What live music are you going to see tonight?

[HutchFan]

51 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

First Weekend of New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Thanks for the report, @kh1958!   

 

 

On 4/25/2025 at 5:13 AM, Pim said:

I own all of his other works on cd which leads to a weird neurotic satisfaction when it looks like this:

This particular habit -- collecting a given artist's output solely in either digital or analog -- isn't one of mine.  But I love discussing these sorts of idiosyncrasies.  We've all got our weird habits -- the rules of our inner collector -- that guide us.  And they're OFTEN strangely irrational.  Even so, these "neurotic" habits are definitely part of the equation that makes the whole collection-building process so damn enjoyable.   

 

Edited April 30 by HutchFan

[jlhoots]

Gary Smulyan / Frank Basile: The Boss Baritones

[ejp626]

On 5/1/2025 at 10:27 AM, jlhoots said:

Gary Smulyan / Frank Basile: The Boss Baritones

Nice!  I saw Smulyan for the first time about a month ago when he was passing through Toronto.

I'm planning on seeing Michael Sarian on Monday (he's playing The Rex Sunday and Monday).  I assume he'll be promoting this project and will likely have some CDs for sale, so I'll try to be ready (with some cash).

https://michaelsarian.bandcamp.com/album/esquina

[Steve Reynolds]

Among other gigs I saw Tyshawn Sorey in duet with Angelika Niescier last Wednesday at Zurcher Gallery on Bleecker Street. SO great to see all the dedicated listeners, old & new. Especially seeing the wonderful people who treated my wife so great when we went to the shows. Roberta & Richard top the list:)

Tyshawn on snare & bass drum w/ 2 cymbals 

40 minute set. Maybe the best drumming I’ve ever witnessed. Brought EVERYTHING out of the wonderful alto saxophonist. Brilliant concise focused improvising. 
 

also saw an amazing gig with Ada Rave, Chuck Roth, Michael Vatcher, Elisabeth Coudoux, Michael Foster & Sean Ali.

duo with Chuck & Elisabeth which was awe inspiring. Quartet with the others which might have been even better. 

Ada is one of the greatest tenor saxophonists I’ve seen over the past 2-3 years. 

Edited May 3 by Steve Reynolds

[ejp626]

On 5/3/2025 at 12:00 AM, ejp626 said:

I'm planning on seeing Michael Sarian on Monday (he's playing The Rex Sunday and Monday).  I assume he'll be promoting this project and will likely have some CDs for sale, so I'll try to be ready (with some cash).

https://michaelsarian.bandcamp.com/album/esquina

This was fun.  It was an awful lot like seeing Bitches Brew played live, though not as elaborate on the percussion.  Anyway, Sarian is continuing to tour this new album.  He said he would be heading to Detroit and also Chicago (where he is playing Elastic).

[kh1958]

Second Weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Day 1:

Lagniappe Stage: Starting off with the wonderful Helen Gillet, Solo cello with looping, and vocals. One of the most outstanding musicians based on New Orleans.

Blues Tent: Cedric Burnside. He's a very good blues drummer and vocalist and an adequate guitar player. Usually he only plays guitar for a few songs, but this time, the whole set.

Jazz Tent: Peter Harris Presents Firm Roots. Bassist Peter Harris presides over various jazz groups at the Bayou Bar most nights of the week.  This band plays weekly and is a solid, hard swinging mainstream jazz group, with Herlin Riley on drums, Derek Douget on saxophones, Ashlin Parker on trumpet, and Dwight Fitch on piano.

Jazz Tent: George Wein Tribute Band featuring Randy Brecker. Randy Brecker leads a band of New Orleans jazz musicians in what is announced as an annual tribute to the late George Wein, the pianist. An excellent band featuring Amina Scott on bass, Victor Campbell on piano, Stephen Walker on trombone and Trevarri on saxophone.

Blues Tent: Mr. Sipp. High energy set from Mississippi singer/guitarist Castro Coleman.

Day 2:

Jazz Tent: Steve Lands. The New Orleans trumpeter performs material from his new recording, Reimagining the Planets. This set was superb and the band featured Stephen Gladney on tenor saxophone and Shea Pierre on piano.

Jazz Tent: Cuban conga player/bandleader Alexey Marti leads an exciting set of Latin jazz, featuring a multinational group (Cuba, Colombia, Spain, United States, Dominican Republic...).

Jazz Tent: Ashlin Parker's Trumpet Mafia. Fantastic set from the trumpet based big band. Only about a dozen trumpets this year, plus three saxophones and three trombones, with rhythm section. Featured guest trumpets were by Maurice Brown and Marquise Hill.

Jazz Tent: Alfredo Rodriquez Trio. Magnificent set by the Cuban virtuoso pianist.

