Chalupa Posted May 10, 2009 Report Posted May 10, 2009 Mike Watt & the Missingmen. Opening band was Lite. They're an instrumental outfit from Japan heavily influenced by Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, etc... Good times. Quote
paul secor Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 (edited) Heard Ed Diehl play some masterful guitar last night. Imo, he's probably the greatest living jazz guitarist. Edited May 11, 2009 by paul secor Quote
HolyStitt Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 Just back from a Casino show up North with Crystal Gayle, Roy Clark, and Ray Price. Quote
HolyStitt Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 Going to see Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band tonight in St. Paul. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 Tonight it's Thomas Marriott at The Triple Door. Quote
HolyStitt Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 Just back from Centro-Matic at the 400 Bar. Quote
NaturalSoul Posted May 15, 2009 Report Posted May 15, 2009 Last night we had a house show at my house, brook pridemore and isaac gillespie. i opened. Quote
sheldonm Posted May 15, 2009 Report Posted May 15, 2009 Fareed Haque's Flat Earth Ensemble @ the Jazz Kitchen tomorrow night. Quote
rachel Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 Fareed Haque's Flat Earth Ensemble @ the Jazz Kitchen tomorrow night. We'll see you there! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 Yesterday: Circulasione Totale: Frode Gjerstad, saxophones/clarinet; Sabir Mateen, saxophones/clarinet; Bobby Bradford, cornet; Børre Mølstad, tuba; Kevin Norton, vibraphone; Anders Hana, guitar; Lasse Marhaug, elctronics; Morten J. Olsen, percussion/electronics; Nick Stephens, bass; Per Zanussi, electric bass; Hamid Drake, drums; Louis Moholo, drums Quite intense, and with many good moments! Bradford has a beautiful and strong sound on trumpet! And the three drummers were quite something... also Lasse Marhaug did some great stuff and it really made sense having him in this band! Kevin Norton was terrific as well! Just noticed this. Bobby sent a cd by this band called Open Port and it is fine. Check it out. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted May 23, 2009 Report Posted May 23, 2009 Tonight it's Deep Listening Band at the Chapel Performance Space after a day at Folklife... Quote
mikeweil Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Posted May 23, 2009 (edited) My wife and I are going to hear Wallace Roney's Quintet on Tuesday night! Edited May 23, 2009 by mikeweil Quote
Chalupa Posted May 24, 2009 Report Posted May 24, 2009 Went to go see Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Circus "Zing Zang Zoom" today with my wife & son. Tonight I'm going to see Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra in honor of Marshall's 85th Birthday and Ra's 95th arrival on the planet. Quote
ejp626 Posted May 25, 2009 Report Posted May 25, 2009 Two really different shows on Thurs and then Sat. Thurs was Chicago Symphony - two pieces that mixed jazz and classical. Mercer Ellington finished his father's Three Black Kings suite (recorded a handful of times most recently by the American Composers Orchestra on Nimbus). Saxophonist Donald Harrison took chief solo duties. The middle section was played at a very fast clip. I still don't think orchestras can swing -- it just isn't what they are trained to do -- but the CSO was pretty game. The last section, dedicated to Rev. King, was really soulful. The second half was Mark-Anthony Turnage's Scorched, which is his reorchestration of John Scofield pieces. The piece has traditionally been played by Scofield himself, bassist John Patitucci, drummer Peter Erskine, and orchestra. I do wonder if it is one of those pieces that just couldn't be played by some other guitarist. Anyway, it is far more involved that one of those typical jazz with strings in the background. The orchestra cuts across the trio's playing. Sometimes only the guitar and orchestra play. Sometimes it is just the orchestra alone (usually then the trio plays the same tune -- considerably better). I probably would have enjoyed the trio just played their music more than Scorched but it was an interesting experiment. As it happened I had second row seats, so I could actually see the jazz trio close up, and could even watch them reading the music, again something that they wouldn't normally need to do. Still I had a good time, and it was so much better than my last trip to CSO! Sat. I was visiting my dad, and he thought we should go see a bluegrass music show. I wasn't real big on this, but agreed to go. Well, we went to this small concert venue in a former strip mall church in Thomasville, NC and saw the opening act, which was fairly entertaining, esp. the rapport between the fiddler and