clifford_thornton Posted November 8, 2009 Report Posted November 8, 2009 Wish I could have seen that. However, not a bad day yesterday in Austin: Death, the Jesus Lizard, Melt-Banana, the Sword, Times New Viking, Shonen Knife... my one day at Fun Fun Fun Fest was pretty nice. Quote
bertrand Posted November 8, 2009 Report Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) If you are in D.C. tonight, there is a group of local players led by trumpeter Joe Herrera that is playing the entire Unity album by Larry Young plus tunes from Into Somethin' and possibly other things from the Shaw/Henderson/Young repertoire. The incredible Harry Appelman is on organ. I saw this two weeks ago and it was fabulous. I plan to be there again. The show is at Twins' on U street starting at 8. Bertrand. Edited November 8, 2009 by bertrand Quote
ejp626 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Posted November 9, 2009 Well, I saw part of Stefon Harris' set at the Jazz Showcase. I am on the verge of getting sick, and my son was coughing a lot as well. So we sat in the back in case we had to leave early if we became too much of a distraction. So let than ideal conditions. My mood did not improve when they started 30 minutes late. The opening song (Gone) was quite nice, but then immediately they switched to a vocoder for the song "For You." I absolutely hated it, though some in the audience were digging it. Probably only a few years back, Joe would have pulled the plug. Anyway, this is one of the featured tracks on their new album Urbanus and I probably will pass on the album specifically because of this song. (To my taste, even worse than Jason Moran's Bandwagon stuff.) Sadly, 40 minutes in, we were feeling worse and worse and decided to bail, which was particularly disappointing as I liked what they were playing as we left. Quote
bertrand Posted November 9, 2009 Report Posted November 9, 2009 The Unity gig was fabulous, but unfortunately poorly attended. Anyway, here's the set list: First Set Back-Up (Young) Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Romberg/Hammerstein) Monk's Dream (Monk) Zoltan (Shaw) Second Set Ritha (Young) Paris Eyes (Young) The Moontrane (Shaw) If (Henderson) Bertrand. Quote
Johnny E Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 Tonight? Reptet! Thanks for coming out Joe. Sorry I couldn't yak more with ya', but I had a bunch of people there that I hadn't seen in a while as well as the president of the Santa Barbara Jazz Society that wanted to talk biz. I hope you and your friends had a good time. Playing that high up in the air was a bit bizarre, not to mention the passive/aggressive staff that couldn't make up their mind on whether they wanted us to play inside or outside...but I thought the show was lotsa fun. Our workshop at CalArts the following day went VERY well too. Quote
aparxa Posted November 12, 2009 Report Posted November 12, 2009 should have seen Abdullah Ibrahim, the ticket is still in my backpack... not fun. Quote
Chalupa Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 I recently returned from hearing Trio 3 at Cornish College's PONCHO Concert Hall. There's no question that these three gentlemen - Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille - are living Masters of adventurous jazz. It had been many years since I'd last heard Cyrille in performance and almost as long since I'd heard Lake. And it was my first time checking out the powerful and imaginative Workman live. All I can say is, WOW. This is a truly volcanic trio. It wasn't all fireworks either. Plenty of lyricism goin' down too. And some POTENT grooves. I'll bet that the ghosts of Eric Dolphy and Julius Hemphill were smiling after Lake's beautiful and searching version of "Gazzelloni" that opened the set. Some fine compositions by all three players as well and one by Curtis Clark. A fine, fine performance. A+ I saw them last year here in Philly and they did the Dolphy too. Yes, they really are amazing. Quote
Chalupa Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Wish I could have seen that. However, not a bad day yesterday in Austin: Death, the Jesus Lizard, Melt-Banana, the Sword, Times New Viking, Shonen Knife... my one day at Fun Fun Fun Fest was pretty nice. How was The Jesus Lizard?? I'm going to see them next Wednesday. I have a couple of the Scratch Acid releases on vinyl that I'll use as a primer. Tomorrow... JOHN BUTCHER HANS KOCH +JACK WRIGHT http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/091113/ Quote
