What live music are you going to see tonight?

[Chuck Nessa]

Sorry I couldn't make it this year (last year as well). Thanks to all for the reports.

[Steve Reynolds]

Lots of great shows recently including Chris Cochrane’s dual ensembles, Ches Smith’s Laugh Ash

tonight Mat Maneri’s Ash Quartet with Brandon Lopez, Lucian Ban & the *great* Randy Peterson

tomorrow night Tim Berne’s Paraphrase with Drew Gress & the *great* Tom Rainey

Friday a multiple ensemble gig including Lao Dan in duo with the *great* Chris Corsano

to hear these 3 incredible drummers 3 nights in a row from within 10 feet is a dream turned into reality

then it’s my wonderful life in retirement blessed to live where I live 

 

 

 

 

 

 

still,,,,,

 

Coming Down the Mountain

 

[T.D.]

No upcoming weather excuses in the forecast (I missed a similar event in February), so...

THE CREATIVE MUSIC STUDIO IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA PRESENTS 

A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION & TRIBUTE TO KARL BERGER,

Acclaimed Musician, Composer & CMS Co-Founder  

On the First Anniversary of his Passing

Easter Sunday, March 31, 3-5pm, 

The Handbell Studio, at The Shirt Factory, Kingston NY

 

March 24, 2024, Woodstock, NY: A special edition of the Creative Music Studio’s popular Creative Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum and featuring award-winning vocalist/poet Ingrid Sertso Berger, will honor and celebrate its acclaimed co-founder Karl Berger this Easter Sunday, March 31st at the Handbell Studio, Unit #118, at the Shirt Factory, 77 Cornell St., Kingston NY. The Tribute marks the first anniversary of Berger’s passing on Easter Sunday 2023, and falls one day after his Birthday. The audience is invited and encouraged to attend the Open Rehearsal from 3-4pm, with Performance from 4-5pm. Admission is by Donation, and includes refreshments.

Edited March 27, 2024 by T.D.

[Steve Reynolds]

10 hours ago, T.D. said:

No upcoming weather excuses in the forecast (I missed a similar event in February), so...

THE CREATIVE MUSIC STUDIO IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA PRESENTS 

A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION & TRIBUTE TO KARL BERGER,

Acclaimed Musician, Composer & CMS Co-Founder  

On the First Anniversary of his Passing

Easter Sunday, March 31, 3-5pm, 

The Handbell Studio, at The Shirt Factory, Kingston NY

 

March 24, 2024, Woodstock, NY: A special edition of the Creative Music Studio’s popular Creative Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum and featuring award-winning vocalist/poet Ingrid Sertso Berger, will honor and celebrate its acclaimed co-founder Karl Berger this Easter Sunday, March 31st at the Handbell Studio, Unit #118, at the Shirt Factory, 77 Cornell St., Kingston NY. The Tribute marks the first anniversary of Berger’s passing on Easter Sunday 2023, and falls one day after his Birthday. The audience is invited and encouraged to attend the Open Rehearsal from 3-4pm, with Performance from 4-5pm. Admission is by Donation, and includes refreshments.

Any idea who the musicians are in the orchestra?

[jlhoots]

Tomorrow - Ethan Iverson

[kh1958]

7 hours ago, BFrank said:

Saw several of those shows, too.

These two back to back was an astounding 2 hours of music!

Myra Melford's Fire and Water: Back at the Bijou and featured some of the best live playing I've heard from Mary Halvorson. [Agreed about Mary's performance! Especially the back and forth improv she had with the drummer, Leslie Mok.]
Dave Holland Quartet: Great set. Very impressed with pianist Kris Davis in this set. Also with Jaleel Shaw. [Agreed again. The Tony Williams-like intensity of Nasheet Waits was astounding, as well. Fortunately I get to see them again at SFJAZZ in May.]

Friday at SFJAZZ

RAVI COLTRANE: PHAROAH SANDERS TRIBUTE
W/ JOE LOVANO, TOMOKI SANDERS, DAVID VIRELLES, DEZRON DOUGLAS,  & JOHNATHAN BLAKE

When someone agrees with me, I start to think I'm not insane.

[Steve Reynolds]

Mat Maneri’s Quartet was off the chain last night. 2 full sets. Stunning. 
 

playing on 4/7 in Philly 

23 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

When someone agrees with me, I start to think I'm not insane.

