What live music are you going to see tonight?

[kh1958]

Doh!

I got flustered when I saw all those names I guess, didn't notice the location. My bad!

Still looks like it was a fantastic show...

It really was fantastic.

Saw another very interesting one tonight, my last night here--Don Preston (of the early Mothers of Invention and who later recorded with John Carter), at The Monkey. The club was very small--there were actually only 21 seats. The room had a five channel sound system (3 in front, 2 in rear). Don Preston played a couple of solo keyboard pieces, in an avant garde jazz vein, that were quite good. The rest was a trio, with Preston on various electronic keyboards, Andre Choimondeley on guitar, and Cheri Hosne on some sort of electronic percussion keyboards. I'm not sure what genre of music this was--improvised electronica? It sounded really amazing in the small club, with a great sound system coming at you from every direction.

Edited September 18, 2006 by kh1958

[skeith]

I saw the Paul Motian Trio at the Village Vanguard on September 15. Great show!!

[nathan]

Last night at Yoshi's in Oakland: Aaron Goldberg's trio with Reuben Rogers and the incredible Eric Harland. Exceptional modern jazz piano trio music...highlights from the set I saw included a clever, fractured arrangement of Epistrophy, an excellent new Goldberg tune ("The Rules"), and a gorgeous Jobim ballad. It was an extremely energetic show -- the audience was really feeling it, and the band sounded incredibly tight. Josh Redman showed up and sat in for a set closing I Mean You that was downright ferocious (and I'm not that much of a Redman fan in general). At the end of the set the crowd demanded an encore, cheering well after the lights had gone up and the band was already chatting to friends in the audience. The trio + Redman obliged. Good night.

[HolyStitt]

Doc Watson with David Holt in Red Wing tonight.

[Lazaro Vega]

The Reptet....and I'll be bringing them a baritone saxophone as their's was lost in transit.....

[B. Clugston]

Last night I saw Billy Bragg in Vancouver. He played solo (on a Fender), except for a brief encore with a fiddler. Good show.

[P.L.M]

I post in and check rarely this thread.

But I've had an interesting week until now:

On last Tuesday I saw in Gent (Gand), Belgium:

THE DAVE BURRELL TRIO (MICHAEL FORMANEK/ GREGORIO E. BROWN)

Followed the same night in the same town by THE KRIS WANDERS UNIT (KRIS WANDERS, TS, JOHANNES BAUER, TB, PETER JACQUEMYN, B, MARK SANDERS, PERC).

KRIS WANDERS is a Dutch tenor sax who plays (and sometimes) recorded with GLOBE UNITY, FRED VAN HOVE, PETER BRÖTZMAN before moving suddenly to AUSTRALIA (MELBOURNE) where he has vanish in the shadow.

People (and part of his family) believe he was dead.

Then suddenly he pops up few weeks ago, contact some people and put this incredible band to tour EUROPE the two last week!

I was glad to catch this great concert.

The guy looks like PETER BRÖTZMANN and plays at the same level!

The concert was incredible. I was back at the beginning of the seventies but without an once of nostalgia as the music wasn't particularly cultivating the past: MODERN FREE JAZZ/ EUROPEAN IMPRO for the new generation! The band should record on Monday or Tuesday in a studio in BRUSSELS. I will be there.

Last night in LILLE (FRANCE) in a place called LA MALTERIE (a desaffected place where they was long time ago make beer) I've seen the NEW YORK DOWN TOWN ALL STAR QUINTET featuring HERB ROBERTSON, TIM BERNE, SYLVIE COURVOISIER, MARK DRESSER, TOM RAINEY for another stuning concert!

And tomorrow there's some more LIVE music to come.

[P.L.M]

I post in and check rarely this thread.

But I've had an interesting week until now:

On last Tuesday I saw in Gent (Gand), Belgium:

THE DAVE BURRELL TRIO (MICHAEL FORMANEK/ GREGORIO E. BROWN)

Followed the same night in the same town by THE KRIS WANDERS UNIT (KRIS WANDERS, TS, JOHANNES BAUER, TB, PETER JACQUEMYN, B, MARK SANDERS, PERC).

KRIS WANDERS is a Dutch tenor sax who have play and (sometimes) recorded with GLOBE UNITY, FRED VAN HOVE, PETER BRÖTZMAN before moving suddenly to AUSTRALIA (MELBOURNE) where he has vanished in the shadow.

People (and part of his family) believe that he was dead.

Then suddenly he pops up few weeks ago, contact some people and put this incredible band together to tour EUROPE the two last weeks!

I was more than glad to catch this great concert.

The guy looks like PETER BRÖTZMANN and PLAYS at the same level!

The concert was incredible. I was back at the beginning of the seventies but without an once of nostalgia as the music wasn't particularly living in the past: MODERN FREE JAZZ/ EUROPEAN IMPRO for the new generation! The band should record on Monday or Tuesday in a studio in BRUSSELS. I will be there.

Last night in LILLE (FRANCE) in a place called LA MALTERIE (a desaffected place where they was long time ago making beer) I've seen the NEW YORK DOWN TOWN ALL STAR QUINTET featuring HERB ROBERTSON, TIM BERNE, SYLVIE COURVOISIER, MARK DRESSER, TOM RAINEY for another stuning concert!

And tomorrow there's some more LIVE music to come.

Edited October 7, 2006 by P.L.M

[mikeweil]

Very much looking forward to see the Kevin Hays Trio at Wiesbaden tonight:

Kevin Hays (p), Doug Weiss (b), Bill Stewart (dm).

