JSngry Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Bobby McFerrin @ UNT on Feb 5 : http://news.unt.edu/news-releases/grammy-winner-bobby-mcferrin-joins-unt-college-music-annual-glenn-e-gomez-endowment-co Don't think that this is the setting in which I'd like to experience McFerrin, but I would like to hear him in in performance at some point. He does get too damn cutesy for anybody's good, but the man has serious skill and an active, fertile mind. Filter needed, no doubt, but shit don't always work that way, hello Don Ellis, so you go where it is and bring your own filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) February 4, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 5, 2015: Bobby McFerrin, Winspear Hall, Denton February 6, 2015: Freddie King Band (Benny Turner, Deacon Jones, Jr. Boy Jones, Lewis Stephens, Sugar Boy Myers, David Maxwell), Allen Public Library February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 11 and 18, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 13, 2005: Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Astor Piazzolla - Four for Tango; Carlos Gardel - Volver; Heitor Villa-Lobos - Quartet No. 1; Manuel Ponce - Estrellita y Gavota; Samuel Barber - Adagio), Latino Cultural Center, Dallas February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas February 28, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Moore's Opera House, University of Houston March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio with Michael Sarin, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 8, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Elephant Room, Austin March 12, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas March 13, 2015: Cedric Burnside, Brass Monkey, Shreveport March 13-17, 2015: Benny Turner, Peggy Stern, Cettina Donato, Marcelo Fruet (Brazil), Mekaal Hasan (Pakistan), 숨[suːm] (Korea), SXSW, Austin March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Paramount Theater, Austin April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 22-26, 2015: Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Tal National (Niger), Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania), Lagbaja (Nigeria), Kinobe (Uganda), Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24, 2015: Nicholas Payton, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2015: Rahul Sharma (santoor), Austin April 25, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas April 25, 2015: Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Garrett, Vieux Farka Toure, Robert Cray, Ellis Marsalis, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2015: Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Victor Goines and Faubourg Quartet Present Charlie Parker with Strings, Irwin Mayfield and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Little Freddie King Blues Band, NOJHF April 30, 2015: Monty Alexander, NOJHF May 1, 2015: Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Christian Scott, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 3, 2015: Niiadri Kumar, Austin May 3, 2015: Buddy Guy, Christian McBride Big Band, Jason Marsalis, NOJHF May 7, 2015: Brotzmann/Drake/ Parker Trio, Houston May 9, 2015: Niladri Kumar, Jones Hall, Houston May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 5-6, 2015: T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview Bobby McFerrin @ UNT on Feb 5 : http://news.unt.edu/news-releases/grammy-winner-bobby-mcferrin-joins-unt-college-music-annual-glenn-e-gomez-endowment-co Don't think that this is the setting in which I'd like to experience McFerrin, but I would like to hear him in in performance at some point. He does get too damn cutesy for anybody's good, but the man has serious skill and an active, fertile mind. Filter needed, no doubt, but shit don't always work that way, hello Don Ellis, so you go where it is and bring your own filter. Solo concert and I would be up for it. With One O'Clock Lab Band, probably not. Edited February 5, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Even with the 1:00, maybe. But that jazz choir or wahtever it is...don't see any happy endings to that story once it begins being told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 May 7, 2015: Brotzmann/Drake/ Parker Trio, Houston I'll try to go to this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Now added: Eddie Gomez tonight @ Kitchen Cafe wStefan Karllson & Mike Drake. Here's what I'm being asked to believe: Thursday evening, this trio of international musicians will play the most sophisticated cabaret in DFW, Tony Hakim's Kitchen Cafe. A well respected jazz guitarist and singer, Tony has created a beautiful space that provides a jazz audience with what it wants - good food and libations, a warm