Nasheet Waits is insanely great especially when he elevates to an intensity one didn’t know existed. This happened earlier this year in a group with Darius Jones. Recently also saw him with Peter Evans & Brian Marsella. That night he played a sequence on brushes that was sublime and stunning. 

[kh1958]

10 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Mat Maneri’s Quartet was off the chain last night. 2 full sets. Stunning. 
 

playing on 4/7 in Philly 

Nasheet Waits is insanely great especially when he elevates to an intensity one didn’t know existed. This happened earlier this year in a group with Darius Jones. Recently also saw him with Peter Evans & Brian Marsella. That night he played a sequence on brushes that was sublime and stunning. 

Nasheet Waits is indeed a great drummer. 

[T.D.]

11 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Any idea who the musicians are in the orchestra?

Yeah.

No details at the events page https://creativemusic.org/events/,

but I clicked through to the Eventsbrite (purchase tickets) page and got the following. Pleased to see Charlie Burnham, gabby fluke-mogul and Kirk Knuffke, among others.

In Celebration of Karl Berger's Birthday
A Tribute to Karl Berger, acclaimed Musician/Composer & Co-Founder of the Creative Music Studio, on the First Anniversary of his Passing

CREATIVE IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA March 31st - Celebrating Karl Berger's Birthday
Peter Apfelbaum - conductor, tenor sax, piano Billy Martin - conductor, percussion Ingrid Sertso - voice and poetry Chuck Ver Straeten - voice and poetry Charlie Burnham - violin gabby fluke-mogul - violin Kirk Knuffke - cornet Chris Pasin - trumpet Bob Selcoe - trumpet Bill Horberg - flutes Elsa Nillson - flutes Steve Gorn - bansuri flute, clarinet Sylvain Leroux, Fula flute, flute, qromatica Ilene Marder - flutes Donnie Davis - alto sax Jessica Jones - tenor sax Tony Jones - tenor sax Bill Ylitalo - baritone sax Brittany Anjou - vibraphone, piano Stuart Leigh - guitar Mike Gassmann - guitar Michael Bisio - bass Ken Filiano - bass Tani Tabbal - drums Joakim Lartey - percussion Hollis Headrick - percussion Savia Berger - dance

In honor of Karl Berger, Peter Apfelbaum leads the Creative Music Studio Improvisers Orchestra featuring vocalist Ingrid Sertso. Audience is invited to the open rehearsal from 3-4pm, performance to follow from 4-5pm.

Edited March 28, 2024 by T.D.

[Steve Reynolds]

9 hours ago, BFrank said:

I've seen Nasheet before too, but don't remember him like this!

Tonight - Ravi Coltrane: Pharoah Sanders Tribute at SFJAZZ w/Tomoki Sanders (Pharoah’s son), Joe Lovano, David Virelles, Dezron Douglas, Johnathan Blake

Ravi put a great program together. Tomoki sounds eerily like his father. 

I’ve seen a few Tamarindo sets with Malaby & Formanek where Nasheet was beyond belief. Back in 2017-18 I think at Cornelia Street Cafe. The most sustained powerhouse jazz drumming I’ve witnessed along with Gerry Hemingway when he torques it up. Randy Peterson & Tom Rainey have a different kind of power. Randy is the best of all of them, IMO. The level he is at over the last 9 months when he seen him maybe 6-7 times is just amazing. 

[Steve Reynolds]

On 3/28/2024 at 12:28 PM, T.D. said:

Yeah.

No details at the events page https://creativemusic.org/events/,

but I clicked through to the Eventsbrite (purchase tickets) page and got the following. Pleased to see Charlie Burnham, gabby fluke-mogul and Kirk Knuffke, among others.

In Celebration of Karl Berger's Birthday
A Tribute to Karl Berger, acclaimed Musician/Composer & Co-Founder of the Creative Music Studio, on the First Anniversary of his Passing

CREATIVE IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA March 31st - Celebrating Karl Berger's Birthday
Peter Apfelbaum - conductor, tenor sax, piano Billy Martin - conductor, percussion Ingrid Sertso - voice and poetry Chuck Ver Straeten - voice and poetry Charlie Burnham - violin gabby fluke-mogul - violin Kirk Knuffke - cornet Chris Pasin - trumpet Bob Selcoe - trumpet Bill Horberg - flutes Elsa Nillson - flutes Steve Gorn - bansuri flute, clarinet Sylvain Leroux, Fula flute, flute, qromatica Ilene Marder - flutes Donnie Davis - alto sax Jessica Jones - tenor sax Tony Jones - tenor sax Bill Ylitalo - baritone sax Brittany Anjou - vibraphone, piano Stuart Leigh - guitar Mike Gassmann - guitar Michael Bisio - bass Ken Filiano - bass Tani Tabbal - drums Joakim Lartey - percussion Hollis Headrick - percussion Savia Berger - dance