Jazz Tent: Joshua Redman with Gabrielle Cavassa. I think it has been 30 years since I last saw Joshua Redman. This was announced as this particular group's last concert. The rhythm section with Philip Norris on bass is very good.. The set was okay but I'm not really sold on Joshua Redman. Same for the vocalist. The four preceding sets in the Jazz Tent this day were all better.

Evening set: At Good Measure in the Barnett Hotel, Nicholas Payton with drummer Karriem Riggins. This proved to be a trio, with Sasha Masakowski on looping. I found the set to be quite interesting. Nicolas Payton alternated between keyboards, bass and trumpet, with Sasha looping his lines. The trumpet playing was quite excellent.

Day 3:

Economy Hall: Jamil Sharif, with group including Louis Ford on clarinet and  Richard Moten on bass. This was the best set of traditional New Orleans jazz I heard this year. As far as compositions performed, equal time was given to Jabbo Smith as to Louis Armstrong. Guest appearance by Dr. Michael White. The elderly gentleman bass player shows up alot in Economy Hall--any relation to Benny Moten?

Lagniappe Stage: Joy Clark The very fine New Orleans based folk/blues singer/guitarist.

Jazz Tent: Only heard the last two songs of pianist Victor Campbell's leader set.

Jazz Tent: Nicholas Payton Triune with Karriem Riggins and Esperanza Spalding. In contrast to the previous evening, I did not much care for this set. Too little trumpet playing from Nic Payton. Esperanza Spalding plays the acoustic bsss well, but I don't care for her vocals.

Cultural Pavilion: Benin International Muisical. I caught the last half of their set. An exciting afro-rock band from Benin.

Day 4: 

Jazz Tent: Stephanie Jordan with Rachel Jordan Music Alive Ensemble. Kidd Jordan's two musician daughters lead a first rate band also including Marlon Jordan on trumpet and a string quartet. Stephanie is an excellent jazz vocalist and Rachel plays violin. In the spiritual jazz vein.

Jazz tent: Terence Blanchard's Flow. Electric jazz group featuring Charles Altura on guitar. A fine set highlighted but the closing song, Prism.

Jazz Tent: Kamasi Washington. Very loud group. High volume pseudo-spiritual jazz, with Pharoah Sanders' ghost making an appearance in Kamasi's opening solo. He does feature his father on soprano and flute, and his father is good. Also a trombone player gets solos. Keyboards player and turntablist were very loud and irritating. I bailed about 3/4s of the way through the set. The Jordan Family set was vastly better.

Evening set: Herlin Riley at Snug Harbor. Fantastic as usual, with David Torkanowsky on piano, Derek Douget on saxophones, and Tanya Boyd Cannon on vocals..

 

 

 

Edited May 7 by kh1958

[Dub Modal]

24 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

Second Weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Day 1:

Lagniappe Stage: Starting off with the wonderful Helen Gillet, Solo cello with looping, and vocals. One of the most outstanding musicians based on New Orleans.

Blues Tent: Cedric Burnside. He's a very good blues drummer and vocalist and an adequate guitar player. Usually he only plays guitar for a few songs, but this time, the whole set.

Jazz Tent: Peter Harris Presents Firm Roots. Bassist Peter Harris presides over various jazz groups at the Bayou Bar most nights of the week.  This band plays weekly and is a solid, hard swinging mainstream jazz group, with Herlin Riley on drums, Derek Douget on saxophones, Ashlin Parker on trumpet, and Dwight Fitch on piano.

Jazz Tent: George Wein Tribute Band featuring Randy Brecker. Randy Brecker leads a band of New Orleans jazz musicians in what is announced as an annual tribute to the late George Wein, the pianist. An excellent band featuring Amina Scott on bass, Victor Campbell on piano, Stephen Walker on trombone and Trevarri on saxophone.

Blues Tent: Mr. Sipp. High energy set from Mississippi singer/guitarist Castro Coleman.

Day 2:

Jazz Tent: Steve Lands. The New Orleans trumpeter performs material from his new recording, Reimagining the Planets. This set was superb and the band featured Stephen Gladney on tenor saxophone and Shea Pierre on piano.

Jazz Tent: Cuban conga player/bandleader Alexey Marti leads an exciting set of Latin jazz, featuring a multinational group (Cuba, Colombia, Spain, United States, Dominican Republic...).

Jazz Tent: Ashlin Parker's Trumpet Mafia. Fantastic set from the trumpet based big band. Only about a dozen trumpets this year, plus three saxophones and three trombones, with rhythm section. Featured guest trumpets were by Maurice Brown and Marquise Hill.

Jazz Tent: Alfredo Rodriquez Trio. Magnificent set by the Cuban virtuoso pianist.

