Steve Reynolds

Genius on the house’s money for a long time glad he stayed as active as he could until the end Ray Gun Suitcase is the greatest unknown rock record of the last 50 years Final Solution indeed RIP, sir

Tyshawn beyond great. Roscoe played mostly bass sax with small percussion with a little sopranino. His last solo on the bass saxophone was a work of genius. Brought tears to my eyes. 44 minutes with 2 very short encores. A very moving experience for me.

Tyshawn Sorey & Roscoe Mitchell Solar Myth front row 8-9 feet from Roscoe:)

It’s a great room. I was there last Saturday for Nels Cline, Ingrid Laubrock, Chris Lightcap & Tom Rainey this Saturday Tyshawn with Roscoe

Look forward to seeing you at Solar Myth on July 19th excited for the great band of course

I still love Sounds of Joy & From the Soul he’s a fine player but I’m not into the ECM esthetic at all over 20 years ago I saw him with Mark Dresser & Gerry Hemingway and he was amazing. Talk about being in the right company. as an aside talking about cool nice guys, Marty Ehrlich & Mark Helias are simply the best. Last two shows I attended this past week they were there.

I’ve not seen him listed in years. Great to see him say hello to Marty Ehrlich. Seems like they had seen each other in years. my guess is with Hemingway being in town prompted the gig. Gerry hasn’t been here in almost 2 years. He lives in Switzerland. Summer 2023 he played with Marilyn Crispell & Mark Dresser on 7/1. Played with BassDrumBone a couple of days earlier with Ray Anderson & Mark Helias. Was hoping for a reprise this trip but alas, not happening.

Yes / great to see him live. Amazing.

Last night at Roulette Gerry Hemingway: drums, marimba, etc. Earl Howard: alto saxophone, saxello & electronics Anthony Davis: grand piano Kyle Motl: double bass 2 sets 45 & 50 minutes disparate, brilliant & organic improvisations. Each set 2 pieces. stunned by two of the four saxophone sections / each was maybe 7-8 minutes of each piece interspersed with the group which played from short solo through duos, trios and the full quartet. WAY beyond my high expectations.

Ballister is more rare! No improvising trio sound remotely like them. The opportunity to see them up close is very very special to those of us interested in this type of music. Grand Masters at play/work. I do understand the idea of a dude from England seeing a game at Wrigley. Maybe once in a lifetime. I love games/sports too. But I’m a music guy. Avant-garde guy. I go to over a hundred shows a year. plus I’m an objectavist (if that’s a valid term) as are most of my music friends & the few close musician friends I have. What’s great is great. When my musician friend is chatting with Mark Helias the other night we both agreed it’s not our opinion that he’s a master, it’s the truth. We both don’t “think” Randy Peterson & Nasheet Waits are genius level drummers, it’s obvious to those of us who witness it. The performance a week ago tomorrow was better than any game, save for Boston championship victories. Among the best 10–15 shows I’ve seen the last couple of years. They are great.

Ballister>>>>>>>>>>>>any game As great as Rempis is, Fred Lonberg-Holm is one of the greatest true improvisors on the planet.

Enjoy!!! If you read the above, I thought the Brooklyn show was incredible

I’ve seen them before. I like the band although it’s actually sometimes too controlled for my tastes:) I do love Ingrid, Nels & Tom I see them all many times a year in various configurations.

I’m seeing them on 4/12 in Philly. You will like Tom Rainey.

Last Thursday night Ballister which is: Dave Rempis on baritone, tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello/electronics & Paal Nilsson-Love on drums 30 minute opening set was great Luke Stewart augmented the band on double bass for the second 40 minute set which was an incredible , massive, extraordinary mind fuck. Fred is better than ever & I’ve never heard PNL play this great. Rempis best I’ve ever seen him. last night John Zorn’s Cobra including among others, Simon Levine, Trevor Dunn, Simon Hanes, Matt Hollenberg, Ikue Mori, etc. with the incredible William Winant, the great Ches Smith and the super cool groovemeister, Mr. Billy Martin 43 minutes of priceless invention in a pretty small room. Free for those lucky enough to hear about it a couple months ago. Zorn 6-8 feet from me conducting the madness. What a vibe of joy. And when the 3 drummers went off, holy shit. all praise William Winant:) no one remotely like him. Blessed to see this genius twice the last week. Was able to sit in front of his brilliant student Nava Dunkelman who I’ll see perform on my 65th birthday on the 25th of this month:) tonight 7:30 & 9:00 sets from Tamarindo Tony Malaby, Brandon Lopez & Nasheet Waits after next Thursday when I see Gerry Hemingway, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard & Kyle Motl, I’ll have seen the most extraordinary number of world class drummers all from with 10–15 over the last 5-6 weeks. Tyshawn Sorey, Nasheet Waits, Tom Rainey, Brian Chase, Randy Peterson, Ryan Sawyer, Ches Smith, William Winant, Billy Martin, Paal Nilsson-Love & Gerry Hemingway. life is good