In honor of Karl Berger, Peter Apfelbaum leads the Creative Music Studio Improvisers Orchestra featuring vocalist Ingrid Sertso. Audience is invited to the open rehearsal from 3-4pm, performance to follow from 4-5pm.

Thanks. Maybe I will take a drive up tomorrow:)

[Steve Reynolds]

15 minutes ago, BFrank said:

I definitely have to pay more attention to him. I've seen him since the early days of Jason Moran's Bandwagon.

Other outstanding drumming I witnessed at Big Ears this year came from: Eric Harland (w/Charles Lloyd), Leslie Mok (w/Myra Melford), Ches Smith (with a few groups), Pheeroan AkLaff (w/Air), and Dafnis Prieto (who I don't think I've seen before - off the CHARTS! w/Threadgill and Vijay Iyer)

My favorite by far of those drummers is Ches Smith. AkLaff is still very good. I saw him with Marty Ehrlich last year. I thought Lesley Mok was OK on the 2 occasions I’ve seen her (once with the same Myra Melford group that you saw). Prieto is great as well. 

[kh1958]

Lately I'm a semi-regular at the Balcony Club Sunday nights. It was excellent tonight--Shelley Carrol, Peter Rioux, Jonathan Fisher and Andrew Griffith.

Edited April 1, 2024 by kh1958

[Steve Reynolds]

7 hours ago, BFrank said:

I saw Mok with that group about a year and a half ago, and she didn't stand out. Last weekend was very different.

It’s great when we can watch young musicians transform. I’m looking forward to seeing her play again. Surely in the next few months. 

[T.D.]

On 3/30/2024 at 4:09 PM, Steve Reynolds said:

Thanks. Maybe I will take a drive up tomorrow:)

It was a really nice event, both musically and tribute-wise. I got there just in time to catch the rehearsal as well.

[Steve Reynolds]

1 hour ago, T.D. said:

It was a really nice event, both musically and tribute-wise. I got there just in time to catch the rehearsal as well.

Wish I took the drive!

[clifford_thornton]

Was great to meet T.D. in person also!

[kh1958]

This evening, the Fred Hersch Trio at the University of Texas at Dallas, whose longrunning annual series of jazz concerts  has finally resumed.

Edited April 8, 2024 by kh1958

[kh1958]

Last night, Herbie Hancock at the Winspear Opera House.

[Chuck Nessa]

Stephen Haynes is in town visiting family so I am taking him to see ARCHER.

[ghost of miles]

Catching Billy Hart’s first season at the Village Vanguard this evening.

[HutchFan]

47 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

Catching Billy Hart’s first season at the Village Vanguard this evening.

I saw Jabali's band at Jazz Standard just before COVID hit.  It was great.

Let us know how it goes tonight!

 

[jlhoots]

Angel Olsen

[ghost of miles]

On 4/10/2024 at 8:42 PM, HutchFan said:

I saw Jabali's band at Jazz Standard just before COVID hit.  It was great.

Let us know how it goes tonight!

 

It was a very good set! A mix of Parker, Coltrane and Hart or Iverson originals, with George Cables in attendance. Walter Smith III on sax, who often played on Wednesday nights at the Blockhouse here in Bloomington when he was on IU’s faculty… such a great guy as well as saxophonist. Chatted with Ethan Iverson a bit before and after the set. I always love going to the Vanguard.

The following night I went to a very different kind of concert—Liam Gallagher/John Squire at the newly-reopened Brooklyn Paramount. I’m a huge Stone Roses/Squire fan and there are precious few opportunities to see him live, esp stateside. It was also a great show!

 

Edited April 16, 2024 by ghost of miles

[Steve Reynolds]

On 4/10/2024 at 7:16 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

Stephen Haynes is in town visiting family so I am taking him to see ARCHER.

Saw Archer in Philly. Strong set save for the less than inspiring drumming. Little power or dynamics. Rempis magnificent as per usual.