kh1958 Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) I heard lots of great live jazz and other music this year, but I mostly had to work for it (travel). These all made highly favorable impressions: Charles Lloyd Quartet--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Last 2 songs, about 45 minutes or so of the concert, were mesmerizing. Kenny Garrett Quintet--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. That was one intense set. By the end, most of the Jazz Tent crowd was actually dancing in the aisles. Amazing. Cassandra Wilson--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A fine band including Charlie Burnham, Lonnie Plaxico and Kevin Breit, songs from the Billie Holiday repertoire and one terrific original to close (Last Song). Randy Weston and His African Rhythms--Trinity University, San Antonio. He may be 89, but he has not slowed down. Great group including Billy Harper, Alex Blake and T.K. Blue. Amina Claudine Myers Trio--Winter Jazzfest. With Jerome Harris on guitar. Donald Harrison with Lonnie Smith--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. It was a jam session set, led by Donald Harrison, but when they started setting up the B3 I knew it would be more than that. Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls--Winter Jazziest. Marcus Miller--Granada Theater, Dallas. Mike Stern Trio (Francois Moutin and Kim Thompson)--55 Bar, New York. One of the best performances I've heard at the 55 Bar. David Murray/Geri Allen/Terri Lynn Carrington--Winter Jazziest. Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman) with Vijay Iyer--Winter Jazziest. Kent Jordan--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Interesting sounding group with flute, clarinet and tenor sax (Calvin Johnson) front line. John Handy--Dizzys, New York. It was a true thrill to hear Spanish Lady live, and strongly performed. George Lewis--Community Church, New York. A compelling percussion work, with Thurman Barker, Tyshawn Sorey, and Eli Fountain. Charles McPherson Quintet--Jazz Standard. Also still sounding great. Nels Cline and Julian Lage--Kessler Theater, Dallas. Guitar duet. Calvin Johnson Quintet--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Impressive young New Orleans tenor saxophonist. Terence Blanchard E Collective--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Leni Stern--55 Bar. Jazz/African music fusion. Petros Klampanis with Gilad Hekselman--Cornelia Street Cafe, New York. Edited December 20, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 20th Jan Gilad Atzmon and Bruce Adams, Wilmslow Two heavyweights! 7th Feb Dmitry Baevsky/Joe Magnarelli Quintet, Southport 12th April The Cookers, Gateshead 2nd May Rossano Sportiello/David Newton piano duo, Cheadle 26th May Dave Liebman and the Vein Trio, Manchester 4th June Christian McBride Trio, Manchester 11th July Robert Fowler's Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band, Wigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Thanks for making me think back on the year. Steve Marquette Quartet with Mars Williams & Nick Mazzarella at Eyedrum in Atlanta Anthony Braxton - solo, big band, and percussion ensemble in Tuscaloosa Harold Mabern at the Fat Cat in NYC Dwight Andrews with Geri Allen in Atlanta Tom McDermott at the Old Mint in New Orleans Panorama Jazz Band at the Spotted Cat in New Orleans Panorama Brass Band at Cafe Negril in New Orleans To Be Continued Brass Band on the street in uptown New Orleans (Does a second line count?