What live music are you going to see tonight?

[JSngry]

No idea what that means, but have fun!

[kh1958]

Saturday afternoon, Zac Harmon at First Unitarian Church in Highland Park. Odd setting for a blues concert but it proved enjoyable.

[Holy Ghost]

On 7/8/2025 at 12:11 AM, JSngry said:

No idea what that means, but have fun!

311 is police code in Omaha, Nebraska for "indecent exposure". 

Edited July 9 by Holy Ghost

[JSngry]

What happened that they named their band that?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Depending on what they do on stage, it may bring about a new definition of "flash mob".

[Holy Ghost]

18 hours ago, JSngry said:

What happened that they named their band that?

311's original guitarist was arrested for streaking and the band found it pretty amusing and changed their name to three-eleven.

Tonight, we are going to Severence Hall to see The Cleveland Orchestra perform Mozart's Don Giovanni and Third Violin Concerto No. 3, juxtaposed with Richard Strauss' Syphony in F minor. Randall Goosby, Violin, Conductor is Marie Jacquot

[Holy Ghost]

On 7/10/2025 at 1:40 PM, Holy Ghost said:

311's original guitarist was arrested for streaking and the band found it pretty amusing and changed their name to three-eleven.

Tonight, we are going to Severence Hall to see The Cleveland Orchestra perform Mozart's Don Giovanni and Third Violin Concerto No. 3, juxtaposed with Richard Strauss' Syphony in F minor. Randall Goosby, Violin, Conductor is Marie Jacquot

Randall Goosby. What an incredible performer. Flawless, impeccable.

[jlhoots]

Rhiannon Giddens - Monday night.

[Pim]

the Cookers at NSJ. Have been waiting for so long for these guys. Was about to see them in Rotterdam but than Covid kicked in so when I saw they came to NSJ I immediately got me a ticket. Very unfortunately Billy Hart and Eddie Henderson were absent and even more: one of my big musical heroes Billy Harper wasn’t here. But the show was amazing anyhow and I enjoyed every minute. Thanks @david weiss for a great show. I hope mr Henderson is okay 

[optatio]

23 minutes ago, Pim said:

the Cookers at NSJ. Have been waiting for so long for these guys. Was about to see them in Rotterdam but than Covid kicked in so when I saw they came to NSJ I immediately got me a ticket. Very unfortunately Billy Hart and Eddie Henderson were absent and even more: one of my big musical heroes Billy Harper wasn’t here. But the show was amazing anyhow and I enjoyed every minute. Thanks @david weiss for a great show. I hope mr Henderson is okay 

Glad to read that you have enjoyed the Cookers. I saw them in Kassel with the now-absent Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper, and Billy Hart!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

13 hours ago, Pim said:

the Cookers at NSJ. Have been waiting for so long for these guys. Was about to see them in Rotterdam but than Covid kicked in so when I saw they came to NSJ I immediately got me a ticket. Very unfortunately Billy Hart and Eddie Henderson were absent and even more: one of my big musical heroes Billy Harper wasn’t here. But the show was amazing anyhow and I enjoyed every minute. Thanks @david weiss for a great show. I hope mr Henderson is okay 

Great band, even without Eddie & the two Billy's. Jeremy Pelt is a fine trumpeter.

[Pim]

31 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Great band, even without Eddie & the two Billy's. Jeremy Pelt is a fine trumpeter.

Yes he is! He reminded me of Freddie Hubbard in both appearance and sound.

[Steve Reynolds]

Last night Trevor Dunn’s Proofreaders playing the music of Ornette Coleman

Trevor on contrabass

Darius Jones on alto saxophone 

Nate Wooley on trumpet

Ryan Sawyer on drums 

tight 50 minute set. Darius & Nate are peaking as always. Stunning working of music that I used to listen to often years ago. Lots of fun. Ryan is a great drummer, fwiw. 

last Friday

Michael Foster, Webb Crawford & Joey Sullivan 

Michael on tenor & soprano saxes, Webb on guitar & tenor banjo & Joey on drums

Maybe the 7th time I’ve seen the trio / best set so far. Intense 30 minute piece/set

Webb is incredible. Michael remains to my ears, the best saxophonist in NYC. Endless ideas and intensely quiet or threateningly loud. What a sound. Especially on soprano.
 

Stunning

 

first shows in a few weeks. Went to over 25 in April & May. 

Edited July 14 by Steve Reynolds

[kh1958]

Last night, Jonathan Fisher Quartet with Shelley Carrol at the Balcony Club.

[Pim]

Also saw Ambrose Mukinsire but he didn’t make any impression. 

[Holy Ghost]

Last Thursday, return to Severance Hall to see: Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36, Stravinsky, Jeu de cartes & Ravel, Suite No.2 from Daphnis et Chloe. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor. 

[Pim]

This wasn't planned at all, but... I'm on vacation in Sicily with my family this year. We're walking around Taormina and I see ads everywhere for the Taormina Jazz Festival. On July 22nd, Dave Holland is coming to play in the ancient amfitheater. Entrance: free. I had to see this! Went up there early to get good seats and it was such a magical experience. This is definitely the most spectacular place I’ve ever witnessed a concert in. 

So he was there with his trio with Chris Potter and Marcus Gilmore. Dave was in excellent form, looking vital and healthy. He played great. Gilmore is a great drummer. Only Potter left me cold I must say honestly. I never got into his playing and this time was no exception. It’s like he just plays and plays without getting somewhere… no showstopper: everything else made up for it. 

