Bright Moments Posted April 16, 2007 Report Posted April 16, 2007 i just got tickets for this: http://www.culture.mdc.edu/page.aspx?vpage...&itemid=811 boy am i psyched!!! Quote
Chalupa Posted April 18, 2007 Report Posted April 18, 2007 Forgot to mention - tonight I'm seeing Roky Erikson. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!!!!! Great finale to my live-show-athon. Details please! Quote
J Larsen Posted April 18, 2007 Report Posted April 18, 2007 Forgot to mention - tonight I'm seeing Roky Erikson. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!!!!! Great finale to my live-show-athon. Details please! Well, for one thing the Explosives are truly a great "bar-rock" band - I hadn't paid much attention to them in the past, but they really have their style nailed. They did great versions of You're Going to Miss Me and one other song off the first 13th Floor Elevators album. Roky looks to be in better condition than I expected and his voice doesn't seem to have changed one bit since the 60s - I was a little worried about his ability to put on a good performance due to his health problems, but he is right on his game. I was 50/50 on whether I wanted to go to this show in the first place, but I'm really glad I did - probably the best rock show I'll see this year. Quote
Chalupa Posted April 18, 2007 Report Posted April 18, 2007 Going to see the Koronos Quartet on Thursday night. Afterwards, if I can swing it, I'm going to try to catch the Taylor Ho Bynum Trio. Friday night is Horns of Hathor:Pauline Oliveros, electronics/accordian; Ione, voice; Roscoe Mitchell, reeds; and Samir Chatterjee, tabla. Saturday afternoon Patti Smith is giving a free reading/performance. Next week is Acid Mothers Temple!! Quote
Chalupa Posted April 18, 2007 Report Posted April 18, 2007 Forgot to mention - tonight I'm seeing Roky Erikson. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!!!!! Great finale to my live-show-athon. Details please! Well, for one thing the Explosives are truly a great "bar-rock" band - I hadn't paid much attention to them in the past, but they really have their style nailed. They did great versions of You're Going to Miss Me and one other song off the first 13th Floor Elevators album. Roky looks to be in better condition than I expected and his voice doesn't seem to have changed one bit since the 60s - I was a little worried about his ability to put on a good performance due to his health problems, but he is right on his game. I was 50/50 on whether I wanted to go to this show in the first place, but I'm really glad I did - probably the best rock show I'll see this year. That's sounds like a good time. I wish Roky was playing in the Sixth Borough. You didn't happen to catch the Stooges when they were up your way?? Quote
J Larsen Posted April 18, 2007 Report Posted April 18, 2007 Forgot to mention - tonight I'm seeing Roky Erikson. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!!!!! Great finale to my live-show-athon. Details please! Well, for one thing the Explosives are truly a great "bar-rock" band - I hadn't paid much attention to them in the past, but they really have their style nailed. They did great versions of You're Going to Miss Me and one other song off the first 13th Floor Elevators album. Roky looks to be in better condition than I expected and his voice doesn't seem to have changed one bit since the 60s - I was a little worried about his ability to put on a good performance due to his health problems, but he is right on his game. I was 50/50 on whether I wanted to go to this show in the first place, but I'm really glad I did - probably the best rock show I'll see this year. That's sounds like a good time. I wish Roky was playing in the Sixth Borough. You didn't happen to catch the Stooges when they were up your way?? No, heard about 15 seconds of the new record and decided to pass on the show. Quote
Bright Moments Posted April 21, 2007 Report Posted April 21, 2007 i just got tickets for this: http://www.culture.mdc.edu/page.aspx?vpage...&itemid=811 boy am i psyched!!! well as i expected mccoy was amazing!!! his bass player - Gerald Cannon and his drummer Eric Gravatt (yes he was in weather report) were totally in sync with him. the trio played for over an hour with 3 encores. highlights included "angeline", Love Surrounds Us Everywhere, a coltrane number i can't remember the name of and ellington's "in a mellow tone" i am lucky i got to see such a great show!!! Quote
ep1str0phy Posted April 21, 2007 Report Posted April 21, 2007 Went to see Purple Gums (Francis Wong-soprano/tenor, etc., Bobby Bradford-cornet, etc., and William Roper-tuba, etc.) tonight--both as a trio and with the SFSU Creative World Ensemble (student group, led by Hafez Modirzade). If you ever get a chance to see Gums live, do it--they're one of the most original and nuanced groups on the West Coast (there's some "little instrumentation" here, free horn dialogue ala Ornette Coleman, and a tremendous, group melodic sensibility--all with a potent social/political edge). And that trio is definitely good, humble (but awesome, in the classic sense of the world) people. Quote
Van Basten II Posted April 21, 2007 Report Posted April 21, 2007 Going to see tonight the Sonic Liberation front Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 23, 2007 Report Posted April 23, 2007 Just got back from seeing The Thing, Mats Gustafsson's avant-power trio, at the Monroe County Historical Society. And a for drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted April 23, 2007 Report Posted April 23, 2007 Just got back from seeing The Thing, Mats Gustafsson's avant-power trio, at the Monroe County Historical Society. And a for drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. Early gig, huh? Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 23, 2007 Report Posted April 23, 2007 Yep--show started around 7 p.m. with Michael Eaton's Large Ensemble (local group--Eaton a very talented saxophonist who's moving to NYC soon) doing a long "Ascension"-type piece; the Thing came on around 7:45, 7:50 and played till 9:15. Gave me a nice break from our noisy neighbors' extended Little 5 celebration. (Hmm--should've invited the band over for a little post-gig jam, come to think of it... ) Quote