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) Anthony Braxton Quartet [Braxton, Fei, Ho Bynum, Halvorson] - Bristol Colston Hall Jone Takamaki, solo - Café Oto Brotzmann, Parker, Drake - Café Oto Strata East Live [Cowell, Harper, Tolliver, McBee, Queen, Carne] - Barbican Sidsel Endresen w. Jan Bang - Kings Place Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit - Café Oto Fred Frith w. Lotte Anker & Hannah Marshall - Café Oto Konstrukt w. Alex Hawkins - Café Oto Brotzmann, Adasiewicsz, Edwards, Noble - Café Oto Roscoe Mitchell w. Edwards & Noble - Café Oto Nik Barstch Mobile Extended - Kings Place David Virelles Quartet - Kings Place all in all a good year seemingly spent mostly at Café Oto. There were as many again at Oto that I would've gone to if health and life hadn't got in the way and looking forward to Joe McPhee/Chris Corsano, Dunmall/Tippett and Fire! early in 2016 Edited December 20, 2015 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) 2 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Thanks for making me think back on the year. Steve Marquette Quartet with Mars Williams & Nick Mazzarella at Eyedrum in Atlanta Anthony Braxton - solo, big band, and percussion ensemble in Tuscaloosa Harold Mabern at the Fat Cat in NYC Dwight Andrews with Geri Allen in Atlanta Tom McDermott at the Old Mint in New Orleans Panorama Jazz Band at the Spotted Cat in New Orleans Panorama Brass Band at Cafe Negril in New Orleans To Be Continued Brass Band on the street in uptown New Orleans (Does a second line count?) Anthony Braxton has two upcoming appearances at the Big Ears Festival i(March 31-April 2, 2016), in Knoxville, Tennessee. http://lineup.bigearsfestival.com/?sort=day Edited December 20, 2015 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) I also heard some very fine non-jazz concerts this year. Vieux Farka Toure (Mali)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Wobeon Festival, Austin. The Austin performance was unbelievably hot, just a power trio in a small room. Mamadou Diabate (Mali)--Northwest Hills Church, Austin. Truly beautiful. Kinobe (Uganda)--Wobeon Festival, Austin. Gentle and lyrical music from multi-instrumentalist. Xufei Yang (China)--University of Texas at Dallas. Solo Classical guitar and adaptations of Chinese songs. Nishat Khan (indian Classical)--Allen Public Library Debojyoti Bose (Indian Classical)--Allen Public Library Tutu Jones (blues/soul)--The Balcony Club, Dallas. Powerful performance from resident, little known blues master. Guitar Shorty (blues)--Keys Lounge, Fort Worth. No more acrobatics, but guitar mastery remains. Chris Thomas King (blues)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Kenny Neal (blues)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Little Freddie King (blues)--New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Not much of a singer, but love his guitar groove. Buddy Guy (blues)--Bedford Blues Festival. Edited February 22, 2016 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) 1) The Turbine w/Steve Swell added for the second set. Harrison Bankhead, Bejamin Duboc, Ramon Lopez and Hamid Drake 2) Tony Malaby Apparitions - the set with 3 bassists 3) Nate Wooley - both quartet sets with Paul Lytton 4) Ideal Bread 5) Two Miles a Day - quartet with Jacob Saks, Eivand Opsik, Mat Maneri & Billy Mintz 6) Lucien Ban/Mat Maneri Quintet 7) Malaby/Levin/Maneri 8) Tamarindo 9) Dragonfly Breath more later but these shows were hot Edited December 20, 2015 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 I'll keep my list short, in order of acclaim: Myra Melford Residency at The Stone, NYC: Bringing her great ensembles to the stage in three days: Crush Quartet, Be Bread Sextet, Same River Twice, Snowy Egret. Masterful. The Thing, Bohemian Caverns, Washington, DC - a blast of energy right from the empyrean. Urs Leimgruber & Jacques Demierre and colleagues, two nights at I-Beam, Brooklyn, NY. Urs is one of the really great saxophonists, and it was a thrill to catch him. Evan Parker & Ned Rothenberg - DC Arts- Washington, DC - The Lion in Winter. Mary Halvorson - Georgetown University - Pure guitar pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niels Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 I'm not one who catches that many concerts, but five that stood out for me where: - Louis Moholo Moholo Quartet @ Bimhuis Amsterdam - John Dikeman / William