Van Basten II Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Variations Goldberg by Uri Caine, quite an enjoyable, eclectic and at times funny gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Last night I caught. George Coleman Organ Quartet. The Jazz Standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Last night, I missed the first set, but caught sets two and three of the Lucky Peterson trio at Tucker's Blues in Deep Ellum. Lucky was concentrating on organ tonight, with some piano. Thank you thank you thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Mike Burns (tpt, flgl) and Wally Davies (alt, tnr, sop) with the Gerry Tomlinson Trio at Whitefield, Greater Manchester this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Saw Lucinda Williams at the Fillmore last night. Very entertaining - intense, as usual. Had a special 2nd set of mostly covers dedicated to the OWS movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 little trip ahead next week... Monday Nov. 14 - Sex Mob (in Cologne, with Niko! ) Wednesday Nov. 16 - Henry Threadgill (at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam) Friday Nov. 18 - Craig Taborn Trio (again in Cologne) Then there's Bill Frisell's 858 group coming to Zurich Monday Nov. 21 (not sure I'll go but I had a weird dream [not a wet one, mind you] about Jenny Scheinman recently, so...) Missed the Frisell, but Sex Mob was very good and Threadgill and Taborn were both great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 The *great* Craig Taborn is playing in 2 incredible bands on DEC 14th: The Stone - NYC 12/14 Wednesday 8 pm Matt Maneri with Ed Schuller, Randy Peterson, Oscar Noriega, Craig Taborn Matt Maneri (viola) Ed Schuller (bass) Randy Peterson (drums) Oscar Noriega (sax) Craig Taborn (piano) 10 pm Michael Formanek Group Michael Formanek (bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums) Craig Taborn (piano) Tim Berne (sax) one of those 75 seats is worth a bit more than the $10.00 needed for each set. lordy lordy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Tonight at the 10th (already! congrats!) Unerhoert festival in Zurich: CO STREIFF – RUSS JOHNSON – GERRY HEMINGWAY Co Streiff: Saxophone / Russ Johnson: Trumpet / Gerry Hemingway: Drums LAKE-WEBER-ULRICH FEAT. NILS WOGRAM Oliver Lake: Saxophone / Christian Weber: Bass / Dieter Ulrich: Drums / Nils Wogram: Trombone Will miss the first set (by local sax player Christoph Grab) as I'll catch a movie first ("The Libeled Lady" with Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy and William Powell). Good way to start the weekend, I think... but there's still half a dozen office hours between now and then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 thanks, ubu that trio without Wogram is playing NYC in March - let me know about Weber and Ulrich as I have never heard or seen either of them. hope you get real close to the drum kit of the *great* Gerry Hemingway as it is beyond when he really gets it cranked - he is a master of dynamics and intensity - quiet or deafening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) Oh, Lake, Weber and Ulrich have appeared in Zurich before, in trio - as part of an earlier edition of the same festival! That was great... you got Trio 3 (with Irene Schweizer), Reggie Workman solo, and Lake with this local rhythm section. Christian Weber is an amazing bass player, young guy, big sound. Ulrich is a fine, old-fashioned drummer, I think age-wise somewhere in between Weber and Lake. The trio hit it off right away, it seems, so they needn't much thinking when they were invited again, and Wogram is a welcome addition (amazing trombone player that needs to be heard live). The Lake-Weber-Ulrich trio has also made a CD for Intakt: http://intaktrec.ch/172-a.htm Their initial encounter was broadcast on Swiss radio, and a photo from that concert can be seen in the above linked page. (Edited to add: I don't know the CD yet) Edited November 25, 2011 by king ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 thanks - yeah I would *love* to see Wogram live...I have a couple of his discs in my pile somewhere..... Streiff and Johnson are also playing in NYC at the same time (it is an Intakt festival at The Stone) so please let me know about those 2 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Oh, they're great! Johnson has played with Streiff's earlier band, her sextet (it had Weber on bass) and I've seen a great live show by them and enjoy the disc (also got the earlier sextet disc with another trumpet player - all on Intakt of course). That festival looks quite impressive: March 2012 at the Stone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- curated by Patrik Landolt / Stuart Mostofsky MARCH 1—15 INTAKT CURATED BY PATRIK LANDOLT Intakt Records is a Zürich (Switzerland) based record label that produces creative jazz. It was formed in 1986 by Patrik Landolt and Rosmarie A. Meier to serve the needs of a community of creative jazz artists in Zürich, Berlin, London, etc, committed to exploring the edge of improvisation, composition and innovation. Intakt is a non profit association. In the executive committee are the musicians Irène Schweizer and Lucas Niggli. «Small in budget, but immense in quality», praises “The New York City Jazz Records” Intakt Records. More than 200 recordings have been released up to today. For these two weeks in The Stone, Intakt Records founded the association “Zurich-New York” to finance traveling and accommodation of the Zurich based musicians to make their stay in New York possible. 