[mikeweil]

Taormina is nice. You should have taken of the photo of the theater wall with the Etna in the background.

[Holy Ghost]

On 7/23/2025 at 12:42 AM, Pim said:

This wasn't planned at all, but... I'm on vacation in Sicily with my family this year. We're walking around Taormina and I see ads everywhere for the Taormina Jazz Festival. On July 22nd, Dave Holland is coming to play in the ancient amfitheater. Entrance: free. I had to see this! Went up there early to get good seats and it was such a magical experience. This is definitely the most spectacular place I’ve ever witnessed a concert in. 

So he was there with his trio with Chris Potter and Marcus Gilmore. Dave was in excellent form, looking vital and healthy. He played great. Gilmore is a great drummer. Only Potter left me cold I must say honestly. I never got into his playing and this time was no exception. It’s like he just plays and plays without getting somewhere… no showstopper: everything else made up for it. 

Still, wow! What an experience!

[Pim]

14 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Taormina is nice. You should have taken of the photo of the theater wall with the Etna in the background.

If those seats weren’t occupied yes

Edited July 24 by Pim

[Steve Reynolds]

Last week

Tony Malaby, Jakob Sacks, John Hebert & Tom Rainey. An hour of continuous music with composed themes & stunning improvisations

Tamarindo which is Malaby, Brandon Lopez & Nasheet Waits. Hour freely improvised followed by a 15 minute coda/encore. Very demanding yet rewarding midnight set.

seeing these two wildly different extraordinary drummers back to back was a treat. Seeing & hearing the *great* Tony Malaby never gets old. Must be close to a hundred times now over the past 15-17 years. Grand master on tenor & soprano saxophones. Nobody sounds anything like him. 

Jack Wright on alto & soprano saxophones with Evan Lipson on double bass & Mike Pride on drums. The next night they added Brandon Seabrook on banjo. That 35 minute set top 3-4 sets of the year. Jack Wright at 82 destroying atoms. One of the greatest improvisers on the planet

Jonathan Moritz on tenor saxophone with Shayna Dulberger on double bass & Mike Reid on drums. Great set of 3 tunes. Moritz is great. 

Duo with Daniel Carter & Ayumi Ashito. Wondrous soft improvisations with Carter as always switching from the large array of horns. Flute to trumpet to clarinet to soprano, tenor & alto saxophones. 

Edited July 29 by Steve Reynolds

[kh1958]

This past weekend, my second time at Satchmo Summerfest at the Old Mint Museum in New Orleans, a free festival celebrating Louis Armstrong. Over the course of the weekend, the festival presented 21 concerts on two outdoor, tented stages, six concerts (mostly duos) inside the second floor of the museum (the Gallatin records piano sessions), and ten lectures on Armstrong related topics in the museum's performance room.. I hope to return next year. Two things the city has in abundance, fine pianists and trumpet players.

On Saturday:

Preservation Brass. The Preservation Hall version of a brass band features Wendell Brunious and Mark Braud on trumpets, and Rod Paulin on clarinet and tenor sax. Quite enjoyable and their new CD, For Fats, is recommended. Performing Mondays at Preservation Hall.

Victor Campbell: Very talented young Cuban jazz pianist plays a diverse set that veers from acoustic jazz to funk and fusion. He's good on organ as well. No leader recordings yet.

Jesse McBride and Andrew Baham. An excellent piano/trumpet duo. Before this was the tail end of Ricky Riccardi on piano with Wendell Brunious on trumpet. I caught the last couple of songs of this and it was also enjoyable.

Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra. This band plays weekly at Snug Harbor. Nothing like the sound of a seasoned big band. This one swings like mad, like a classic Kansas City swing big band, but mixed with the sounds of New Orleans.  Lots of good soloists, including the leader, Rod Paulin (alto) and Andrew Baham (trumpet). A great set and best of the day.

On Sunday: A day of duos for me.

Keiko Komaki and Rurik Nunan: Piano and violin. Keiko Komaki is Japanese and has lived in New Orleans for 18 years. She is an excellent two fisted pianist. No leader dates so far, only a smattering of sideman recordings. Too bad.

Jamil Sharif and Larry Sieberth. Another piano/trumpet duo. Jamil Sharif is from a multi-generational family of New Orleans musicians dating back to the 1850s. His father was also a trumpet player who played with Luis Russell, among others. He is equally adept at the performance of traditional New Orleans jazz and modern jazz, though he appears to make his living off the former. For this set of mostly Louis Armstrong associated songs, as he explained, it is impossible to improve on the originals, so he performs basically 95% transcriptions of Armstrong's solos, which he described as extremely difficult and demanding. (i note he did this from memory, without sheet music.) As Jamil is himself a great trumpet player, this was awesome to hear in person.

Tom McDermott and Marta Dixon: Finally, for the last of the Gallatin Records piano sessions, the great pianist Tom McDermott performs with trumpeter/vocalist Marta Dixon (Shake 'Em Up Jazz Band). Tom McDermott is a master of ragtime, early Jazz,and latin music and is a pure joy to hear.

This was the end of the festival for me. I did not catch any of the lectures this year.

Closing out the weekend at Snug Harbor, for the Peter Vernado Trio. Peter Vernado is a jazz drummer, in this case leading a piano trio for a set of original music that he hoped to record soon. It was quite good.

Edited 2 hours ago by kh1958