sheldonm Posted November 5, 2006 Report Posted November 5, 2006 ...and my good friend Rob Dixon!!! Quote
Joe G Posted November 5, 2006 Report Posted November 5, 2006 Nice! Got a good one of Amit? When he first came out, I thought they brought out the son of Yogananda to play some rippin' electric guitar! Quote
sheldonm Posted November 5, 2006 Report Posted November 5, 2006 Nice! Got a good one of Amit? When he first came out, I thought they brought out the son of Yogananda to play some rippin' electric guitar! My thoughts too....not what I expected. No real good shots as I had a poor vantage point unless I wanted to sit on someones lap. Here are a couple throw-away images. m~ Quote
Joe G Posted November 5, 2006 Report Posted November 5, 2006 Thanks. BTW, Rob Dixon is one hell of a player! Nice cat, too. Quote
sheldonm Posted November 5, 2006 Report Posted November 5, 2006 Thanks. BTW, Rob Dixon is one hell of a player! Nice cat, too. Yeah, nice guy....always laid back! I used Rob in the opening spread of a five page article I did for Northwest Airline earlier this year....got a lot of positive feedback for Rob and myself. I'm also working on a cd shoot with him.....he's recording a new cd....trio with Mel Rhyne. m~ Quote
mikeweil Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Posted November 6, 2006 Just got back from a great show at the Jazz Kitchen (Indy): Michael Wolff (p) Badal Roy (tabla) Mike Clark (d) Amit Chatterjee (g) Lincoln Goines (e.b.) Nice mix of material and players. Is that the Mike Wolff from California who played with Cal Tjader in the early 1970's? How was it? Quote
Joe G Posted November 6, 2006 Report Posted November 6, 2006 http://www.michaelwolff.com/ Yes, it looks like he did play with Cal. Plenty of variety in the moods of the music, and lots of room for everyone to stretch. Michael had the audience (and the band) in stitches with his band introductions. Turns out he did stand-up comedy for 5 years. Rachel and I enjoyed his playing quite a bit. His tunes are nice, most of them fairly simple, although with good harmonic content. Deceptively simple, maybe. Badal Roy was interesting; not so much a Zakir-style virtuoso, but with unique ideas, and what he did worked with the group very well, which is more important than blowing us away with chops. A mostly quiet duet between Roy and Wolff was a highlight of the show. Actually, I have to confess that I did not recognize any of the band by sight, and had no idea, until they were introduced, that these were all well-known players. Well known to me, at least, with the exception of Amit. I didn't catch those Zawinal albums on which he plays, so this was my introduction. Heard some Scott Henderson type stuff, but he's no knockoff. Guess he plays a mean sitar, too. We came away with a good feeling. Quote
king ubu Posted November 8, 2006 Report Posted November 8, 2006 Tonight: Trio 3 here in Zurich (Oliver Lake-sax; Reggie Workman-bass; Andrew Cyrille-drums). Same venue where the Swell/Ullmann Quartet played ten days ago with 13 people in the audience... I certainly hope the names of Lake, Workman and Cyrille will draw some more attention! Quote
Niko Posted November 8, 2006 Report Posted November 8, 2006 Tonight: Trio 3 here in Zurich (Oliver Lake-sax; Reggie Workman-bass; Andrew Cyrille-drums). Same venue where the Swell/Ullmann Quartet played ten days ago with 13 people in the audience... I certainly hope the names of Lake, Workman and Cyrille will draw some more attention! one of my first jazz concerts was Dave Douglas when I was about 15... and I had thought he was famous it was rather 19 than 13 people - still I was quite surprised Quote
king ubu Posted November 8, 2006 Report Posted November 8, 2006 But it is *very* depressing, even more so as the Swell/Ullmann Quartet also features drum great Barry Altschul and their music, while likely not "new" or ground-breaking, is very intelligent and involving... trodding a path between free-ish improvisation and good compositions (by both the leaders, but mostly by Gebhard Ullmann, I think). Most depressing than is that you could attend *any* mainstream concert, regardless how boring the selection of standards that they'll play, you'd see three or four times as many people there... Quote
sal Posted November 8, 2006 Report Posted November 8, 2006 Tonight: Trio 3 here in Zurich (Oliver Lake-sax; Reggie Workman-bass; Andrew Cyrille-drums). Same venue where the Swell/Ullmann Quartet played ten days ago with 13 people in the audience... I certainly hope the names of Lake, Workman and Cyrille will draw some more attention! Excellent group to see live! Quote