medjuck Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Tonight? Reptet! Thanks for coming out Joe. Sorry I couldn't yak more with ya', but I had a bunch of people there that I hadn't seen in a while as well as the president of the Santa Barbara Jazz Society that wanted to talk biz. I hope you and your friends had a good time. Playing that high up in the air was a bit bizarre, not to mention the passive/aggressive staff that couldn't make up their mind on whether they wanted us to play inside or outside...but I thought the show was lotsa fun. Our workshop at CalArts the following day went VERY well too. Everyone had a great time. Sorry we couldn't stay for the 2nd set but 10:30 on a Sunday night is late in Santa Barbara. Hope it went as well as the first. Quote
king ubu Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) should have seen Abdullah Ibrahim, the ticket is still in my backpack... not fun. Why, what happened? Hope he's fine! We got tickets for a concert with Ekaya in March (I think, might be February...) --------------- saw her yesterday: Cesaria Evora great music! Edited November 13, 2009 by king ubu Quote
aparxa Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 should have seen Abdullah Ibrahim, the ticket is still in my backpack... not fun. Why, what happened? Hope he's fine! We got tickets for a concert with Ekaya in March (I think, might be February...) --------------- saw her yesterday: Cesaria Evora great music! Ibrahim is fine I hope. I just faced a last minute hitch. I plan to see Ibrahim & Ekaya too in Basel next march and I will make sure to be there. Quote
Shawn Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 I wish this was just Mastodon and High On Fire, but I'll suffer through the rest. LOL Quote
save0904 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Posted November 13, 2009 Arlid Andersen Trio Henri Texier 'Strada' Sextet NDR Rolf-Liebermann-Studio German Public Radio Station Quote
Chalupa Posted November 19, 2009 Report Posted November 19, 2009 Headed out the door to see the Jesus Lizard. Ear plugs and a back up pair. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted November 19, 2009 Report Posted November 19, 2009 Have fun! They BROUGHT IT in Austin. Quote
Chalupa Posted November 20, 2009 Report Posted November 20, 2009 I'm really psyched to see Hamiet Bluiett + Kahil El'Zabar tonight!! Quote
marcello Posted November 20, 2009 Report Posted November 20, 2009 last night: a duet with Bob Sneider on guitar and Steve Davis on trombone Quote
king ubu Posted November 20, 2009 Report Posted November 20, 2009 in a couple of hours: Carla Bley & The Lost Chords Quote
fasstrack Posted November 20, 2009 Report Posted November 20, 2009 It was earlier this week, but I wanted to mentioned that Don Friedman had a very nice group that played twice this week. The attraction for me was the great trumpet player from Holland, Ack Van Rooyen. I wanted to meet him in the Hague but didn't. He is a wonderful, musical, inventive player with great control and beautiful sound. He played flugelhorn the whole set at Smalls. I did finally get to meet him and he is very nice, at almost 80! The group also included the excellent bassist Martin Wind, and an old friend, also from the Hague, drummer Hans Braber. So it was like seeing family. Friedman has great ears so a lot of interesting things happened, like different instrumental pairings and nice trading. It was all on the fly with tunes everyone knew, but when you have improvisors that good and that seasoned, who listen on that level nice things develop. If you ever get a chance to hear Van Rooyen either here or in Europe---grab it. ˙He is world class. The people loved him. Quote
Elissa Posted November 24, 2009 Report Posted November 24, 2009 Jimmy and Tootie Heath w Roy Hargorve; Cyrus Chestnut; Yotam Silberstein; Helio Alves. At the Bluenote Quote
JETman Posted November 24, 2009 Report Posted November 24, 2009 Jimmy and Tootie Heath w Roy Hargorve; Cyrus Chestnut; Yotam Silberstein; Helio Alves. At the Bluenote Seems like a jam-packed show. How was One for All? Quote
save0904 Posted November 25, 2009 Report Posted November 25, 2009 Gerald Clayton Trio at the Stageclub / Hamburg Quote
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