ambience, and a place to really hear music. Add to this Tony's personal Yamaha grand piano, tuned by Jack Waldenmaier so that it sounds better than a Steinway, and the stage is set for music that will be the finest played anywhere in the world this Thursday. This is the real deal. Uh....cool, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Absurd hype but I've actually never seen Eddie Gomez live. The pianist is a professor at UNT? I'd probably prefer a solo bass concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Karlsson is an excellent musician, actually, no worries there. Probably not the most "original voice" you're going to hear, but a damn fine pianist. And to be fair, Tony Hakim does have a nice room. But, uh...I got a first run Elementary coming on this evening, and Lucy Liu is calling my name a little more compellingly than is Eddie Gomez working as a single. But those who go should not have a bad evening, if you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) February 7, 2015: Jason Moran, The Rauschenberg Project, Cullen Theater, Houston February 11 and 18, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 13, 2005: Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Astor Piazzolla - Four for Tango; Carlos Gardel - Volver; Heitor Villa-Lobos - Quartet No. 1; Manuel Ponce - Estrellita y Gavota; Samuel Barber - Adagio), Latino Cultural Center, Dallas February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas February 28, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Moore's Opera House, University of Houston March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio with Michael Sarin, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 8, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Elephant Room, Austin March 12, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas March 13, 2015: Cedric Burnside, Brass Monkey, Shreveport March 13-17, 2015: Benny Turner, Peggy Stern, Cettina Donato, Marcelo Fruet (Brazil), Mekaal Hasan (Pakistan), 숨[suːm] (Korea), SXSW, Austin March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 11, 2015: Lazy Lester, James "Chicken Scratch" Johnson, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Paramount Theater, Austin April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 22-26, 2015: Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Tal National (Niger), Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania), Lagbaja (Nigeria), Kinobe (Uganda), Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24, 2015: Nicholas Payton, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2015: Rahul Sharma (santoor), Austin April 25, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas April 25, 2015: Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Garrett, Vieux Farka Toure, Robert Cray, Ellis Marsalis, Calvin Johnson, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2015: Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Victor Goines and Faubourg Quartet Present Charlie Parker with Strings, Irwin Mayfield and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Rebirth Brass Band, NOJHF April 30, 2015: Monty Alexander, NOJHF May 1, 2015: Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Christian Scott, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 3, 2015: Niiadri Kumar, Austin May 3, 2015: Buddy Guy, Christian McBride Big Band, Jason Marsalis, NOJHF May 7, 2015: Brotzmann/Drake/ Parker Trio, Houston May 9, 2015: Niladri Kumar, Jones Hall, Houston May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 5-6, 2015: T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview August, 2015: Indradeep Ghosh, Houston Fall, 2015: T.N. Krishnan (violin), Austin Edited February 7, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) February 22, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio February 24, 2015: Rudresh Mahanthappa, UNT Jazz Lecture Series February 25, 2015: Rebirth Brass Band, Gas Monkey, Dallas February 28, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Moore's Opera House, University of Houston March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio with Michael Sarin, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 8, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Elephant Room, Austin March 12, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas March 13, 2015: Cedric Burnside, Brass Monkey, Shreveport March 13-17, 2015: Benny Turner, Peggy Stern, Cettina Donato, Marcelo Fruet (Brazil), Mekaal Hasan (Pakistan), 숨[suːm] (Korea), SXSW, Austin March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 11, 2015: Lazy Lester, James "Chicken Scratch" Johnson, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Paramount Theater, Austin April 14, 2015: Lewis Nash, UNT Jazz Lecture