B. Clugston Posted November 8, 2006 Report Posted November 8, 2006 Tonight I'm checking out Wolf Eyes. Quote
king ubu Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 Tonight: Trio 3 here in Zurich (Oliver Lake-sax; Reggie Workman-bass; Andrew Cyrille-drums). Same venue where the Swell/Ullmann Quartet played ten days ago with 13 people in the audience... I certainly hope the names of Lake, Workman and Cyrille will draw some more attention! Excellent group to see live! Sorry to say I didn't find them convincing... mainly Lake, pretty uninteresting player, falling back on cliches too often, doing the overpowering high energy stuff, not building many coherent solos. Cyrille seemed tired but had a few good spots and generally played quite good. Workman was great, good sound (although pick-up > amp) and his solo spot (they did three solos towards the end) was beautiful. Also, contrary to Cyrille (disinterested) and Lake (arrogant, at least that's what he seemed to be, not only to me but also to a few friends who where there), Workman was projecting warmth and joy while on stage. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 No live music 'til Friday. Then we get Organissimo in our back yard. Sorry we can't do better. Quote
Joe G Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 No live music 'til Friday. Then we get Organissimo in our back yard. ... which means there is some live music I won't be seeing: Lansing Symphony doing Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, plus some other cool stuff. Kinda bums me out, since I like to support the LSO, and that's a pretty wild piece. Sorry we can't do better. What's better than organissimo in your backyard? Well, you could do like RonS, and hire us to play in your living room. Quote
.:.impossible Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 Tomorrow night: David Grisman and some friends (Old School Freight Train) are going to be doing some picking here. Sunday: Califone in Arlington, or Alexandria... I don't know. Can't wait! Tuesday: Califone in Chapel Hill... Carrboro, but whatever. Benevetto Russo was here last weekend. When is Organissimo going to bring it to the beach?!!! Quote
.:.impossible Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 p.s. I have a nice backyard. I'll take pictures this spring. Y'all can decide where you'd like to set up. Quote
sidewinder Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 Still a day to go but I've sneaked a ticket for Wayne Shorter at the London Jazz Fest. Looking forward to it, as ever for concerts by Wayne. Quote
jlhoots Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 Michele Rosewoman Quintet at The Outpost Performance Space in Albuquerque tonight Quote
sal Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 Eric Alexander / Harold Mabern Quartet at the Jazz Showcase tomorrow night. Quote
Chalupa Posted November 10, 2006 Report Posted November 10, 2006 Friday night early Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio featuring Billy Bang + Sonic Liberation Front — Ritual Trio: Kahil El'Zabar (drums, percussion), Billy Bang (violin), Renee McLean (reeds) and Yoseph Ben Israel (double bass) — Ritual Trio: Kevin Diehl, drums/Yoruba-Cuban percussion; Chuckie Joseph, Yoruba-Cuban percussion; Rich Robinson, Yoruba-Cuban percussion; Ira Bond, Yoruba-Cuban percussion; Matt Engle, bass; Dan Scofield, alto saxophone; Todd Margasak, cornet Later that night Sonny Fortune Saturday night early Andrea Centazzo, acoustic & digital percussion Perry Robinson, clarinet Nobu Stowe, piano Saturday late - Sonny Fortune again!! Quote
sheldonm Posted November 10, 2006 Report Posted November 10, 2006 Fathead Newman with Tony Monaco trio at the Jazz Kitchen in Indy tonight. Jane Bunnett... same venue tomorrow night....never seen her, not familiar with her music. m~ Quote
Soulstation1 Posted November 15, 2006 Report Posted November 15, 2006 sonny rollins this friday....... Quote
Kalo Posted November 15, 2006 Report Posted November 15, 2006 I saw the Assad Brothers, the Brazilian classical guitar duo, on Saturday at Jordan Hall. Sunday I saw Bill Frisell's Unspeakable Orchestra at the Berklee Performance Center. No more guitars for me for a while... Quote
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