montg Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Dave Douglas writes about playing with the SF Collective in his blog. Pretty interesting. The observations made in this thread that he's having a blast playing with this group are apparently right on target. davedouglas Quote
Michael Weiss Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Roy Haynes at the Vanguard last night. Playing like a young man...amazing Quote
B. Goren. Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) Curtis Fuller, Jim Rotondi & Larry Willis, tonight in Tel-Aviv. Edited March 23, 2007 by B. Goren. Quote
ejp626 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Saw Toumani Diabate and the Pan African Band (I think that's the new name) in Chicago at Hothouse last night. Very good, though a bit short (just over an hour). On one of the songs the kora and balafon traded 4s or 8s or something. It was amazing. They got half the people in the club dancing on the last tune, and that's quite an accomplishment. They'll be coming back through Chicago on July 12, and I'll be there! Quote
tjluke68 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Saw the Jeremy Pelt Quartet doing some funky CTI-ish stuff last night at Smoke in NYC. It was a free show and they were taping an upcoming live CD, due out in Sept 2007. Pretty good stuff, but the sound in that small closet isn't the best... Quote
HolyStitt Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 Bill Holman with the Jazz MN Big Band. Quote
brownie Posted March 25, 2007 Report Posted March 25, 2007 Anyway, it turns out that at midnight, when it became March 13, it was Roy's 82nd birthday! He demanded champagne on stage for the whole band and kept the place in stitches with one of his long, ad lib monologues as he paced around the stage. Roy Hargrove was in the audience and he came up and played the second half of the second set, tearing the place up with fire-breathing solos. He got the band excited and the energy went up a notch. It was Hargrove who played waiter and served the band their glasses of champagne. French TV top channel TF1 was on hand to videotape the celebration http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/jt/0,,3420152,00-a...w-morning-.html Quote
HWright Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 (edited) On Saturday I saw Allen Toussaint at Blues Alley in Washington DC with special guest Marva Wright, 8 pm set. The band with AT on piano and lead vocals, included tenor sax, guitar, bass guitar and drums. Here's the set list: AT and Band Blues Alley (instrumental) Medley: A Certain Girl/Mother in Law/Fortune Teller/Working in A Coal Mine Things that Make You Mine Shoorah! Shoorah! I Like it Like That Ride Your Pony Something You Got With Marva Wright on vocals: Whole Lotta Shakin'/Shake Rattle and Roll Help Me Make it Through the Night (Your Love is Liftin' Me) Higher and Higher AT and Band Yes We Can Happy Birthday Southern Nights. Edited March 27, 2007 by HWright Quote
king ubu Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 saw a great and a lousy concert last night (double bill): Susie Ibarra Trio w/Craig Taborn & Jennifer Choi - everybody by now knows uub's got a crush on her, I assume, and indeed she was terrific, very sophisticated approach, great groove, and a beautifully tuned set of drums, really a sound of her own... but, BUT... the other two were just so talkative, fake, boring - bullshitting all the way, nothing felt in there, all just made up facade... really annoying, and mostly pretty ridiculous, pathetic, Taborn doing boring neo-/pseud-romantic stuff, and Choi helping him making sure the music didn't breathe once in a 45 minute set... no space, no sense for pacing, a totally misled concept. The tunes all sweet and often almost like what's called "Salon-Musik" over here, muzak of the worst kind, all beautiful surface and nothing below that - and no, irony was NOT involved. Misguided in the sense that they don't know what they actually do there - bullshitting in what I assume is more or less the Harry Frankfurt way of defining it... Second was the Co Streiff Sextett - she's a local alto/soprano sax player and the Sextett have their second CD "Loops, Holes and Angels" just out on Intakt. The band includes another reeds player, Tommy Meier (tenor sax & bass clarinet), Russ Johnson on trumpet, a local bass/drums team, plus Ben Jeger on piano, accordion, farfisa and some other old synthesizers. They did a superb set, lots of the music being really group-music, not about egos and solos, but more about creating colours and grooves, doing a tune from Mali, some almost highlife like material, and lots of other great things, you can hear much of jazz history in there, from basic blues to Sun Ra and Roscoe (both of whom were covered on their first disc, "Qattara", also on Intakt) and Fela Kuti (nothing of his on disc, but they do some in live shows, not last night, though). Anyway, this more than made up for the pastiche banality of the Ibarra trio... Again let me stress that Susie Ibarra is a master percussionist, no doubt about that, just she ought to do different stuff... and Taborn is quite interesting and good when playing with Tim Berne... but then again his own disc "Junk" (?) on Matt Shipp's pretentious label is pretty boring, too... Quote
J Larsen Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 Going to see Anthony Braxton in a few hours. Quote
Clunky Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 Last night Tim Berne- Paraphrase- Drew Gress and Tom Rainy, two heavy freely improvised sets. Powerful stuff Quote
J Larsen Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Anthony Braxton was so good last night that I'm going again tonight. Quote
sal Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Anthony Braxton was so good last night that I'm going again tonight. Wow....what an opportunity! You are lucky. Enjoy! Quote
J Larsen Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 He was even better tonight. Best show I've seen since AHA3 at the Iridium a few months ago. Quote
sheldonm Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Not jazz, but I saw the Australia's Hoodoo Gurus tonight. Rockin'..........but too loud. ...you gettin' too old??? Quote
jazzbo Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Saw Rickie Lee Jones last night. Loved it! Quote
sheldonm Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 ...saw a couple of Tony Monaco's shows in Indy...very good as well! Here are a couple photos. Quote
J Larsen Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas Had tix to Pere Ubu Tuesday night, but I was too sick to go... Quote
J Larsen Posted April 6, 2007 Report Posted April 6, 2007 The Orchestra of the Americas is not recommended. Tonight: ICP Orchestra @ Tonic. Tomorrow night: Paul Motian @ VV. Quote
jlhoots Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Bobby Shew has moved back to the Albuquerque area. Going to hear him in Santa Fe tonight with a "local" trio that includes Dave Parlato (bass on Warne Marsh's Ne Plus Ultra). Quote
J Larsen Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Paul Motian Octet. I hope they are good; I'm unfamiliar with most of the musicians. Quote
7/4 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Paul Motian Octet. I hope they are good; I'm unfamiliar with most of the musicians. should be. I heard my first show at the Stone Thursday night, Steve Sandberg. I've known him for years, we took a singing class together years ago. He really can sing a number "world" music styles convincingly. First gig with his new band too, real solid. The Stone is a nice little venue, I'll be back... Quote
J Larsen Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Paul Motian Octet. I hope they are good; I'm unfamiliar with most of the musicians. should be. I heard my first show at the Stone Thursday night, Steve Sandberg. I've known him for years, we took a singing class together years ago. He really can sing a number "world" music styles convincingly. First gig with his new band too, real solid. The Stone is a nice little venue, I'll be back... Fred Frith is playing there seven times in May, if you're into him. I've seen him at The Stone a few times and he was consistently great. Quote
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