catesta Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Jan 5th, 6th and 7th. I'm going either Friday or Saturday night. George Coleman with Anthony Wonsey (p), John Webber (b) and Joe Farnsworth (d), paying tribute to Danny Moore at Smoke. Smoke Jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makpjazz57 Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I love Anthony Wonsey; one of my favorites of the younger guys, but curious as to why Harold Mabern is not doing the gig? Mabern, Farnsworth, Webber and Coleman almost blew the roof off of Iridium when I heard them there about 3 years ago. In any event, wish I could be there. Marla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I saw the George Coleman Octet at Smoke maybe 5 years ago or so ... I think George said it was the first Octet gig since the 80s or so. Gary Smulyan was on bari, Rotondi on trumpet, and Ned Otter was music director (I think he was in charge of updating the charts or something ... seems to me he was deeply involved in organizing the gig). Mabern and Farnsworth were in the rhythm section, can't recall the bass player. Wait a sec ... does George have a son who plays a rhythm instrument? Somehow I am suddenly thinking that a younger Coleman played bass or drums. Ah, the memory is a wonderful thing, when it works. Anyway, the memory that definitely comes through is that it was a great show, George and Harold sounded great and the younger cats were pretty good too. Also was the only time I've made it to Smoke, a great little place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I love Anthony Wonsey; one of my favorites of the younger guys, but curious as to why Harold Mabern is not doing the gig? Mabern, Farnsworth, Webber and Coleman almost blew the roof off of Iridium when I heard them there about 3 years ago. In any event, wish I could be there. Marla No complaints here about Wonsey, but I would have loved to see Mabern. He was playing at Smoke a week or two ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 mabern is otherwise engaged this weekend. he's playing with eric alexander at kitano on park ave at 38th st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Damn, I wish I could make his one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makpjazz57 Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 mabern is otherwise engaged this weekend. he's playing with eric alexander at kitano on park ave at 38th st. Makes perfect sense to me, thanks! I heard Mabern with Alexander, Farnsworth, Webber about 2-3 years ago at Sculler's in Boston with the same effect - almost tore the roof off of the club - well, maybe blew out the windows because there are about 8-10 more floors above Sculler's! Marla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 mabern is otherwise engaged this weekend. he's playing with eric alexander at kitano on park ave at 38th st. Just looked at that. I may have to force myself to go see two gigs this weekend or make a serious decision. Kitano has a real strong lineup this month. The schedule includes Micheal Weiss on the 13th and 14th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 mabern is otherwise engaged this weekend. he's playing with eric alexander at kitano on park ave at 38th st. Just looked at that. I may have to force myself to go see two gigs this weekend or make a serious decision. Kitano has a real strong lineup this month. The schedule includes Micheal Weiss on the 13th and 14th. I've decided to go for the Coleman show at Smoke tonight. It looks like I will be able to catch Mabern later this month. So all is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) Edited January 8, 2006 by ValerieB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 George was awesome. We caught half of the first set and all of the second. I was very impressed with Wonsey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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