Series April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 21, 2015: Manuel Valera, UNT Jazz Lecture series April 23, 2015: Lagbaja, House of Blues, Dallas April 24, 2015: Randy Brecker, Denton Jazz and Arts Festival April 22-26, 2015: Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Tal National (Niger), Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania), Lagbaja (Nigeria), Kinobe (Uganda), Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24, 2015: Nicholas Payton, Lagbaja, Larry Garner, Kent Jordan, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2015: Rahul Sharma (santoor), Austin April 25, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas April 25, 2015: Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Garrett, Vieux Farka Toure, Robert Cray, Ellis Marsalis, Calvin Johnson, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2015: Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Victor Goines and Faubourg Quartet Present Charlie Parker with Strings, Irwin Mayfield and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Rebirth Brass Band, NOJHF April 28, 2015: Tal National, Sahara Lounge, Austin April 30, 2015: Monty Alexander, NOJHF May 1, 2015: Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Christian Scott, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 3, 2015: Niiadri Kumar, Austin May 3, 2015: Buddy Guy, Christian McBride Big Band, Jason Marsalis, NOJHF May 7, 2015: Brotzmann/Drake/ Parker Trio, Houston May 9, 2015: Niladri Kumar, Jones Hall, Houston May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 4, 2015: Eric Gales, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney June 5-6, 2015: Eric Gales, T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview August, 2015: Indradeep Ghosh, Houston Fall, 2015: T.N. Krishnan (violin), Austin Edited February 19, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Stravinsky in McKinney this afternoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 What next, the McKinney Albert Ayler Festival? Next Friday, and free I believe. Cuarteto Latinoamericano2/13/2015 Latino Cultural Center Cuarteto Latinoamericano was founded in 1982 in Mexico and won the Latin Grammy Awards in 2012 for their album Brasileiro, Works of Francisco Mignone. They represent a unique voice in today’s international scene, promoting Latin American music creation throughout all continents. Cuarteto Latinoamericano are three brothers, violinists Saul and Arón and cellist Alvaro Bitrán, as well as Javier Montiel, violinist. The group was considered by the Times of London as “possessing an instinct that definitely places them in the first division of string quartets,” and by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the best quartets we have heard in years.” This performance is made possible through a partnership between the Latino Cultural Center and the Consulate General of Mexico’s Office in Dallas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 What next, the McKinney Albert Ayler Festival? It seems funny, but think about it - for "classical" music anyway, the local talent pool far exceeds the size of "established" organizations and venues. It only makes sense that motivated parties would form their own bands (yeah, I'll call a chamber orchestra a "band", and to look for "homes" out on the fringes, which are no longer the fully provincial farm towns or even the mostly provincial bedroom communities they were not too far long ago. Get some funding, do community outreach/educational programs, and present an interesting enough program played well enough (or better) for a "local band", hey, might be destined to failure, might be the wave of the future. We'll see. Either way, this is the second time I've heard Stravinski presented live in the last 8 weeks or so, and neither time has been in Dallas. And the last time I went to the DSO, the concertmaster gave a little pre-performance fund-raising speech that "threatened" the audience with a possibility of a season of Schoenberg if the money didn't come in, and I'm like, ok, you don't want my money all THAT bad, then, ok. I get it. The a week or to later I see an article in the Plano Star-Courier (the free one they throw w/o being asked) about Stravinsky in McKinney, and I'm like, oh, cool, these people just might want my money.. We'll see. I don't see an Ayler festival in McKinney any time soon, but...a Booker Ervin festival in Dennison? Hmmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 There should be a Booker Ervin Festival in Denison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 There should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 What next, the McKinney Albert Ayler Festival? Next Friday, and free I believe. Cuarteto Latinoamericano2/13/2015 Latino