Parker / Hamid Drake @ Bimhuis Amsterdam - Goncalo Almeida / Tobias Klein / Martin van Duijnhoven @ Brebl Nijmegen - Ab Baars / Ig Henneman @ Brebl Nijmegen - Kaja Draksler / Onno Govaert / Matiss Čudars @ Musis Sacrum Arnhem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 March 22 Wallace Roney feat. Lenny White & Buster Williams - Kassel - Theaterstübchen June 12 Mats Gustafsson & Fire! Orchestra - Peitz - Jazzwerkstatt 52 June 13 Vyacheslav Ganelin Trio w./ Petras Vysniauskas & Klaus Kugel - Peitz - Jazzwerkstatt 52 June 14 Alan Skidmore Trio w./ Johannes Fink & Ernst Bier - Peitz - Jazzwerkstatt 52 November 5 Omer Klein Trio - Göttingen - 38. Jazzfestival November 7 Tony Malaby TubaCello - Göttingen - 38. Jazzfestival November 7 Ray Anderson Organic Quartet - Göttingen - 38. Jazzfestival November 22 Gunter Hampel Music + Dance Improvisation Company - Göttingen - Stilbrvch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Big ommisions: two of the four Gerry Hemingway sets were among the best 4 or 5 sets of the year: Hemingway with Anthony Coleman & Marty Ehrlich - best saxophone/clarinet playing I heard this past year BassDrumBone - with Mark Helias & Ray Anderson. Rollicking, burning fun. perusing the other shows I attended to see if there were any other notable ommisions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Roscoe Mitchell's Fred Anderson concert at Constellation, now on CD. (That was this year, right? Things get blurry at my age. ) Keefe Jackson Trio at Elastic. ICP Orchestra small groups at Elastic. I'll think of more later on, probably. And here's more: Nick Mazzarella, Avreeayl Ra, Elastic Jacob Kart, Silent Funny (Yes, he's my son, but that was some GOOD stuff) Matt Ulery's Loom : Geof Bradfield, Russ Johnson, Rob Clearfield, Matt Ulery, John Deitemyer, Elastic Nick Mazzarella Trio with Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly, Constellation Keefe Jackson Quartet with Oscar Jan Hoogland, Joshua Abrams, Mikel Avery, Elastic Brain Gebhardt Sextet, Chicago Jazz Festival Jason Roebke Octet, Chicago Jazz Festival Jamie Branch, Elastic Jarrett Gilgore with Russ Johnson, Elastic Nick Mazzarella, Samuel Mösching, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Hunt, Elastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 One last one (thanks Larry) ICP @ Roulette playing all Misha Mengelberg compositions. Special guests were Mary Halvorsen and Marcus Rojas. Highlighted musicians for me this time were Rojas, Baars and as always, the *great* Han Bennink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverM Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 A selection in chronological order for me: "To Duke" Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio, Newman Taylor Baker Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet, AB, Taylor Ho Bynum, James Fei, Mary Halvorson Théâtre André Malraux, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Sons d'hiver 23/01/2015 Tarbaby with David Murray Peter Brötzmann, William Parker, Hamid Drake Théâtre Paul Eluard, Choisy-le-Roi, Sons d'hiver 30/01/2015 Joelle Léandre & Théo Ceccaldi Alexandra Grimal & Florian Satche Eglise Saint Leu 20/02/2015 Louis Sclavis – Dominique Pifarély – Vincent Courtois A Vaulx jazz – Espace Charlie Chaplin -- Lyon 19/03/2015 Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, Cecil McBee, Alvin Queen, w/ Jean Carn Sun Ra Arkestra w/ Bobby Few Espace 1789, Saint Ouen 20/03/2015 Myra Melford & Ben Goldberg Chez Michel Dorbon et Christine Bareau / RogueArt 19/04/2015 Lean Left: Ken Vandermark, Andy Moor, Terrie Ex, Paal Nilssen-Love Instants Chavirés 17/09/2015 Festival Crak #4 John Butcher ONCEIM, composition de Eliane Radigue Eglise Saint-Merry 26/09/2015 ONJ Fabric Dragons – Alexandra Grimal, Jozef Dumoulin, Nelson Veras, Bo Van Der Werf Carreau du temple 8/10/2015 Rob Mazurek Third Coast Ensemble Rob Mazurek (Cornet, Compositions), Nicole Mitchell (Flute), Irvin Pierce (Tenor Sax), Steve Berry (Trombone), Mazz Swift (Violin), Tomeka Reid (Cello), Jeff Parker (Guitar), Lou Mallozzi (Electronics, Turntable), Avreeyl Ra (Drums), Christophe Rocher (Clarinets), Nicolas Peoc'h (Alto Sax), Philippe Champion (Trumpet), Christofer Bjurström (Piano), Frédéric Briet (Double Bass), Nicolas Pointard (Drums), Vincent Raude (Electronics) Dynamo 16/10/2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issho Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) I haven't seen anything (except for Kurt Rosenwinkel) since moving to Seoul in July, but here are my highlights of 2015 chronologically: 1/9 Aaron Parks Little/Big at SubCulture/Winter Jazz Fest 3/1 Robert Glasper Trio at Village Vanguard 3/20-21 Wayne Shorter Quartet at Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Palladium 5/3 Ghost Quartet at McKittrick Hotel 6/7 Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 6/13 Jack DeJohnette Trio with Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison at the Hamilton 6/29 Becca Stevens Band at the Dakota 6/30 Charles Lloyd Quartet at the Dakota Edited December 23, 2015 by issho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 * * * * * Isabelle Faust - Bach: Sonaten & Partiten für Violine solo - Philharmonie, Köln - 23.9. Craig Taborn (solo) - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 28.11. Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner - Janácek: Glagolitische Messe etc. - Tonhalle, Zürich, 5.12. * * * *1/2 Barry Guy: The Blue Shroud Band - Unerhört, Theater Rigiblick, Zürich - 22.11. Bob Dylan - Musical Theater, Basel - 13.11. Alexander Hawkins (solo) - Taktlos, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 30.5. Michel Portal/Bruno Chevillon/Daniel Humair - Unerhört, Moods, Zürich - 29.11. Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet - Taktlos, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 30.5. Rhoda Scott - The Music Village, Brüssel - 26.9. Rhoda Scott - The Music Village, Brüssel - 25.9. Pierre Favre with John Surman & Mark Helias - Unerhört, Theater Neumarkt, Zürich - 28.11. * * * * Tom Rainey Trio feat. Ingrid Laubrock & Mary Halvorson - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 28.11. Oliver Lake-William Parker-Dieter Ulrich - Miller's Studio, Zürich - 30.11. Omri Ziegele/Yves Theiler/Gerry Hemingway - Unerhört, Moods, Zürich - 29.11. Wintsch-Weber-Wolfarth - Stubenkonzert, Zürich - 12.5. * * *1/2 Marc Copland Quartet - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 27.11. Irene Schweizer/Joey Baron - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 27.11. * * * Colin Vallon solo - Theaterspektakel, Zürich, 17.8. Loriot-Perovic Notebook Large Ensemble - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 28.11. William Parker solo - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich - 27.11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWayne Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Live Events Performer Venue Date 1 Billy Harper Sextet New Hazlett Theater-Pittsburgh, PA. Saturday, December 12, 2015 2 Ben Goldberg "Invisible Guy" Trio Thunderbird Café-Pittsburgh, PA. Sunday, March 22, 2015 3 Steve Lehman Octet Painted Bride Arts Center-Philadelphia, PA. Saturday, March 21, 2015 4 William Parker Quartet Thunderbird Café-Pittsburgh, PA. Thursday, May 28, 2015 5 Kenny Barron (Solo) Manchester Craftsmen's Guild-Pittsburgh, PA. Saturday, March 07, 2015 6 Chris Potter Trio Nighttown-Cleveland, OH. Saturday, December 05, 2015 7 James Carter Organ Trio Manchester Craftsmen's Guild-Pittsburgh, PA. Saturday, February 28, 2015 8 Hans Feigenwinter and Craig Taborn Solo Martinskirche-Basel, Switzerland Monday, November 30, 2015 9 Thumbscrew City of Asylum-Pittsburgh, PA. Sunday, July 05, 2015 10 Dirty Dozen Brass Band South Park Ampitheater-Pittsburgh, PA. Friday, August 21, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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