[Joe G]

Randy, Jim, Ron, and I went to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia to check out a student recital. The third performer on the bill was a 14 year-old boy from Shanghai named Hao Chen Zhang, playing the Fantasie in C major, Op. 17, by Robert Shumann. I liked this guy the moment he walked out on stage; just the way he presented himself, and the way he prepared himself at the piano. But holy shit - I was completely unprepared for those opening chords. He just electrified the whole room with his touch. Such incredible depth, power, and emotion. It was absolutely thrilling. He seemed totally at one with the music, and I didn't hear one single moment of hesitation, or notice any break in his state of concentration. Dynamics, tone, clarity, pacing; this kid had it all. The two movements that ended softly felt to me like the deepest of blessings: Amen. Unbelievable.

Afterwards, we went to Ortleib's to see Bootsy Barnes, with Byron Landrum on drums. Swinging hard in the tradition. Not a bad night of music, especially since it was all for free!

[tjluke68]

BOBBY HACKETT TRIBUTE CONCERT

OK, it's not until next week, but has anyone in the NJ area gone to this in the past? It's been occuring since 2001. I was thinking about going...

[Matthew]

Friday, In Seattle:

[kh1958]

Tuesday night I saw the Mingus Orchestra at the Iridium. This is a 10 piece band--with two saxophones, trumpet, trombone, bassoon, bass clarinet, French Horn, guitar, bass and drums--They tend to perform the more orchestral Mingus pieces, and it was indeed a pleasure to hear, among other works, Half Mast Inhibition, the Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife, Noon Night, Just For Laughs Sap, Jelly Roll, Eclipse, Noddin' Ya Head Blues, and a few other great Mingus compositions performed live.

Wednesday night--James Carter Organ Trio at Birdland. I enjoyed this immensely as well.

[DukeCity]

Saw the Javon Jackson group that he's calling the "Superband", featuring Nat Reeves on bass, George Cables and Jimmy Cobb. A nice set with tons of swingin'. Great to hear GC and JC!!!

[sidewinder]

Two bands comprising members of London's 'F-IRE Collective' - 'Oriole' (led by flamenco-influenced guitarist Jonny Philips) and the Ingrid Laubrock Quintet, featuring the playings and compositions of this fine player. Both Ingrid and drummer Seb Rochford from the Quintet also featured as members of 'Oriole'.

Both of these bands are absolutely unique in style and and their tour of the UK regions (Windsor Art Centre tonight, I believe). Some of the best live jazz currently being produced in the UK from these guys. The Laubrock Quintet is particularly well integrated, with Laubrock and cellist Ben Davis really gelling these days as a front-line team.

Edited October 13, 2006 by sidewinder

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

the who last night-- roger waters was tonight- bobby d tmw

[sal]

Saw the Stones Wednesday night at Soldier Field. The wind chill was down to about 20 degrees, and there were wind gusts up to 35mph, but that didn't matter. They opened with "You Got Me Rocking", and debuted "She Was Hot"! There was an excellent "Midnight Rambler" followed by "Tumbling Dice". Great show!

[Aggie87]

"She Was Hot" is 23 years old now. Was that really the first time it was played live??

[sal]

"She Was Hot" is 23 years old now. Was that really the first time it was played live??

According to the article in today's Chicago Tribune, it was the live debut of the song. Sounded great too. I'm surprised it was never in the repertoire before.

[jlhoots]

Javon Jackson Quartet - George Cables, Nat Reeves, Jimmy Cobb

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

shut up- jimmy cobb n george cables? i gotta try n go see that

[jlhoots]

shut up- jimmy cobb n george cables? i gotta try n go see that

Yeah - they were really good.

Talked with them after the show.

Javon & Jimmy signed their CD called New York Time (has Walton & McBride on it ) for me.

They were selling it for $10.

After the show was over, Cables sat down & played solo for about 30 minutes for a few of us.

[Matthew]

Friday, In Seattle:

Set list from last night:

Seattle, Washington

Key Arena

October 13, 2006

1. Maggie's Farm

2. She Belongs To Me

3. Lonesome Day Blues

4. Positively 4th Street

5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

6. Just Like A Woman

7. Highway 61 Revisited

8. When The Deal Goes Down

9. Tangled Up In Blue

10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

11. Watching The River Flow

12. Workingman's Blues #2

13. Summer Days

(encore)

14. Thunder On The Mountain

15. Like A Rolling Stone

16. All Along The Watchtower

The Bobster was in awesome form last night. I lucked out and got a third row seat that was looking straight on to Dylan. The boys came out in the now traditional gray suits with black hats, Dylan in black (of course), who played keyboard/harmoncia. Dylan very much into the show last night, moved around a lot, smiles galore among the musicians, even plaing up to the crowd at times! Very nice vibe to the whole evening. Highlights for me were When the Deal Goes Down, Tangled Up In Blue, Workingman's Blues #2, and Thunder On The Mountain. This was one of the better concerts I've been to in a while -- even the opening act Kings of Leon were very good. I think having the new cd go #1 was a big boost to Dylan, gave some added enthusiasm to his music... and yes, that kind of stuff matter very much to Dylan. Go and see Dylan when he comes around, he and the band are in great shape right now.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

chewy was there too and agrees w/ matt

[Matthew]

Chewy, you should check out the review in the PI, the Unintentional Comedy factor is off the chart!!! Here's my favorite:

Four decades into my Dylan obsession, I certainly didn't expect to hear any of my more obscure favorites, but in the middle of the concert, he swung into "Tangled Up in Blue," from the late 1970s.