Jazz Tent: Joshua Redman with Gabrielle Cavassa. I think it has been 30 years since I last saw Joshua Redman. This was announced as this particular group's last concert. The rhythm section with Philip Norris on bass is very good.. The set was okay but I'm not really sold on Joshua Redman. Same for the vocalist. The four preceding sets in the Jazz Tent this day were all better.

Evening set: At Good Measure in the Barnett Hotel, Nicholas Payton with drummer Karriem Riggins. This proved to be a trio, with Sasha Masakowski on looping. I found the set to be quite interesting. Nicolas Payton alternated between keyboards, bass and trumpet, with Sasha looping his lines. The trumpet playing was quite excellent.

Day 3:

Economy Hall: Jamil Sharif, with group including Louis Ford on clarinet and  Richard Moten on bass. This was the best set of traditional New Orleans jazz I heard this year. As far as compositions performed, equal time was given to Jabbo Smith as to Louis Armstrong. Guest appearance by Dr. Michael White. The elderly gentleman bass player shows up alot in Economy Hall--any relation to Benny Moten?

Lagniappe Stage: Joy Clark The very fine New Orleans based folk/blues singer/guitarist.

Jazz Tent: Only heard the last two songs of pianist Victor Campbell's leader set.

Jazz Tent: Nicholas Payton Triune with Karriem Riggins and Esperanza Spalding. In contrast to the previous evening, I did not much care for this set. Too little trumpet playing from Nic Payton. Esperanza Spalding plays the acoustic bsss well, but I don't care for her vocals.

Cultural Pavilion: Benin International Muisical. I caught the last half of their set. An exciting afro-rock band from Benin.

Day 4: 

Jazz Tent: Stephanie Jordan with Rachel Jordan Music Alive Ensemble. Kidd Jordan's two musician daughters lead a first rate band also including Marlon Jordan on trumpet and a string quartet. Stephanie is an excellent jazz vocalist and Rachel plays violin. In the spiritual jazz vein.

Jazz tent: Terence Blanchard's Flow. Electric jazz group featuring Charles Altura on guitar. A fine set highlighted but the closing song, Prism.

Jazz Tent: Kamasi Washington. Very loud group. High volume pseudo-spiritual jazz, with Pharoah Sanders' ghost making an appearance in Kamasi's opening solo. He does feature his father on soprano and flute, and his father is good. Also a trombone player gets solos. Keyboards player and turntablist were very loud and irritating. I bailed about 3/4s of the way through the set. The Jordan Family set was vastly better.

Evening set: Herlin Riley at Snug Harbor. Fantastic as usual, with David Torkanowsky on piano, Derek Douget on saxophones, and Tanya Boyd Cannon on vocals..

 

 

 

Thanks for the summary and reviews for those of us that can't attend. 

[Steve Reynolds]

First show since 4/30

Ned Rothenberg, Sylvie Courvoisier & Nasheet Waits

At The Stone last night. Front row center:)

52 minute improv with a 7-8 minute coda/encore

Ned does lots of circular breathing but only when he picked up the alto did he really match the incredible energy & force of the great pianist & drummer. He lacks grit & fire but he’s a very good technician on his horns. He never gets to the next level like the great ones. 
 

Sylvie as great as I’ve ever seen her & Nasheet is a force of nature. A great listener & a master of sound. He creates grooves that we didn’t know existed. His dynamics are otherworldly. Sylvie is the best improvising pianist in New York. 

Edited Friday at 03:41 PM by Steve Reynolds

[T.D.]

Bark Culture (+ Blue Lake + Ezra Feinberg) at Tubby's, Kingston NY.

I don't go to bars very often. Sometimes feel weird at classical / Indian concerts because of the senior demographics.

Last night I was the oldest person in the house.

Don't know which is weirder. 🥴

[Pim]

Barry Altschuls 3Dom Factor with Joe Fonda and Jon Irabagon. With a guest appearance by no other than the 87 year old Alexander von Schlippenbach!

I feel so ashamed that there was hardly any crowd. I think probably less than 50 so more than three quarters of the seats were empty. What the hell? If these guys can’t fill those seats this must mean it’s the beginning of the end of improvised music in NL. And in the meanwhile tens of millions were watching Eurovision. What a strange world.

Anyway the guys played 60 minutes of the finest improvised music. I’d say the only downside was the small amount of space for Mr. Schlippenbach. He was in great form but looked fragile. Great gig. 

 

 

[T.D.]

A local offbeat venue presents good Indian music (mostly Hindustani) concerts.

Next week: santoor (hammered dulcimer) / tabla duo with Vinay Desai (who I've seen 3 times before) and Sapan Anjaria (tabla).

[kh1958]

9 hours ago, T.D. said:

A local offbeat venue presents good Indian music (mostly Hindustani) concerts.

Next week: santoor (hammered dulcimer) / tabla duo with Vinay Desai (who I've seen 3 times before) and Sapan Anjaria (tabla).

