Larry Kart Posted May 26, 2008 Report Posted May 26, 2008 Saw this tonight. Fine set, place was packed. Group's first album is fine too. MIKE REED’S PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS Drummer Mike Reed formed this quartet last year to explore the rich but neglected trove of local postbop made between 1954 and 1960.... the tunes Reed tackles on the new Proliferation (482 Music) [are] associated with Sun Ra, John Jenkins, and Wilbur Campbell, among others.... Reed, reedists Greg Ward and Tim Haldeman, and bassist Jason Roebke don’t try to make People, Places & Things a repertory band: though the buoyant rhythms and rippling melodies in these deeply soulful songs remain intact, that’s not because they’re played straight. The group pushes against the swing feel, and Ward and Haldeman, who steer clear of the traditional string-of-solos approach in favor of electric multilinear improvisations, abstract bits of the tunes—stretching and transforming them, stripping them down and reconstituting them.... 10 PM, Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont, 773-935-2118, donation requested. —Peter Margasak http://www.mikereedmusic.com/ Quote
kh1958 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Posted May 28, 2008 Friday night--Sonny Fortune at Sweet Rhythm, with Michael Cochran on piano, David Williams on bass, and Steve Johns on drums--Three sets worth. Sonny Fortune is really playing well these days, mostly standards. I seriously considered going back for more the next night. Saturday night--Mike Clark at Hotel Kitano, with Mark Shim on tenor, Jerry Z on organ, and Christian Scott on trumpet. The Kitano is a really great club, sort of like if your living room was a jazz club. This group was another winner, as I heard two excellent sets, rather exceeding my expectations. Afterward, to the Blue Note for a late set with Melvin Sparks. He barely knew the first names of the organ player and drummer who accompanied him, but it didn't matter too much--he sounded like he could play all night and was just getting really warmed up by the end of the hour and a half set. Sunday--Junior Mance at Cafe Loupe. This was hardly the optimum place to see him, as this job is the typical piano and bass playing for diners at a restaurant, requiring the tuning out of conversations and a procession of waiters. But, it was very enjoyable nevertheless, as he is still playing very well, nearing the age of 80. Among other songs, he played beautiful versions of Monk's Dream and Whisper Not, and a really terrific blues song. After a couple of Junior Mance sets, Spike Wilner at Smalls, with Joel Frahm and Ryan Kisor. This was okay but didn't really interest me. Monday night--A first visit to the beautiful Dizzy's club, for the Francois Richard Octet with guest Mark Feldman. Other than Mark Feldman's playing, this French Canadian third steam style of jazz did not appeal to me. After two misses in a row, I ventured to the lower east side to Nublu, for a performance by Eidvind Opsvik (a bassist) and Hakon Kornstad (tenor), with Craig Taborn on electric piano, plus a drummer. Thankfully, this turned out to be a very dynamic performance. And then I had to go home. Quote
king ubu Posted May 28, 2008 Report Posted May 28, 2008 Will try to catch The Ex & Getatchev Mekuria on Friday, but I'm not yet sure I can make it: http://www.taktlos.com/taktlos08-getatchew...-the-ex-guests/ Saw some songs of them on TV in a festival "best of" compilation, and they were absolutely great! Quote
Larry Kart Posted May 29, 2008 Report Posted May 29, 2008 10:00 PM at Elastic, 2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl, 773.772.3616 Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens, with Aram Shelton, Josh Berman, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly Quote
BFrank Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 Just saw REM. Excellent show. Recommended if they come to your town. Quote
Van Basten II Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 June is finally here so it means jazz festival season starts today, things start with a bang with Glen Hall/William Hooker/Dominic Duval Don't expect Stanley Crouch to drop by Quote
Van Basten II Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 William Parker with Rob Brown, Lewis Barnes, Hamid Drake at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA Should have been interesting, Brows does seem to change his personnel, last year he came up with this lineup Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver, William Parker Quote
Aggie87 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 Just saw REM. Excellent show. Recommended if they come to your town. Twice in one year for you! Nice! I'm jealous, of course. Quote
BFrank Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Just saw REM. Excellent show. Recommended if they come to your town. Twice in one year for you! Nice! I'm jealous, of course. HA! You're keeping track of me, Agg. We missed part of the set in March, anyway. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Monday night--A first visit to the beautiful Dizzy's club, for the Francois Richard Octet with guest Mark Feldman. Other than Mark Feldman's playing, this French Canadian third steam style of jazz did not appeal to me. Don't these people sleep? Two days earlier I saw Feldman playing the last gig of a European tour with Sylvie Courvosier in Bath, England. The jet-set life-style of a left-field improvising musician. Quote
aparxa Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAADDDDIIIIIIIOOOOOHHHHHHEEEEEEEAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD! Finally, I got a ticket for one of the two shows they give in the Arènes de Nîmes ! Quote
Aggie87 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAADDDDIIIIIIIOOOOOHHHHHHEEEEEEEAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD! Finally, I got a ticket for one of the two shows they give in the Arènes de Nîmes ! Don't tell Clem. Quote
kh1958 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Monday night--A first visit to the beautiful Dizzy's club, for the Francois Richard Octet with guest Mark Feldman. Other than Mark Feldman's playing, this French Canadian third steam style of jazz did not appeal to me. Don't these people sleep? Two days earlier I saw Feldman playing the last gig of a European tour with Sylvie Courvosier in Bath, England. The jet-set life-style of a left-field improvising musician. Or rehearse? The leader commented that they had just met Mark Feldman for the first time earlier in the day of the performance. Quote