the guitarist which was very much in the Sonny and Cher mode. Then the main act was Scott Fore and the Hillbilly Hot Club. The lead guitarist comes from the flat picking guitar tradition, but recently has gotten really, really interested in the music of Django Reinhardt. So these guys play gypsy jazz, with just a slight bluegrass inflection on the guitars and the bass is moved up in the mix. It was really great, much more interesting than a was expecting. I told the rhythm guitarist that I hoped they would record soon. They don't have a CD out yet, but they do have a myspace page with some songs. Hillbilly Hotclub I would encourage people to go see them, though they don't seem to be touring much outside of North Carolina and Virginia so far. Quote
WorldB3 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Posted June 5, 2009 This last Tuesday I saw Enrico Rava in Foligno Italy. Great show, he played songs off his last three records in Easy Living, Words and the Days and New York Days in a auditorium built in the 14 hundreds, I will never forget it. At the beginning of my trip I met Stefano Bolani at the Florence airport and got to talk to him for a half hour, he gave me his new cd which was very nice of him. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted June 5, 2009 Report Posted June 5, 2009 The Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Big Band at Birdland, 5/31/09 The Mingus Big Band at Jazz Standard, 6/1/09 Quote
fkimbrough Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Abdullah Ibrahim solo at Jazz Standard - a lovely, subtle, 90 minute set with no breaks between tunes - one piece just melted into the next. He didn't see the person giving him the "10 minute warning" after 50 minutes, so he just kept going! Sublime........... Quote
Chalupa Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Abdullah Ibrahim solo at Jazz Standard - a lovely, subtle, 90 minute set with no breaks between tunes - one piece just melted into the next. He didn't see the person giving him the "10 minute warning" after 50 minutes, so he just kept going! Sublime........... That's sounds awesome. Lucky you. Today at Noon a free concert by the Meat Puppets. Later tonight - Sunny Murray and Odean Pope duo. Quote
Chalupa Posted June 16, 2009 Report Posted June 16, 2009 Tonight I'm going to see some organ trio. I think they're from Michigan. Can't remember their name. Supposed to be pretty good. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 16, 2009 Report Posted June 16, 2009 Going to the New Apartment Lounge for the Von Freeman jam session. Quote
Peter Johnson Posted June 16, 2009 Report Posted June 16, 2009 Yep; RonS tells me I'm going to see "Jim Alfredson", perhaps somehow related to the group J.H. mentions? Quote
Ron S Posted June 16, 2009 Report Posted June 16, 2009 Yep; RonS tells me I'm going to see "Jim Alfredson", perhaps somehow related to the group J.H. mentions? Nope--the Jim Alfredson we're seeing leads a melodica trio: Completely different group. Quote
EKE BBB Posted June 17, 2009 Report Posted June 17, 2009 Tonight: Canal Street Jazz Band at the Café Populart (Madrid). Trombonist Jim Kashishian rules! Quote
Van Basten II Posted June 17, 2009 Report Posted June 17, 2009 Saw a little less than two weeks ago, Dave Burrell with William Parker and Mike Wimberley. Fine show despite the poor acoustics and even worse piano. Burrell has an intriguing technique almost using the piano as a percussion instrument at times. Saw this monday a gig that did make proud my Dutch nickname as i saw the trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher , the group should find his way in my best of 2009, great musicianship with beautiful compositions and at times quite catchy tunes. Near two hours of great music. If they come in your neighborhood, it will be worth the trip. Quote
Chalupa Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 Well after catching Organissimo on Tuesday night I was planning to stay in last night seeing how fuzzy I felt all day yesterday. So around 7:00pm a friend called w/ an extra ticket to see Dirty Projectors/Vieux Farka Toure/Skeletons. Had to go. Caught the last bit of Skeletons - they were okay, though I really didn't hear enough of them of them to base a stronger opinion either way. Next up was Vieux Farka Toure, who some of you might know is the late Ali Farka Toure's son. Vieux was amazing. Excellent guitarist, beautiful voice, and some killer songs. If he's coming to your area and you like this kind of thing then by all means go. Definitely a star on the rise. Dirty Projectors were excellent as too - well deserving of all the indie rock adulation that comes their way. Quirky songs w/ spazmatic guitar fills and angelic backup voices. Oh and they ROCK! Beat as hell today.... Quote
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