Joe G Posted March 8, 2006 Report Posted March 8, 2006 Thursday, March 30, 8 pm EITHER/ORCHESTRA Kerrytown Concert House 415 North Fourth Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48104 I'll probably make this one. Anyone in the area want to go? There's a nice Thai restaurant about 50 feet away from the venue. Quote
GregK Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 I don't know who they are. Who are they? Quote
Joe G Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Posted March 9, 2006 I don't know much about them myself, other than rave reviews from Rooster_Ties and others here. 9 piece group based in Boston. I was checking out their website; looks like a good thing to me. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 The two of you will enjoy the show. Go. Quote
Free For All Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 (edited) Great group. Nice arrangements- good balance of ensemble playing and solos. Pleasantly quirky. Eclectic. I'd say have a nice hot bowl of Tom Yum Kai soup and a nice cup o' tea at the Thai place and have yourselves an enjoyable evening! Edited March 9, 2006 by Free For All Quote
Joe G Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Posted March 9, 2006 There you have it, Greg. :rsmile: Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 The two of you will enjoy the show. Go. Is it a man-date? Is Chuck chaperoning? Quote
Lazaro Vega Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 The ICP Orchestra is in the same venue on the 28th. Damn. Yes, The Either Orchestra (and the Charlie Kohlhase Quintet) played Grand Rapids several times and they've been excellent. Their most recent recording was done in Addis Abbaba at the Ethiopian Music Festival. Long improvisations and some incredible grooves with the "local" musicians joining the band. They take Sun Ra and Mingus seriously, and Gershon is musical friends with Albert Ayler (among many others). He's the band's strongest soloist but there are still some strong players in the band. A real labor of love. If you pick up "Across the Omniverse" you'll see photos taken during a Grand Rapids concert on some long gone Halloween. That was the first time I heard them play "There's A Bus That's Leaving Soon For Alban Berg's House." Quote
Joe G Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Posted March 9, 2006 Fred Hersch is at Kerrytown this Sunday, too. Chuck just wants us all to be happy. Quote
Lazaro Vega Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 Yes, Fred Hersch is in Kalamazoo with a concert on Wednesday, and then Grand Rapids on Thursday at the UICA, a solo concert on a 9 foot grand. Blue Lake will record Thursday with the help of the audio lab people from Hope College. So the week after that in Ann Arbor is Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink and the ICP Orchestra on the 28th, the Either Orchestra on the 30th and, at the Michigan Theater, the San Fransisco Jazz Collective in a tribute to Herbie Hancock on the 31st. Great week for Ann Arbor. Quote
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