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Just saw them at Big Ears

Saw the Vijay Iyer Trio (Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey) last night at SFJAZZ and a little over a week ago at Big Ears. Great communication between these three.

I remember seeing him at the NO JazzFest in the late 80s. Didn't know much about him at the time, but was very impressed.

Saw Parker interviewed at Big Ears last week. He's quite a story-teller!

Available tracks from the upcoming Marty Stuart album. Sounds GREAT!

A lot of artists who were at Big Ears

8CD set. Got a new copy on eBay as it's OOP.

She had a GREAT solo electric guitar show at Big Ears

Also my 4th: 26 events. Lots of great music, for sure. Always is. Favorites in BOLD *Special shout out for Zorn's Cobra - an INSANE improvised mash-up of noise and fun. He did a similar, but smaller show to end last year's festival, too THURSDAY Yarn/Wire King Britt - Presents “Moksha Black" cellist Seth Parker Woods bassoonist Joy Guidry Tyshawn Sorey Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet Ava Mendoza Shane Parish Wendy Eisenberg Vijay Iyer Linda May Han Oh Tyshawn Sorey FRIDAY William Parker (Essential Tremors interview) Britt/Sorey discussion Gatos do Sul Brian Marsella Cyro Baptista, Tim Keiper, Jon Irabagon Jorge Roeder, Felipe Hostins, John Lee, Itai Kriss Mary Halvorson Amaryllis trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, drummer Tomas Fujiwara, bassist Nick Dunston, trombonist Jacob Garchik, and vibraphonist Patricia Brennan Mary Halvorson Belladonna Mivos Quartet Ava Mendoza Sue-C (light show) Pino Palladino/Blake Mills Sam Grendel Abe Rounds William Parker - In Order to Survive Patricia Nicholson Rob Brown Cooper-Moore Gerald Cleaver Taylor Ho Bayum SATURDAY Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Jack Quartet - Music of Catherine Lamb Bill Orcutt/Chris Corsano Duo William Parker Mayan Space Station Ava Mendoza Gerald Cleaver Trio Imagination Andrew Cyrille Reggie Workman David Virelles Sun Ra Arkestra Marshall Allen James "Blood" Ulmer Mark Peterson Grant Calvin Weston Cécile McLorin Salvant Sullivan Fortner Marvin Sewell Keita Ogawa SUNDAY Lonnie Holley All-Star Band James Brandon Lewis Shahzad Ismaily [+others] Wadada Leo Smith Ashley Walters, cello Erika Dohi, piano Pheeroan akLaff, drums James Brandon Lewis Trio Josh Warner Chad Taylor Justin Adams & Mauro Durante Sona Jobarteh John Zorn: Cobra | mary halvorson,wendy eisenberg, will greene - guitar brian marsella, piano john medeski, organ mike nicolas, cello trevor dunn, acoustic bass simon hanes, electric bass sae hashimoto, percussion & vibes ches smith, aaron edgcomb, kenny wollesen - drums john zorn, prompter

"Evolution of Joy" Jackie Venson

Happy Birthday!

Hard to explain. It starts out kind of surf-y, but veers off in other directions later on. You might want to look for some Mike Baggetta online to get a sense of what kind of guitar player he is. I saw him with his other trio w/Watt in "mssv" last year. Kind of astounding.

NOW yer talkin'! 😎

We must have been close to each other! I think she was playing, but not singing. But that's just a guess.

Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt - "Wall of Flowers"

Saw that Saturday - GRABBED it!

I saw her perform (I think) at Big Ears last year. REALLY looked forward to seeing her, especially since she rarely does live shows. This was the oddest show I've ever seen. Everyone was given strict instructions not to take pix/videos before the show. The stage was very dark with only spotlights from the sides of the stage. She walked on stage and sat down at the piano (the only thing on stage) and began playing. It all sounded very "Annette Peacock" and her voice sounded great, but as the show went on my friend and I started wondering if she was actually playing and singing. Her face was nearly hidden in darkness, and we were thinking that her voice sounded "too good" for her age which would be 80-ish - but we let that go. After about an hour of music she suddenly got up from the bench and walked off ... with the voice and music continuing for a minute or two after she left the stage. Was the show pre-recorded? Maybe just her voice pre-recorded? She appeared to actually be playing piano and some small electronics. Who knows???

Jackie Venson "Love Transends" A FIERCE guitar player. Check her out!

And Zorn doesn't even like playing in "large venues." I remember reading about that last year. BE had to push him to play at the Bijou.

You guys are WAY ahead of me. I just took a quick look at the schedule. Saturday looks like there will be LOTS of conflicts and tough decisions.