JohnS Posted February 7, 2006 Report Posted February 7, 2006 Brad Mehldau kicks off UK tour tonight in Southampton. I'll be there with fellow board member Gary. Quote
Miles251 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Posted February 7, 2006 Sorry to miss my bro Free For All w/ John Fedchock at the Blue Room last night. Must have been "trombone heaven...or hell"...depending on which side of the gate that you stand on. A 5 hour drive was NOT in the cards! Quote
Alec Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Saturday night I'm off to Dartmouth (Hanover, NH) to see their student jazz group the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble with special guests Conrad Herwig, Robby Ameen and Walter White. Should be a great evening of Latin Jazz! Quote
Free For All Posted February 10, 2006 Report Posted February 10, 2006 Lauren Sevian - bari sax (the only female I'm aware of on the instrument) Clare Daly is another. Sounds like it was a good hang BF! Quote
DukeCity Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 Just got home from a Chris Potter concert with his new Underground band: Craig Taborn on Fender Rhodes, Adam Rogers on guitar and Nate Smith on drums. I thoroughly enjoyed it. They did a few tunes from the new CD (which I haven't picked up yet): Underground, Lotus Blosson (Strayhorn, with some beautiful reharms), and Nudnick. Played what Potter introduced as a "tradition African tune" called Togo. Also did a couple of new ones: Pop Song #1, and#2, and a couple that were not introduced. As an encore they did a cover of a Joni Mitchell tune, Ladies of the Canyon . Potter, of course, has ridiculously prodigious chops; tremendous control and flexibility on the saxophone. I also find his sound to be more gratifying in live situations than on most of his CDs. Craig Taborn was playing on a Rhodes borrowed from a local musician, and it appeared that he wasn't thrilled with the action on it. Apparently the action was very hard; so much so that he was actually shaking out his right hand at points in his solos. He also appeared to opt out of taking some solos. Adam Rogers played some really nice lines, and Nate MF Smith! Very happening. The whole group had a ton of rhythmic variety happening, both in the tunes (mixed meter and tunes in 3) and rhythmic interplay. The basic vibe is very groove oriented, but they were pushing and pulling and stretching things a lot. Excellent way to spend a Thursday night here in the desert... Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 Checked out the Lawrence Hobgood Trio at the Kennedy Center last night. I'd never heard him outside of the Kurt Elling orbit... Guess he's a big Robert Preston fan..... performed an entertaining rendition of 'Crazy World' from Victor/Victoria. Quote
jlhoots Posted March 3, 2006 Report Posted March 3, 2006 Just got home from a Chris Potter concert with his new Underground band: Craig Taborn on Fender Rhodes, Adam Rogers on guitar and Nate Smith on drums. I thoroughly enjoyed it. They did a few tunes from the new CD (which I haven't picked up yet): Underground, Lotus Blosson (Strayhorn, with some beautiful reharms), and Nudnick. Played what Potter introduced as a "tradition African tune" called Togo. Also did a couple of new ones: Pop Song #1, and#2, and a couple that were not introduced. As an encore they did a cover of a Joni Mitchell tune, Ladies of the Canyon . Potter, of course, has ridiculously prodigious chops; tremendous control and flexibility on the saxophone. I also find his sound to be more gratifying in live situations than on most of his CDs. Craig Taborn was playing on a Rhodes borrowed from a local musician, and it appeared that he wasn't thrilled with the action on it. Apparently the action was very hard; so much so that he was actually shaking out his right hand at points in his solos. He also appeared to opt out of taking some solos. Adam Rogers played some really nice lines, and Nate MF Smith! Very happening. The whole group had a ton of rhythmic variety happening, both in the tunes (mixed meter and tunes in 3) and rhythmic interplay. The basic vibe is very groove oriented, but they were pushing and pulling and stretching things a lot. Excellent way to spend a Thursday night here in the desert... I was at the same show. Your assessment is excellent. I bought the CD. Quote
birdanddizzy Posted March 10, 2006 Report Posted March 10, 2006 Tonight at Ech Sur Alzette, Luxembourg : John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers Great show ! Quote
Allan Songer Posted March 11, 2006 Report Posted March 11, 2006 (edited) Last Night--The Benn Clatworthy Qoartet at Phlight in Whittier Tonight-- Rickey Woodard w/John Heard trio at Charlie O's Tomorrow morning-- Jack SHeldon at the Lighthouse Edited March 11, 2006 by Allan Songer Quote
Peter Johnson Posted March 12, 2006 Report Posted March 12, 2006 Seattle Symphony, playing: Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K.385, "Haffner" Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K.413 Haydn: Symphony No. 104, "London" Quote
RDK Posted March 12, 2006 Report Posted March 12, 2006 Tonight or possibly tomorrow night... Pharoah Sanders at the Jazz Bakery. Quote