Cultural Center Cuarteto Latinoamericano was founded in 1982 in Mexico and won the Latin Grammy Awards in 2012 for their album Brasileiro, Works of Francisco Mignone. They represent a unique voice in today’s international scene, promoting Latin American music creation throughout all continents. Cuarteto Latinoamericano are three brothers, violinists Saul and Arón and cellist Alvaro Bitrán, as well as Javier Montiel, violinist. The group was considered by the Times of London as “possessing an instinct that definitely places them in the first division of string quartets,” and by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the best quartets we have heard in years.” This performance is made possible through a partnership between the Latino Cultural Center and the Consulate General of Mexico’s Office in Dallas. Wow awesome to hear the CL for free! I really enjoy their recordings of Villa-Lobos and Ginastera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 More "Other" Jon Nakamatsu, Jon Manasse & Stephanie Chase Concert at SMUMonday, February 9 at 8pmCaruth Auditorium, SMU6101 Bishop Boulevard, Dallas 75275 Don't miss tomorrow evening's DCMS concert by the Music of the Spheres Society on Monday, February 9th, where violinist Stephanie Chase will be joined by Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist Jon Nakamatsu and acclaimed clarinetist Jon Manasse. They will present a program inspired by Béla Bartók's 1938 chamber work for an unusual combination of instruments, which he composed for the legendary jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman and the renowned violinist Joseph Szigeti. Gorgeous Brahms Sonata for violin and piano as well as John Novacek's exciting Four Rags written for Nakamatsu and Manasse are on the program. Read a mysterious and intriguing blog on how musical harmony works the same way as the movement of the planets and the stars before you come to hear it tomorrow evening on our website by clicking here! Stravinsky in McKinney this evening was a pretty mixed bag...other than the dancer, I don't know that anybody on the stage was under 30. Bad news - narrator was highly student-level, the "soldier" was played by a poor young man who really seemed to have no understanding of why any of this was happening around him, much less what role he should have in it (or even that he did have a role in it), and the dancer, though fluid, was not particularly expressive, at least not that I could feel. Good news - the young woman who played Satan was for sure the real deal, and the orchestra played like they were young and hungry and nowhere near ceiling-ed out yet. $16/ticket, could have gotten them for &12 if I had played the Senior Discount card. Perhaps too ambitious a programming for the resources at hand, but dammit, hey. I'm interested in seeing what else they bring. And they're crowd-sourcing some funding! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fund-first-season-for-young-classical-orchestra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 What next, the McKinney Albert Ayler Festival? Next Friday, and free I believe. Cuarteto Latinoamericano2/13/2015 Latino Cultural Center Cuarteto Latinoamericano was founded in 1982 in Mexico and won the Latin Grammy Awards in 2012 for their album Brasileiro, Works of Francisco Mignone. They represent a unique voice in today’s international scene, promoting Latin American music creation throughout all continents. Cuarteto Latinoamericano are three brothers, violinists Saul and Arón and cellist Alvaro Bitrán, as well as Javier Montiel, violinist. The group was considered by the Times of London as “possessing an instinct that definitely places them in the first division of string quartets,” and by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the best quartets we have heard in years.” This performance is made possible through a partnership between the Latino Cultural Center and the Consulate General of Mexico’s Office in Dallas. Wow awesome to hear the CL for free! I really enjoy their recordings of Villa-Lobos and Ginastera. And in a pretty nice venue actually, five minutes from my office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) More "Other" Jon Nakamatsu, Jon Manasse & Stephanie Chase Concert at SMUMonday, February 9 at 8pmCaruth Auditorium, SMU6101 Bishop Boulevard, Dallas 75275 Don't miss tomorrow evening's DCMS concert by the Music of the Spheres Society on Monday, February 9th, where violinist Stephanie Chase will be joined by Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist Jon Nakamatsu and acclaimed clarinetist Jon Manasse. They will present a program inspired by Béla Bartók's 1938 chamber work for an unusual combination of instruments, which he composed for the legendary jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman and the renowned violinist Joseph Szigeti. Gorgeous Brahms Sonata for violin and piano as well as John Novacek's exciting Four Rags written for Nakamatsu and Manasse are on the program. Read a mysterious and intriguing blog on how musical harmony works the same way as the movement of the planets and the stars before you come to hear it tomorrow evening on our website by clicking here! Stravinsky in McKinney this evening was a pretty mixed bag...other than the dancer, I don't know that anybody on the stage was under 30. Bad news - narrator was highly student-level, the "soldier" was played by a poor young man who really seemed to have no understanding of why any of this was happening around him, much less what role he should have in it (or even that he did have a role in it), and the dancer, though fluid, was not particularly expressive, at least not that I could feel. Good news - the young woman who played Satan was for sure the real deal, and the orchestra played like they were young and hungry and nowhere near ceiling-ed out yet. $16/ticket, could have gotten them for &12 if I had played the Senior Discount card. Perhaps too ambitious a programming for the resources at hand, but dammit, hey. I'm interested in seeing what else they bring. And they're crowd-sourcing some funding! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fund-first-season-for-young-classical-orchestra McKinney is, I suppose, actually closer to Plano than the Dallas Arts District. Edited February 9, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Oh, it is. Either one is convenient relative to the event, but hell, I've gone to McKinney for groceries & car repair, would never think about going to Dallas for that. But it is interesting - I heard repeated references to the "McKinney-Frisco area" and Plano butts assupinto Plano at any # of junctures. And I had chance to talk t one of the board members of this orchestra while we were both looking for the venue (sic, and/or long story...), and hte guy asked me how I found out about the event. I told him in the Plano paper, and he said, oh, you're a Plano resident then? Yeah. Oh, you drove a long way up here for this then! And I was like, uh, not particularly, and he and his wife both grinned this weird grin. So, I don't know what kind of geo-politico-cultural games are going on in Collin County right now (the same guy made it a point to tell me that the orchestra had started a few years ago in Denton but didn't get the support they needed "you know, because of North Texas and all that..." and decided to move to someplace where they would "feel at home, like the Frisco-McKinney" area, so some kind of shit is happening, what it is, I don't know, not sure if I want or need to know. But with all the bigass corporate relocations to Plano, I gotta think that some people are looking at "culture" as a bargaining chip for potential residents, because Plano is neither able nor desirous to take on the residential needs of all the bodies that are going to be coming to work there. Interesting real-time dynamic, though, that's for sure. Would also like very much to be at the Latin Cultural Center on Friday night, but 7:30 on that Valentine's Eve Friday..that's more or less downtown, right? Don't know if I could get there in time with my schedule that day, one knucklehead on Central, you know how that goes...gonna have to take a pass, regrettably. Very regrettably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Yes, the Latino Cultural Center is in or at the edge of Deep Ellum; it's on Live Oak. From one prior concert experience, it has a nice small auditorium that's perfect for concerts; they just don't have very many there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Looking forward to this concert... Ustad Nishat Khan – Live in ConcertSaturday, April 04, 2015 7:00:00 PM Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013 Admission:ICMC Members: FreeGeneral: $30Student: $20 Ustad Nishat Khan SitarGouri Shankar TablaUstad Nishat Khan transcends musical barriers with his provocative expression and spellbinding technical mastery. Undeniably the foremost virtuoso of the sitar, he is the torchbearer of seven generations and the 400-year old tradition of India's most renowned musical family. Maestro Khan stands at the threshold of the future of sitar and Indian music with his uniquely invigorating, contemporary approach. The son and disciple of Ustad Imrat Khan, Nishat has been dazzling audiences since the age of seven and his command of the instrument is unparalleled. The explosive passion of his music envelops the mind and the soul in blissful harmony. Maestro Khan's virtuosity has been compared to such luminaries as Jimi Hendrix (Chicago Sun Times) and