What Live Concerts and Studio Sessions Have You Witnessed In Person?

[Ken Dryden]

I remember the lively reaction to one take outside the booth that caused Johnny Varro to stop playing and ask for quiet.

 

My wife and I were present for one of two nights of recording at Feinstein's.

Like the Shoeless John Jackson Quartet CD, this session was produced by Phil Carroll on the Sunday afternoon and evening following the Atlanta Jazz Party. Something upset Kenny Davern and he cut loose with a seemingly endless barrage of four letter words. The other musicians stayed calm, as did Phil Carroll. But Kenny Davern was never again invited to play the Atlanta Jazz Party, although Bob Wilber was booked again.

[kh1958]

 

Ornette Coleman, Opening the Caravan of Dreams

Ronald Shannon Jackson, Live at the Caravan of Dreams

Ronald Shannon Jackson, When Colors Play

Ronald Shannon Jackson, Earned Dreams

James Blood Ulmer, Live at the Caravan of Dreams

James Clay, David Newman, Cornell Dupree, Texas Jazz Reunion, Return to the Wide Open Spaces

George Coleman, Manhattan Panorama

Buddy Guy, The Real Deal

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by kh1958

[Ken Dryden]

I was present for both sets one of the two nights, I think it was May 3 2019.

Again, I was present for whichever trio tracks that are included from both sets on May 3, 2019, featuring Buster Williams and Matt Wilson

 

[Dub Modal]

7 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:

Something upset Kenny Davern and he cut loose with a seemingly endless barrage of four letter words.

Did they happen to get this on the recording? 

[Ken Dryden]

Regarding Boby Wilber & Kenny Davern: Summit Reunion in Atlanta:

If the engineer did record the cussing between takes, I believe that it was erased or edited out of the recording. We never did figure out what it was that provoked Davern's outburst and I can't ask producer Phil Carroll, as he died in 2008. I feel it might be taken the wrong way if I asked his son.

Edited 24 minutes ago by Ken Dryden
Fixed typos.

[Ken Dryden]

We made a donation in support of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz and attended this live taping of the only television edition of the program at SCETV Studios. We received a VHS copy of it, a limited edition of 50. "In Your Own Sweet Way" was a second take necessitated by some problem at the board during take one, which was complete. Dave Brubeck said, "I liked the first one better" during the set.

The duo piano CD with Mark Shane and Johnny Varro was recorded live at the 1998 and 1999 Atlanta Jazz Party.

 

Edited 25 minutes ago by Ken Dryden

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