What live music are you going to see tonight?

[T.D.]

Very local (piano) concert series at a small public library (Marilyn Crispell will be the May feature):

Daria Podorozhnova & Terri Ji with Inesa Sinkevych

E. Fabregas "Lament" from suite Portraits I (2000)

J. Brahms Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.2 25 min

Intermission 

Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 by Franz Liszt

Debussy Ondine from Preludes, Book II

Frederic Chopin Two Mazurkas, Op. 50

I. Vivace

II Allegretto

[Steve Reynolds]

Last night at Solar Myth

Thurston Moore, Tom Surgal & the *great* William Winant

40 minute piece followed by a 5-6 minute soft coda

immense, terrifying brilliant & mind altering majesty of sound 

standing 3-4 feet from Thurston

 

Lordy Lordy

 

 

Edited March 30 by Steve Reynolds

[jlhoots]

Bill Frisell Trio (Thomas Morgan, Rudy Royston) - Monday night.

[T.D.]

Tonight, Indian music.

Sahana Banerjee (sitar) / Aditya Phatak (tabla)

[Steve Reynolds]

Last Thursday night

Ballister which is: Dave Rempis on baritone, tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello/electronics & Paal Nilsson-Love on drums

30 minute opening set was great

Luke Stewart augmented the band on double bass for the second 40 minute set which was an incredible , massive, extraordinary mind fuck. Fred is better than ever & I’ve never heard PNL play this great. Rempis best I’ve ever seen him.
 

last night John Zorn’s Cobra including among others, Simon Levine, Trevor Dunn, Simon Hanes, Matt Hollenberg, Ikue Mori, etc. 

with the incredible William Winant, the great Ches Smith and the super cool groovemeister, Mr. Billy Martin

43 minutes of priceless invention in a pretty small room. Free for those lucky enough to hear about it a couple months ago. 

Zorn 6-8 feet from me conducting the madness. What a vibe of joy. And when the 3 drummers went off, holy shit. 
 

all praise William Winant:)

no one remotely like him. Blessed to see this genius twice the last week. Was able to sit in front of his brilliant student Nava Dunkelman who I’ll see perform on my 65th birthday on the 25th of this month:)

 

tonight 7:30 & 9:00 sets from Tamarindo

Tony Malaby, Brandon Lopez & Nasheet Waits

after next Thursday when I see Gerry Hemingway, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard & Kyle Motl, I’ll have seen the most extraordinary number of world class drummers all from with 10–15 over the last 5-6 weeks.

Tyshawn Sorey, Nasheet Waits, Tom Rainey, Brian Chase, Randy Peterson, Ryan Sawyer, Ches Smith, William Winant, Billy Martin, Paal Nilsson-Love & Gerry Hemingway. 
 

life is good 

 

Edited April 6 by Steve Reynolds

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I'm heading into Portsmouth tonight to see the Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet at the tiny Press Room. I assume there'll be a bunch of people there who wouldn't normally go to a Jazz show, but that's what happens when the guitarist from Wilco shows up in town.

[Steve Reynolds]

3 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I'm heading into Portsmouth tonight to see the Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet at the tiny Press Room. I assume there'll be a bunch of people there who wouldn't normally go to a Jazz show, but that's what happens when the guitarist from Wilco shows up in town.

I’m seeing them on 4/12 in Philly. You will like Tom Rainey.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

20 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

I’m seeing them on 4/12 in Philly. You will like Tom Rainey.

You like this kind of music, so you should really enjoy that show. I only stayed for one set. Not my kind of music. There were places where they played tunes, but a lot of it was mostly controlled chaos.

[T.D.]

Small local events.

Last Sunday: Jason Kao Hwang, Michael Bisio, Juan Pablo Caretti

This Saturday: Steve Beck, classical solo piano

Sunday: Abhisek Mallick (sitar), Pt. Subrata Bhattacharya (tabla)

[Steve Reynolds]

11 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

You like this kind of music, so you should really enjoy that show. I only stayed for one set. Not my kind of music. There were places where they played tunes, but a lot of it was mostly controlled chaos.

I’ve seen them before. I like the band although it’s actually sometimes too controlled for my tastes:)

I do love Ingrid, Nels & Tom

I see them all many times a year in various configurations. 