J.S. Bach (Washington Times) because of the ingenious and deeply personal interpretation of his rich musical heritage. Exemplifying the humanity and universality of music, Maestro Khan has mastered not only the North Indian classical idiom but also realms as diverse as Gregorian chant, Western classical music, abstract jazz, and Flamenco. His sensitive phrasing and remarkable intuition for other musical traditions illustrate the freedom and versatility that has led to collaborations with the world's leading performers and composers such as John McLaughlin, Philip Glass, Paco Pena, Evelyn Glennie, and Django Bates. He has performed at major venues internationally, including Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York , and the Royal Albert Hall in London . In January 2004, the President of Croatia received Maestro Khan in Zagreb , where he performed "Meeting of Angels" with Gregorian chant. Later that year, he was invited to perform alongside Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin and others at the Crossroads Festival in Dallas , Texas . In Summer 2007 he toured across India in a fiery fusion with violinist Vanessa Mae. In 2008 he toured Europe with his pioneering project, "Spirit & Passion" featuring Flamenco guitar great Paco Pena, and in the Fall he will perform a solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London . Nishat Khan is dedicated to preserving and teaching his family's musical tradition; he has taught at UCLA and many other prestigious universities, and he routinely conducts master classes internationally. Future projects will continue to showcase his remarkable foresight as a composer and artist, integrating the brilliant complexity of his North Indian heritage with his refreshing and unprecedented innovations on the sitar. Gourisankar, a leading Tabla maestro of the present generation, studied Tabla under the able guidance of his father Pandit Shiv Sankar Karmakar. Since 1979, he has been under the tutelage of the tabla maestro Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. Gourisankar is an "A" Grade artist of All India Radio and Television. His talent and creativity are manifest in classical performances, experimental East-West World Music collaboration and North-South musical interactions. He has performed numerous solos and has accompanied most of India's eminent artists, as well as many famous artists from around the world. In 2008, Gourisankar established the "School of Indian Percussion and Music" (SIPM) in Austin, Texas. Many of his students perform regularly and have benefited greatly from his teaching expertise and dedication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) February 28, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Moore's Opera House, University of Houston March 4, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 6, 2015: John Pizzarelli, Allen Theater, Texas Tech, Lubbock March 6-7, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio with Michael Sarin, Cezanne, Houston March 7, 2015: Kendrick Scott's Oracle, Cullen Theater, Houston March 7, 2015: Xuefei Yang, Alexander Clark Center, UTD, Dallas March 8, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Elephant Room, Austin March 8, 2015: Bill Frisell, Texas Union Ballroom, Austin March 11, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 12, 2015: Leslie Pintchik Trio, Kitchen Cafe, Dallas March 13, 2015: Cedric Burnside, Brass Monkey, Shreveport March 13-17, 2015: Benny Turner, Peggy Stern, Cettina Donato, Marcelo Fruet (Brazil), Mekaal Hasan (Pakistan), 숨[suːm] (Korea), SXSW, Austin March 18, 2015: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 20-21, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, TCU Jazz Festival, Fort Worth March 21, 2015: Wessel Anderson, Shelley Carrol, Jazz on Main Street Festival, Farmersville, Texas March 21, 2015: Cyrus Chestnut, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas March 27, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Dallas March 28, 2015: Buddy Guy, House of Blues, Houston March 29, 2015: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio March 31, 2015: Rudresh Mahanthappa, UNT Jazz Lecture Series April 2, 2015: Bennie Wallace, South on Main, Little Rock April 4, 2015: Ustad Nishat Khan (sitar), Gouri Shankar (tabla), Allen Public Library April 4, 2015: Art Lande, Cezanne, Houston April 5, 2015: Art Lande, Salon Peggy, Austin April 11, 2015: Lazy Lester, James "Chicken Scratch" Johnson, Baton Rouge Blues Festival April 11, 2015: Jeff Tain Watts, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 11, 2015: Joe Locke, Walton Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas April 12, 2015: Lila Downs, Paramount Theater, Austin April 14, 2015: Lewis Nash, UNT Jazz Lecture