.  At Oto, packed to the rafters. Played in the dark, 50 minute improvisation and then 15 minute encore.

Extraordinary 

Cool! Never seen him play piano before, although I know he's multi-talented.

[mjazzg]

4 hours ago, BFrank said:

Cool! Never seen him play piano before, although I know he's multi-talented.

On that evidence, a fine pianist. A recording would be great

[tranemonk]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

On that evidence, a fine pianist. A recording would be great

He's just come out with a double CD solo record called "Solo Game."

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, tranemonk said:

He's just come out with a double CD solo record called "Solo Game."

Really, I wasn't aware. Thank you. Do you know the label? I can't find any reference online.

Edited November 19, 2023 by mjazzg

[adh1907]

On 11/13/2023 at 12:19 PM, sidewinder said:

So hard to pick out specific highlights as everyone played so well. There was a very well deserved standing ovation at Cadogan Hall.

I have to pick out Cecil McBee though, who was truly astonishing for an 88 year old. Such efficient note placement and big sound.

Billy Hart - what can you say? The guy remains a human dynamo, gave it 200%

A great pleasure too to hear again the lovely trumpet tone and attack of Eddie Henderson. His lip was spot on right to the end.

George Cables - first time I've seen him but what a player and not letting mobility issues stop him. Got a huge applause.

Billy Harper - some telling and probing solos, nice to hear him on his own 'Croquet Ballet'.

Last time I saw The Cookers was around 2012 with our late friend JohnS. They remain, thankfully, a vital presence in jazz.

 

Met my brother in law last night who was at this concert and claimed there was a lot of tension in the air, particularly around Billy Hart not being introduced and then playing really loud. Any truth in this? He may have misread the situation.

[sidewinder]

16 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

Met my brother in law last night who was at this concert and claimed there was a lot of tension in the air, particularly around Billy Hart not being introduced and then playing really loud. Any truth in this? He may have misread the situation.

There was a point in the performance where Billy was introduced as 'the drummer' on a feature for him, after someone in the audience shouted 'what about the drummer?'  after the intros at the end of a previous tune. My perception at the time is that it was a simple slip up taken in good spirit. There didn't seem to be any obvious tension that I could see. Billy played pretty loud from the start but I thought that this well suited the performance.

Edited November 19, 2023 by sidewinder

[adh1907]

9 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

There was a point in the performance where Billy was introduced as 'the drummer' on a feature for him, after someone in the audience shouted 'what about the drummer?'  after the intros at the end of a previous tune. My perception at the time is that it was a simple slip up taken in good spirit. There didn't seem to be any obvious tension that I could see. Billy played pretty loud from the start but I thought that this well suited the performance.

Ah OK. He said people were shouting re Billy Hart when the ‘drummer’ was introduced ‘what’s his name?’

[sidewinder]

5 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

Ah OK. He said people were shouting re Billy Hart when the ‘drummer’ was introduced ‘what’s his name?’

Yeah, that rings a bell. It did seem a bit strange that Billy wasn't named at that intro but things quickly moved on.

Maybe fellow board member and Lead Cooker David W. might comment but there was mention at the start of the concert that the band had had a very long day.

Edited November 19, 2023 by sidewinder

[adh1907]

6 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Yeah, that rings a bell. It did seem a bit strange that Billy wasn't named at that intro but things quickly moved on.

Maybe fellow board member and Lead Cooker David W. might comment but there was mention at the start of the concert that the band had had a very long day.

Yes, flight delays or something along those lines. My brother in law said they came on looking hacked off!

Spike Wells and the QOW trio Monday night at jazz at the Oxford (Parrakeet) London NW5. Seem to be channelling Sonny Rollins at the Vanguard.

[sidewinder]

Just now, adh1907 said:

Yes, flight delays or something along those lines. My brother in law said they came on looking hacked off!

I recall mention of a 6am start so not surprising really. Given that and the ages of most of the band members, I thought they did brilliantly.

[mjazzg]

The Necks at Kings Place. 

If you know the Necks you already know what it was like. No deviation from their compellingly hypnotic modus operandi

[sidewinder]

20 hours ago, adh1907 said:

Met my brother in law last night who was at this concert and claimed there was a lot of tension in the air, particularly around Billy Hart not being introduced and then playing really loud. Any truth in this? He may have misread the situation.

Just to mention that London Jazz News today has some comments about this performance - in-house sound being compromised and Billy Hart's volume set too loud. I was in the 3rd row and expected a bit of a loud, muddy sound so this didn't register too much.

The article makes special mention of Cecil McBee and Eddie Henderson's playing, which aligns with my impressions on the night.