[BFrank]

5 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

I’ve seen them before. I like the band although it’s actually sometimes too controlled for my tastes:)

I do love Ingrid, Nels & Tom

I see them all many times a year in various configurations. 

I enjoyed them at Big Ears. A little different lineup for Nels.

[Rabshakeh]

Going to see Rempis' Ballister at Constellation in Chicago tonight, with thanks to @Chuck Nessa for flagging the venue. 

[Steve Reynolds]

41 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Going to see Rempis' Ballister at Constellation in Chicago tonight, with thanks to @Chuck Nessa for flagging the venue. 

Enjoy!!!

If you read the above, I thought the Brooklyn show was incredible 

[Rabshakeh]

11 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Enjoy!!!

If you read the above, I thought the Brooklyn show was incredible 

Oh cool. I'd missed that. I'm really excited to be going. For some reason he doesn't come by London much and I haven't seen him before. 

Also, fun to see a gig in a new city. Even with this sleet and wind.

[JSngry]

40 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Also, fun to see a gig in a new city. Even with this sleet and wind.

Too bad you missed the Cubs/Rangers game at Wrigley this afternoon!

[Rabshakeh]

51 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Too bad you missed the Cubs/Rangers game at Wrigley this afternoon!

I haven't brought a hat with me. I'm not convinced I would have survived.

[JSngry]

You would have, if only to tell the tale!

[Steve Reynolds]

Ballister>>>>>>>>>>>>any game 

As great as Rempis is, Fred Lonberg-Holm is one of the greatest true improvisors on the planet.  

Edited April 10 by Steve Reynolds

[JSngry]

8 minutes ago, Steve Reynolds said:

Ballister>>>>>>>>>>>>any game 

So...are steaks better than Venetian blinds?

Are clothespins better than lightbulbs?

Are aquariums better than grocery stores?

Are day games better than banjo picks?

[Steve Reynolds]

Ballister is more rare! No improvising trio sound remotely like them. The opportunity to see them up close is very very special to those of us interested in this type of music. Grand Masters at play/work. 

 

I do understand the idea of a dude from England seeing a game at Wrigley. Maybe once in a lifetime.  I love games/sports too.

But I’m a music guy. Avant-garde guy. I go to over a hundred shows a year. 

plus I’m an objectavist (if that’s a valid term) as are most of my music friends & the few close musician friends I have. What’s great is great. When my musician friend is chatting with Mark Helias the other night we both agreed it’s not our opinion that he’s a master, it’s the truth. We both don’t “think” Randy Peterson & Nasheet Waits are genius level drummers, it’s obvious to those of us who witness it. 
 

The performance a week ago tomorrow was better than any game, save for Boston championship victories. 
 

Among the best 10–15 shows I’ve seen the last couple of years. They are great. 

Edited April 10 by Steve Reynolds

[JSngry]

Mark Helias is certainly a master, but so is Corey Seager. And he had a pretty good game this afternoon!

But don't be fooled - it's baseball and bass playing, so direct comparisons are really kinda silly.

 

[Rabshakeh]

Look, it was indoors. I was able to wear a tee shirt. Chicago is, it turns out, very cold. Have some mercy.

Good gig. A different feel to your average Wednesday night OTO crowd or my comparatively limited NY experiences. 

[Steve Reynolds]

Last night at Roulette

Gerry Hemingway: drums, marimba, etc.

Earl Howard: alto saxophone, saxello & electronics 

Anthony Davis: grand piano 

Kyle Motl: double bass

2 sets 45 & 50 minutes

disparate, brilliant & organic improvisations. Each set 2 pieces. 
 

stunned by two of the four saxophone sections / each was maybe 7-8 minutes of each piece interspersed with the group which played from short solo through duos, trios and the full quartet. WAY beyond my high expectations.

 

 

 

[colinmce]

Sounds great. I will have to look up the livestream of that one.

[Ken Dryden]

I saw Dweezil Zappa last night, his band was tight and they had a sense of the absurd. Especially the new guy, who insisted that they play "Punky's Whips." Even funnier was a cover of Lionel Richie's "Hello," with a duck call in place of the vocal.