I'm hoping to hear  some live Indian Classical music very soon. This one in about three weeks: Pt. Ravi Chary (Sitar) & Amit Kavthekar (Tabla), ICMC, Dallas

[Kevin Bresnahan]

There's an interesting show coming up at Scullers on May 30th. The Levin Brothers (Tony & Pete) with Pat LaBarbera and drummer Jeff Siegel rounding out the quartet. I've seen Tony live a few times when he was touring with Peter Gabriel but not as a Jazz bassist so this should be interesting. I haven't seen LaBarbera play live in decades. In fact, I thought he was retired since he really hasn't shown up on my radar in such a long time. There are plenty of tickets for both sets. I am going to the 7:00 show.

7:00 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-levin-brothers-featuring-pat-scullers-jazz-club-tickets/14291203

[Steve Reynolds]

16 hours ago, Pim said:

Barry Altschuls 3Dom Factor with Joe Fonda and Jon Irabagon. With a guest appearance by no other than the 87 year old Alexander von Schlippenbach!

I feel so ashamed that there was hardly any crowd. I think probably less than 50 so more than three quarters of the seats were empty. What the hell? If these guys can’t fill those seats this must mean it’s the beginning of the end of improvised music in NL. And in the meanwhile tens of millions were watching Eurovision. What a strange world.

Anyway the guys played 60 minutes of the finest improvised music. I’d say the only downside was the small amount of space for Mr. Schlippenbach. He was in great form but looked fragile. Great gig. 

 

 

My experience with Irabagon is he plays too much. Doesn’t lay out enough. The *great* Alexander von Schlippenbach deserves more space. The saxophonist should have deferred more. Fonda & Altschul are a great pairing. I enjoy them more with a more humble saxophonist. 

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

My experience with Irabagon is he plays too much. Doesn’t lay out enough. The *great* Alexander von Schlippenbach deserves more space. The saxophonist should have deferred more. Fonda & Altschul are a great pairing. I enjoy them more with a more humble saxophonist. 

I've never been able to listen to more than 5 minutes of Ibragon for precisely this same reason.

Also a player that I hear as technique over content but we all hear differently.

von Schlippenbach, one of the absolute masters indeed

[Pim]

2 hours ago, Steve Reynolds said:

My experience with Irabagon is he plays too much. Doesn’t lay out enough. The *great* Alexander von Schlippenbach deserves more space. The saxophonist should have deferred more. Fonda & Altschul are a great pairing. I enjoy them more with a more humble saxophonist. 

That is exactly what I meant. He hardly let anyone solo. Even when Altschul, von Schlippenbach or Fonda were soloing briefly he couldn’t resist to pick up his horn and play right trough it. It annoyed me a bit but the others made it up. Altschul is 82 but still plays very energetic and powerful. I already said enough about von Schlippenbach  

[Steve Reynolds]

Last night

Pulverize the Sound

Peter Evans, Tim Dahl & Mike Reed

short intense 35 minute set

worth the silly traffic / they hit it intense & keep the energy up the whole time

 

1 hour ago, Pim said:

That is exactly what I meant. He hardly let anyone solo. Even when Altschul, von Schlippenbach or Fonda were soloing briefly he couldn’t resist to pick up his horn and play right trough it. It annoyed me a bit but the others made it up. Altschul is 82 but still plays very energetic and powerful. I already said enough about von Schlippenbach  

One time with Mary Halvorson & Tyshawn Sorey he became irrelevant next to those two grand masters. He must think he’s really great to not give Alex space. My god, it’s fucking Alexander von Schlippenbach. Does he not know that Evan Parker lays out? 
 

as an aside my wife hated him:)

 

she wasn’t a learned listener but she could listen. She didn’t love saxophone, but she loved Tony Malaby, Darius Jones & Kidd Jordan:) 

 

 

“you got ears, you gotta listen”

Don Van Vliet

 

my Barbara had ears:)

[Niko]

22 hours ago, Pim said:

Barry Altschuls 3Dom Factor with Joe Fonda and Jon Irabagon. With a guest appearance by no other than the 87 year old Alexander von Schlippenbach!

I feel so ashamed that there was hardly any crowd. I think probably less than 50 so more than three quarters of the seats were empty. What the hell? If these guys can’t fill those seats this must mean it’s the beginning of the end of improvised music in NL. And in the meanwhile tens of millions were watching Eurovision. What a strange world.

Anyway the guys played 60 minutes of the finest improvised music. I’d say the only downside was the small amount of space for Mr. Schlippenbach. He was in great form but looked fragile. Great gig. 

 

 

accidentally saw the announcement of that show yesterday morning (not following things the way I should) and was surprised to see that there were still tickets available, could hardly believe it... guess I should have gone spontaneously nevertheless...