3/1 Thursday (DDT) 8 pm Fred Frith, Shahzad Ismaily and Matthias Bossi Fred Frith (guitar, voice) Shahzad Ismaily (bass) Matthias Bossi (drums) 10 pm Fred Frith and Lucas Niggli Duo Fred Frith (guitar, voice) Lucas Niggli (drums) 3/2 Friday (CWL) 8 pm Elliott Sharp, Melvin Gibbs and Lucas Niggli Elliott Sharp (guitar) Melvin Gibbs (bass) Lucas Niggli (drums) 10 pm Fred Frith and Co Streiff Duo Fred Frith (guitar) Co Streiff (saxophones) 3/3 Saturday (RK) 8 pm DER ROTE BEREICH Frank Moebus (guitar) Christian Weidner (saxophone) Oliver Steidle (drums) 10 pm Co Streiff, Russ Johnson Quartet Co Streiff (saxophones) Russ Johnson (trumpet) Christian Weber (bass) ulian Sartorius (drums) 3/4 Sunday 8 pm OBJETS TROUVEE Gabriela Friedli (piano) Co Streiff (saxophones) Jan Schlegel (e-bsss) Dieter Ulrich (drums) 10 pm DER ROTE BEREICH and guest Frank Moebus (guitar) Christian Weidner (saxophone) Oliver Steidle (drums) and guest 3/5 Monday 730 and 9 pm NEW MUSIC OBSERVATORY AT THE STONE BUTCH MORRIS CONDUCTION 7:30—Open Rehearsal 9:00—Performance 3/6 Tuesday (KR) 8 pm Oliver Lake, Christian Weber, Dieter Ulrich Oliver Lake (as) Christian Weber (bass )Dieter Ulrich (drums) 10 pm Lucas Niggli, Time Berne, Angelica Sanchez Tim Berne (sax) Lucas Niggli (drums) Angelica Sanchez (piano) 3/7 Wednesday (KR) 8 and 10 pm INGRID LAUBROCK ORCHESTRA Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone, composition) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Shane Endsley (trumpet) Kris Davis (piano) Ted Reichman (accordion) Chris Hoffman (cello) Drew Gress (bass) Tom Rainey (drums) 3/8 Thursday 8 pm Gabriela Friedli, Tony Malaby and Michael GrienAir Gabriela Friedli (piano) Tony Malaby (sax) Michael GrienAir (drums) 10 pm Mark Feldman and Pierre Favre Duo Mark Feldman (violin) Pierre Favre (drums, percussion) 3/9 Friday (DDT) 8 pm Jürg Wickihalder European Quartet featuring Irene Schweizer Jürg Wickihalder (saxes) Irène Schweizer (piano) Fabian Gisler (bass) Michael GrienAir (percussion) 10 pm Dieter Ulrich, Jan Schlegel and Ray Anderson Dieter Ulrich (drums) Jan Schlegel (bass) Ray Anderson (trombone) 3/10 Saturday (KR) 8 pm Irène Schweizer and Pierre Favre Irène Schweizer (piano) Pierre Favre (drums) 10 pm TOM RAINEY TRIO Tom Rainey (drums) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone) 3/11 Sunday (KR) 8 pm Oliver Lake and Andrew Cyrille Duo Oliver Lake (alto saxophone) Andrew Cyrille (drums) 10 pm Irène Schweizer and Andrew Cyrille Duo Irène Schweizer (piano) Andrew Cyrille (drums) 3/12 Monday 730 and 9 pm NEW MUSIC OBSERVATORY AT THE STONE BUTCH MORRIS CONDUCTION 7:30—Open Rehearsal 9:00—Performance 3/13 Tuesday 8 pm Pierre Favre, Samuel Blaser and Philipp Schaufelberger Pierre Favre (drums) Samuel Blaser (trombone) Philipp Schaufelberger (guitar) 10 pm JÜRG WICKIHALDER OVERSEAS QUARTET Jürg Wickihalder (saxophones) Achille Succi (bass clarinet) Fabian Gisler (bass) Kevin Zubek (drums) 3/14 Wednesday (DDT) 8 pm Michael Jaeger, Philipp Schaufelberger, Tom Rainey and special guest Michael Jaeger (tenor saxophone) Philipp Schaufelberger (guitar) Tom Rainey (drums) 10 pm SYLVIE COURVOISIER TRIO Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and her new trio 3/15 Thursday (KR) 8 pm Jürg Wickihalder, Franz Loriot and guest Jürg Wickihalder (saxophones) Franz Loriot (viola) and guest 10 pm SYLVIE COURVOISIER, MARK FELDMAN QUARTET Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Mark Feldman (violin) in their new quartet Source: http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php?month=4 I'd definitely go on 3/6, 3/9, 3/10 and 3/11, maybe also on 3/7 and 3/8 and other nights... wow! I'd love to get to see all of these concerts, really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I will try to get to 3 nights - 3/10 for sure and probably 3/3 and 3/6 or 3/7 or 3/8. and that doesn't include the 2 duo sets with Cyrille/Lake & Cyrille/Schweitzer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Tom Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Okay, so last night at the Unerhoert... it was really, really good! Only that I had to leave before the final set was through was a bit of a drag, but I had to get up early today. First was Christoph Grab's quartet: Christoph Grab’s RAW VISION & Ronny Graupe Christoph Grab: Saxophone, Clarinet / Silvan Jeger: Bass / Maxim Paratte: Drums / Ronny Graupe: Guitar No Frank Moebus - he's in hospital with tuberculosis! Holy shit! Hope he pulls through that - no idea how bad it is. Ronny Graupe learned the music (some of it seemed very tricky) in the afternoon and did a great job. Jeger was too low in the mix mostly, but then this was Grab and Graupe's show. Grab played tenor (sounded