Van Basten II Posted April 23, 2007 Report Posted April 23, 2007 (edited) Just got back from seeing The Thing, Mats Gustafsson's avant-power trio, at the Monroe County Historical Society. And a for drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. They are something else isn't it ? I saw those guys last summer plus they had Joe McPhee with them, one of the meanest and heaviest jazz show i've ever witnessed. Edited April 23, 2007 by Van Basten II Quote
J Larsen Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 I stayed for the first set of the Zorn tribute thing at Columbia last night. The first set consisted of a string trio (with Feldman, Cohen and another dude) and a crummy rock group. The string trio material was fine, but a bit redundant. The crummy rock band was crummy but only played for about five minutes. Quote
J Larsen Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 i just got tickets for this: http://www.culture.mdc.edu/page.aspx?vpage...&itemid=811 boy am i psyched!!! well as i expected mccoy was amazing!!! his bass player - Gerald Cannon and his drummer Eric Gravatt (yes he was in weather report) were totally in sync with him. the trio played for over an hour with 3 encores. highlights included "angeline", Love Surrounds Us Everywhere, a coltrane number i can't remember the name of and ellington's "in a mellow tone" i am lucky i got to see such a great show!!! Great to hear that it was a good show. I was bummed out to find that his run in NYC coincides exactly with Vision Fest, for which I already have week passes. Oh well, hopefully he will play in the city again soon (and hopefully it won't be at the Blue Note next time!!!). Quote
B. Goren. Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 Uri Caine & Don Byron will play this evening in Tel-Aviv. Quote
Allan Songer Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 Tonight: Azar Lawrence with Nate Morgan, John Heard and Lorca Hart out at Charlie O's. Quote
sidewinder Posted May 6, 2007 Report Posted May 6, 2007 (edited) Diggin' the Cheltenham Fest this weekend: Yesterday - Gwilym Simcock Big Band, Claudia Quartet with John Hollenbeck and Mat Moran, Ben Allison Quartet with Ron Horton and the Bob Brookmeyer Quartet. Today it's the Ingrid Laubrock Group, Bennie Maupin Quartet ( ), Charles Lloyd Quartet and the Hans Koller Octet with Kenny Wheeler and Bob Brookmeyer. Edited May 6, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
djcavanagh Posted May 6, 2007 Report Posted May 6, 2007 Diggin' the Cheltenham Fest this weekend: Yesterday - Gwilym Simcock Big Band, Claudia Quartet with John Hollenbeck and Mat Moran, Ben Allison Quartet with Ron Horton and the Bob Brookmeyer Quartet. Today it's the Ingrid Laubrock Group, Bennie Maupin Quartet ( ), Charles Lloyd Quartet and the Hans Koller Octet with Kenny Wheeler and Bob Brookmeyer. I saw Bennie Maupin and Charles Lloyd last night at the Barbican and they were both fantastic. I wasn't really in the mood to go to be honest but Bennie Maupin very quickly won me over! He seemed like a really humble guy. The shop really missed a trick by not having any of his cds available. There was a big rush for Charles Lloyd cds after he played though. I could watch and listen to Eric Harland all day. And it is the second time I've seen Jason Moran (the first was with Dave Holland) and was blown away again. Will definitely be searching out his own albums in the near future. You are going to really enjoy yourself . Quote
J Larsen Posted May 6, 2007 Report Posted May 6, 2007 Tonight I'm going to see some piano trio with a guy called Cecil Taylor and some singer named... what was it again... Andy Grey? Right - Andy Bey. Hopefully they'll play Strangers in the Night. Should be a romantic evening. Quote
sidewinder Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 (edited) I saw Bennie Maupin and Charles Lloyd last night at the Barbican and they were both fantastic. I wasn't really in the mood to go to be honest but Bennie Maupin very quickly won me over! He seemed like a really humble guy. The shop really missed a trick by not having any of his cds available. There was a big rush for Charles Lloyd cds after he played though. I could watch and listen to Eric Harland all day. And it is the second time I've seen Jason Moran (the first was with Dave Holland) and was blown away again. Will definitely be searching out his own albums in the near future. You are going to really enjoy yourself . Maupin and Lloyd were both outstanding at Cheltenham today ! Maupin kicked things off in the afternoon at the Everyman Theatre with lots of material from the 'Penumbra' CD. He's in great form on all horns (with one absolutely scorching tenor solo in his typical style from the Lee Morgan years). Some nice tributes, including one for Walter Bishop Jr (the idea for the tune I believe was scribbled on a bpiece of paper by Bish at his home in LA in the early 70s then found in a box by Maupin many years later). The CD stand had a box of 100 or so of his CDs which were selling like hot cakes so I bought one. Lloyd's performance in the Town Hall was sensational. That is a stellar group, with Jason Moran and Eric Harland. First time I heard Moran and I was very impressed. Loved every minute of it. Both performances were pretty well sell-outs ! Edited May 7, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
Aggie87 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 I talked with Harland about 6 weeks ago, after an SFJazz Collective performance, and he was VERY excited about the tour with Lloyd and Moran. I hope this quartet releases live/studio material. I'd love to see them! Quote
sidewinder Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 I talked with Harland about 6 weeks ago, after an SFJazz Collective performance, and he was VERY excited about the tour with Lloyd and Moran. I hope this quartet releases live/studio material. I'd love to see them! I would go as far as to say that with this lineup Lloyd has the makings of a truly great and well-balanced quartet. The only previous time I've seen him was back around 1992 (with McCoy and Elvin) and this was way better. Yes, hope they record soon. Quote
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