marcello Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Monday night--A first visit to the beautiful Dizzy's club, for the Francois Richard Octet with guest Mark Feldman. Other than Mark Feldman's playing, this French Canadian third steam style of jazz did not appeal to me. Don't these people sleep? Two days earlier I saw Feldman playing the last gig of a European tour with Sylvie Courvosier in Bath, England. The jet-set life-style of a left-field improvising musician. Or rehearse? The leader commented that they had just met Mark Feldman for the first time earlier in the day of the performance. Don't forget that they picked up 5 hours flying from the UK to NYC. Ahh, the life of a jazz musician! Quote
Van Basten II Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAADDDDIIIIIIIOOOOOHHHHHHEEEEEEEAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD! Finally, I got a ticket for one of the two shows they give in the Arènes de Nîmes ! Don't tell Clem. You took the words out of my mouth or rather out of my keyboard. Quote
Elissa Posted June 5, 2008 Report Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) Caught Eric Reed the other night with Rodney Whitaker and Willie Jones at the Vanguard. Edited June 5, 2008 by Elissa Quote
Uncle Skid Posted June 11, 2008 Report Posted June 11, 2008 Just got back from seeing the "Truth in Jazz Orchestra", which is an absolutely astounding local/regional big band. These guys play bi-weekly at a local bar, and are friggin' fantastic. if any Org member is passing through West Michigan, drinks are on Skid; great music is guaranteed. Also saw rock band CAKE last week -- definitely the best rock show I've been to in years. Was in the front row, feeling (but certainly not _looking_) like I was 20 years old! Quote
kh1958 Posted June 15, 2008 Report Posted June 15, 2008 Guitar Shorty. The best blues I've heard in years--A two and a half hour set by the 68 year old guitar great.. Shorty must be close to the best around today in blues. He blew the cobwebs out of my head and elevated me. Quote
Chalupa Posted June 16, 2008 Report Posted June 16, 2008 Friday night I saw MV and EE and the Golden Road. Good stuff. The Philly indie music contingent was out in full force. Saw members of the Espers, Bardo Pond, and the guitarist Jack Rose in attendance. Saturday night I saw Sonny Simmons and Bobby Few. Sonny claims that it was his first time ever in Philly. The last time Bobby Few was here was back in 1992 w/ Steve Lacy. They did not disappoint. Quote
Van Basten II Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) Pierre-Yves Martel - Quartetski Does Satie Philippe Lauzier : alto sax and bass clarinet Gordon Allen : trumpet Pierre-Yves Martel : doublebass and arrangements Isaiah Ceccarelli : drums While watching this gig, i saw something i did not expect, during the last piece the drummer played with two baguettes, he started eating parts of it while still playing , eventually they broke out and one of the musicians started throwing the pieces into the crowd. Some people threw them back at him, Edited June 17, 2008 by Van Basten II Quote
PHILLYQ Posted June 20, 2008 Report Posted June 20, 2008 Hello all, Went to an interesting concert last night in beautiful Brooklyn. At Prospect Park there was a triple bill(for free) of Taylor Mcferrin, Marc Ribot and Ceramic Dog, and Medeski,Martin & Wood. Great weather and a very large crowd. Taylor McFerrin(son of Bobby) opened, playing mostly electric piano with a bassist(acoustic & electric) and drummer. He played mostly groove stuff that was good for awhile but tended to get repetitive. A couple of times he did a little human beatbox stuff and he brought out a rapper for one tune(She was very good and I’m not a hiphop fan). Overall, he’s a young guy who shows promise and I’d like to hear where he is in another year or two- could be very very cool, a mixture of funk/jazz/hiphop that’s not locked into a static groove. Next up was Marc Ribot and Ceramic Dog, Ribot’s(skewed) take on rock music. What Ribot’s group played was akin to taking rock music and twisting it like a pretzel- his own bent take on rock. For the most part it was very good, with Ribot playing some excellent guitar solos, but it seemed as if the band was a bit stiff, like they needed some more rehearsal, but overall enjoyable. Finally MMW hit the stage, and they wasted no time in locking into grooves and playing the hell out of them. They seemed to be pretty fired up, probably from the large and enthusiastic crowd at Prospect Park. Whatever the reason,they were tight while grooving really did something with the grooves rather than just sinking into them and plodding along. About halfway through their set MMW brought out Marc Ribot, and he stayed onstage for the rest of the set. In this context Ribot was a sideman, and it seemed to liberate him. His playing was mind-bending & jaw-dropping, playing a longggg solo on every tune and ratcheting the intensity up quite a few notches. Steve Bernstein also played a few tunes on slide trumpet and he fit like a glove into the music and played some beautiful(and subtle) accompaniment to some of the soloists. So in the space of 4 months I’ve seen Marc Ribot in three different situations- with John Zorn as part of a “Downtown Allstars band”(Joey Baron, Trevor Dunn, Jamie Saft, Cyro Baptista, et al, with ceramic Dog and with MMW. I’m liking his playing more and more. Quote
sheldonm Posted June 27, 2008 Report Posted June 27, 2008 DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO.....Bobby Broom, Chris Foreman & Greg Rockingham...at the Jazz Kitchen! Quote
rachel Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 I'm getting ready to hear the second set of the Deep Blue Organ Trio. Caught the end of the first set--very enthusiastic and responsive audience. Mark S. is here too- always good to see him in the house. I'm not the only one wishing Joe were here-- Bobby Broom was wondering if he was going to be here tonight. Quote
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