like Joe Henderson was his main inspiration) and alto, some of the tunes were terrific, most outstanding was his homage to Charles Mingus (title "Melancholeriker" - melancholeric) - beautiful moody stuff with great tenor playing. He then went on with a solo cadenza on alto, into the next tune. Those 15 or 20 minutes were great! Then, looooooooooooooooooong break... effin' radio guys recording it all (and because of that the whole evening was torn apart a bit and made the final concert start too late for me to stay through... suckers!) - either way, the highlight of the night and one of my top-5 concerts of the year (the others being the Brözzimann Tentet, Bob Dylan, Matana Roberts' Coin Coin Chapter 1 and Henry Threadgill's Zooid): CO STREIFF – RUSS JOHNSON – GERRY HEMINGWAY Co Streiff: Saxophone / Russ Johnson: Trumpet / Gerry Hemingway: Drums Their programme was all Dolphy, with one Ken McIntyre tune ("Lautir") included between "Les" and another Dolphy tune in a medley kind of thing. Highlights were certainly "Hat and Beard" and that medley... and it was a joy watching Gerry Hemingway! That guy is amazing! First time I saw him live... his bass drum made up easily for lack of a bass, his musicality allowed him to kind of represent an entire rhythm section! Johnson is a lyrical trumpet player, amazing chops yet hardly in need of showing them off - or rather he only does so when it makes perfect musical sense. Streiff on alto was rather intense, maybe a bit too warm and upbeat in mood for Dolphy, but she did some amazing playing, some terrific solos! (Steve: in the US they'll play with their quartet... in that band, they appeared at Unerhört last year, but I missed them, so can't tell you anything specific about that band - but I'm sure it's worth hearing!) LAKE-WEBER-ULRICH FEAT. NILS WOGRAM Oliver Lake: Saxophone / Christian Weber: Bass / Dieter Ulrich: Drums / Nils Wogram: Trombone Finally, at half past 11, the stage was set for a further appearance of a trio that had its initial appearance at the Unerhoert festival four years back (see my post above w/link to a photo from back then). Weber is a great bass player, intense, kind of a Mingus-type though not necessarily too close to Mingus as far as bass playing goes. Ulrich is a good, old-fashioned power drummer, laying out polyrhythms and spreading an exciting carpet for the music to strut on... Wogram was a very fitting addition, it seemed to me. The last of three pieces that I heard (about 30 minutes of music) was - so it seemed - by Wogram and presented some most amazing trombone playing over kind of a walking tango beat. Kitschy? Maybe, but who the hell cares - wonderful! Too bad I had to leave, as it felt as if they were only just getting into the music, really. Great night that was, that's for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) Joel Purnell with The Gerry Tomlinson Trio at Whitefield this afternoon. http://www.joelpurnell.com/ Joel is a Coltrane-influenced tenorman with an interesting choice of material which included "Theme for Ernie" and Jerry Bergonzi's "Invisible Light". I listened to "Theme for Ernie" thinking of jazz "obituary pieces". Those that came to mind were "Lester Left Town", "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and "I Remember Clifford", but I couldn't think of one for Charlie Parker. I'm sure there are some. Anyone help me on this and on jazz "obituary pieces" generally? Edited December 4, 2011 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) Sonny Rollins titled one of his albums "Plays For Bird" Sonny Stitt did "I Remember Bird" on an album of the same name. Edited November 27, 2011 by JohnS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sonny Rollins titled one of his albums "Plays For Bird" Sonny Stitt did "I Remember Bird" on an album of the same name. Thanks John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 "Blues For Bird": Lee Konitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 "Blues For Bird": Lee Konitz Where is Lee playing at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 "Blues For Bird": Lee Konitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) A recent one: Scrapple From The Apple; Hot House; ,Punctuat-i'on; Star Eyes; My Little Suede Shoes; Laura; Chi Chi; Now's The Time; Plasticity; Moose The Mooche; Billie's Bounce; Ah-Leu-Cha. Not sure if it's an obituary piece, a tribute or a celebration! Edited November 28, 2011 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thanks, Bev, but I was really thinking of pieces written shortly after the death of the musician in question. I'm sure there must be more than the ones mentioned in the last few posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 "Blues For Bird": Lee Konitz Where is Lee playing at? The Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert, 3/27/65 at Carnegie Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Lennie Tristano's "Requiem," for Parker.Ellington's "Black Beauty," for Florence Mills (not a jazz musician per se, but...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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