ep1str0phy Posted March 13, 2006 Report Posted March 13, 2006 Tonight or possibly tomorrow night... Pharoah Sanders at the Jazz Bakery. Man, I'm always out of town when this stuff happens! Pharoah is a godsend to the LA concert scene... I'm going to be seeing Billy Harper at Yoshi's this coming weekend. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Thursday Night: SXSW: Tony Conrad, Thurston Moore, Rhys Chatham, Arnold Dreyblatt, etc. Amazing lineup, great sets by all in a beautiful church downtown in Austin... Rest of the weekend was middling-to-solid indie rock, but did see the Kiwi band The Bats last night, and they were quite good. Quote
ep1str0phy Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Billy Harper Quintet (Yoshis) 3-18 -Phenomenal band: Francesca Tanksley (piano--coming off astoundingly well), Clarence Seay (bass), Newman Taylor Baker (drums), Keyon Harrald (trumpet--a young cat in the Hubbard/Shawish mold, although I heard some Charles Tolliver... very, very promising). -The group played "Illumination", "Trying to Make Heaven My Home", "Speak to Me of Love, Speak to Me of Truth", and "Insight". Incidentally, I've heard Harper play that last number some three times already--the group is really mixing up the repertoire, and I'm surprised I came on the 'right' night... Note on "Trying to Make Heaven My Home"--an overwhelming, epic (in the truest sense of the word) performance. I'm glad Harper's still around to play this like this. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 23, 2006 Report Posted March 23, 2006 Tonite- Kenny Barron Trio at the Vanguard. Fri- Harold Mabern Trio at The Kitano. Sat-Cedar Walton Trio at Smoke. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 12, 2006 Report Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) i saw irvin mayfield and his 16 piece band last night a friend gave me free tickets really good concert about 2 hours sad news Irvin's father drowned in the Katrina Hurricane Edited April 12, 2006 by Soulstation1 Quote
jlhoots Posted April 12, 2006 Report Posted April 12, 2006 Saw Lila Downs last night. Amazing!! As excellent as the 1st time I saw her. Quote
fasstrack Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 Charles MacPherson, Tom Harrell & co. at Dizzy's club.... Go. If you live in NY. If not, get on Amtrack, jump a turnstile, jack a car, promise someone the moon for a ride. For upon arrival in Dizzy's you will hear 5 masters playing real jazz. Real bebop. The two co-leaders plus Ronnie Matthews, Jimmy Cobb, Ray Drummond. Best word to describe what I heard tonight: therapeutic. As in curative, good for what ails you. Also exciting, like live jazz still can be---these days mostly when when the few guys like this still around play it. Charles and Tom were individually at the top of their games and together breathing fire and finishing each other's sentences. Anybody that thinks Tom can't play anymore or isn't the player he was will be cured of that misperception from note # one. Burning. Charles is really a personality, he represents Charles Macpherson. Jimmy, bless his soul, still got it. His solos were really exciting and he drove the band right along with Ray and Ronnie. The music of Bird and Diz, it was billed and for once the billing wasn't a con. Played some originals, too. Again, go. Through Sat. Quote
HolyStitt Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 I went to Etta James on Tuesday night. The band was very tight with a horn section. Has anyone seen her before? I was wondering if she always seems a little out of it. She would introduce tunes, forget which she was introducing, and have to ask the band what song it was. Quote
Allan Songer Posted May 4, 2006 Report Posted May 4, 2006 79 year old burner Red Holloway in a quartet with Art Hillary on piano, Richard Reid on bass and Gerryck King on drums. At the lounge at the Westin Grand on Century near the airport. Three nice sets, no cover. And they wheeled out a big-ass birthday cake for Red between the 2nd and 3rd set. Quote
sidewinder Posted May 4, 2006 Report Posted May 4, 2006 Just come back from seeing Lee Konitz with superb young Brit pianist Gilwyn Simcox and his trio. For the second half, Lawrence Cottle's big band with a fine, impromptu turn by vocalist Claire Martin. Great night ! Tristano/Konitz/Marsh Mosaic LPs will be on deck tomorrow. Quote
EKE BBB Posted May 4, 2006 Report Posted May 4, 2006 Just came from the John Abercrombie-Miroslav Vitous duo concert, in the XI Jornadas de Jazz en la UPM (Madrid). Nice concert! Quote
Allan Songer Posted May 5, 2006 Report Posted May 5, 2006 Three nice sets, no cover. Jeez ! Yep. L.A. has to be the greatest place on earth to listen to great players for almost no money. Tomorrow night Arthur Blythe is playing for a ten buck cover at a tiny little place in downtown LA called Cafe Metropol. Charlie O's has great jazz seven nights a week with no cover. Well, once in a while they have a cover charge. I'm there a couple of times a month--would be there twice a week if I didn't live 45 miles away and have to be at work at 6AM five or six days a week! Charlie O's--the best jazz club in Los Angeles Quote
sidewinder Posted May 5, 2006 Report Posted May 5, 2006 Yep. L.A. has to be the greatest place on earth to listen to great players for almost no money. Great place for jazz. I worked there for several months on assignment and ended up eating out and seeing jazz just about every night. The choice available and standard of performance was excellent. Not to mention the climate. Would drive me nuts living there tho' Quote
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