Series April 17, 2015: Butch Miles, Jonsson Performance Hall, UTD, Dallas April 17, 2015: Branford Marsalis, One World Theater, Austin April 18, 2015: Branford Marsalis, Cullen Theater, Houston April 21, 2015: Manuel Valera, UNT Jazz Lecture series April 23, 2015: Lagbaja, House of Blues, Dallas April 23, 2015: Vieux Farka Toure, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24, 2015: Vieux Farka Toure, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 24, 2015: Randy Brecker, Denton Jazz and Arts Festival April 24, 2015: Nicholas Payton, Lagbaja, Larry Garner, Kent Jordan, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2015: Rahul Sharma (santoor), Austin April 25, 2015: Paquito D'Rivera, Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas April 25, 2015: Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Garrett, Vieux Farka Toure, Robert Cray, Ellis Marsalis, Calvin Johnson, Sonny Landreth, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2016: Tal National, Noura Mint Seymali, Kinobe, Lagbaja, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 26, 2015: Henry Butler Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, Victor Goines and Faubourg Quartet Present Charlie Parker with Strings, Irwin Mayfield and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Rebirth Brass Band, NOJHF April 26, 2016: Tal National, Noura Mint Seymali, Kinobe, Lagbaja, Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, Louisiana April 28, 2015: Tal National, Sahara Lounge, Austin April 30, 2015: Monty Alexander, NOJHF May 1, 2015: Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Christian Scott, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 2, 2015: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla), Allen Public Library May 3, 2015: Niiadri Kumar, Austin May 3, 2015: Buddy Guy, Christian McBride Big Band, Jason Marsalis, NOJHF May 7, 2015: Brotzmann/Drake/ Parker Trio, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston May 9, 2015: Niladri Kumar, Jones Hall, Houston May 15, 2015: Vijay Iyer, solo and with Brentano String Quartet, Tobin Center, Alvarez Studio, San Antonio May 23, 2015: Nicole Mitchell Indigo Trio, Houston May 24, 2015: Randy Weston and Company, Tobin Center, Riverwalk Plaza, San Antonio June 4, 2015: Eric Gales, Guitar Sanctuary, McKinney June 5-6, 2015: Eric Gales, T Bone Walker Blues Festival, Longview August, 2015: Indradeep Ghosh, Houston Fall, 2015: T.N. Krishnan (violin), Austin Edited February 28, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Like the Gil Evans thing from last year, which actually ended up going very nicely, this is one of those things that could be a nightmare (or not). And definitely "not for everybody" in the first place. http://jazz.unt.edu/genepuerling What: The UNT College of Music’s newly acquired Gene Puerling collection will be housed in the Music Library. The collection of music and memorabilia from the Grammy-winning vocal arranger will be available for research by the UNT community and other library guests by special arrangement.Save the date: At 8 p.m. April 16 and 17, 2015, the UNT Jazz Singers and One O’Clock Lab Band will perform concerts celebrating the music of Gene Puerling in Voertman Hall in the College of Music, 415 Avenue C, Denton. Guest artists for the concerts include Don Shelton, vocalist with The Hi-Los! and The Singers Unlimited. Tickets may be bought after Jan. 26 and will be $10 for adults; $8 for seniors non-UNT students, children, UNT faculty, staff and retirees, and groups of 10 or more; and free for UNT students. Definitely going to be some thickass harmony to be heard. Just not sure about how silly it's gonna be delivered...Puerling was never afraid of silliness, but damn did he know his harmony and damn did he always have the singers to do it his way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) I don't know--yours truly, the UNT Jazz Singers and the One O'Clock Lab Band all in the same place at the same time. It is not meant to be. In the meanwhile, added to list from Nameless Sound in Houston: May 23, 2015 8pm$13/$10 Student/Free under 18Nicole Mitchell (Chicago/California) - fluteAvreeayl Ra (Chicago) - drumsHarrison Bankhead (Chicago) - bass Edited February 24, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I don't know--yours truly, the UNT Jazz Singers and the One O'Clock Lab Band all in the same place at the same time. It is not meant to be. In the meanwhile, added to list from Nameless Sound in Houston: May 23, 2015 8pm$13/$10 Student/Free under 18Nicole Mitchell (Chicago/California) - fluteAvreeayl Ra (Chicago) - drumsHarrison Bankhead (Chicago) - bass Well now, that's more like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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