What live music are you going to see tonight?

[Head Man]

Water frame.

Hargreaves was the spinning Jenny.

No wonder Gove despaired at the state of the nation's historical knowledge.

How can you frame water?

... it wasn't me, guv.... honest.

Edited August 6, 2014 by Head Man

[A Lark Ascending]

Water is guilty - it doesn't need framing. If last night's torrential downpour is anything to go by.

Oh, the country life.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson.

I would love to hear Renee Rosnes play, but she's probably never been to these shores :-(

If it makes you feel any better, Renee doesn't come to Boston much anymore either and we're only a car drive away.

[sidewinder]

Renee Rosnes Quartet with Steve Nelson.

I would love to hear Renee Rosnes play, but she's probably never been to these shores :-(

If it makes you feel any better, Renee doesn't come to Boston much anymore either and we're only a car drive away.

Renee Rosnes is great. Didn't she originate in Saskatoon or thereabouts? Remember seeing her a couple of times with JJ Johnson - fine stuff.

I can't recall hearing of her touring the UK.

Edited August 6, 2014 by sidewinder

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Renee is one of my favorite living Jazz pianists. I caught her with JJ Johnson a couple of times and every time she came to town as a leader. I was really upset one time when Kenny Garrett came to town and I blew it off only to find out through a review in the Boston Globe that she was at the piano and put on a stellar performance.

Come back to Boston Renee!

[sidewinder]

On recollection, I think I also caught Renee Rosnes with her trio at one of the Canadian festivals years back as well. One of the appearances with JJ was at the Blue Note club in NYC and JJ's slide was right over my head and manoeuvred by him with absolute precision. I was a bit more nervous ! Jon Hendricks was also on the double bill so it was a great night.

[A Lark Ascending]

Only a couple of concerts yesterday, but pearlers both.

The Young Coppers - 3 grandchildren of Bob Copper singing the Copper family songbook. They go back into the 19thC and became a mainstay of the 50s/60s revival - and electric folk movement where I came in. Lovely moment at the end where one of the singer's two 6/7 year old daughters joined in, knowing all the words.

Followed by the Long Hill ramblers, also from the. Brighton area. American old timey stuff - Charlie Poole etc- superbly played, with a great singer who managed to sound idiomatic without lapsing into stage American.

Evening began with an astounding young banjo player from Stafford! Didn't care for his songs but the instrumentals were superb. Totally surreal moment sat in a hotel function room probably used to tea dances listening to a lengthy piece based on Indian music played on an American instrument by someone from the English Midlands.

Finally Scottish guitarist Tony McManus. I have a couple of his records, blunted a bit by a sprinkling of Celtic mist pixie dust. Here he was jaw droppingly wonderful. Mainly Scottish and Irish tunes. But a hilarious sequence where he played the opening to 'Stairway to Heaven' in half-a-dozen different styles, culminating in Steve Reich! Ended with a lengthy Bach piece that had the room spellbound.

[David]

Saw the Pat Metheny Unity Group for the second time last night at Wolf Trap,with Bruce Hornsby opening. The open air venue swallowed some of Carmassi's contributions and the intricacies of the stripped down Orchestrion's sound, but the group was fantastic. From the last time I had seen them (without Carmassi) they have grown tighter and evolved as a group. Ben Williams in particular appears to have gained confidence, and had several featured solos, where he demonstrated a surprising melodic vein. He took no solos the first time I saw the band.

Potter is even more a monster than I remember him, exhibiting mastery and confidence on the tenor, soprano, and baritone saxes. His "All the Things You Are" feature with Pat borders on miraculous. Antonio Sanchez continues to be the grounded center of the group and in my mind, the most perfect drummer for Pat's music he as ever had. I'm not sure I've heard a drummer with a more interesting palette for playing straight eighths, in particular.

It even got the wife's stamp of approval, who was interested throughout the entire three-hour set, which probably speaks to why Metheny is both popular and often denigrated by the jazz community at the same time. Regardless, another GREAT Metheny show. I'll continue to catch him whenever I can.

[A Lark Ascending]

Final bit of folk indulgence.

The Old Swan Band. One of a number of bands who revolutionised the folk dance scene in the 70s by digging around for English tunes as opposed to the Scottish/Irish that dominated at the time (check those Fairport/Steeleye albums and try and find an instrumental piece that is English - Fairport did do a Morris tune in the Full House line-up, to be fair). Great performance of what should really be danced to (though I'm like Phil Collins in that area).

The Furrow Collective - a sort of young folk supergroup, all members having separate careers and albums but coming together here for some superb arrangements of traditional song.

Then I had to go and see the Long Hill Ramblers again and buy their CD.

[BFrank]

I saw Renee a couple of times with the SFJAZZ Collective, and then once with her own group at the V.V.

Definitely a talent deserving wider recognition.

[A Lark Ascending]

Loose Tubes at Brecon Market Hall.

One of my all-time favourite bands - I never thought I'd get to see them live. As wonderful as I'd imagined - old favourites and pieces I'd not heard. Great, quirky arrangements; turn on a dime ensemble playing, fabulous solos, idiot dancing from Django Bates and droll banter from Ashley Slater. Above all, jazz as fun rather than an object for a post-doctoral thesis. The horns did the old leaving the stage and wandering around bit on the encore - only within the market hall. Just as well - the streets were full of drunken shepherds.

Part of their brief mini-revival series of concerts though Slater insisted it was their last gig ever (I'm sure he said that 25 years ago too!).

No Morris dancers on the streets of Brecon. Odd.

[A Lark Ascending]

Trish Clowes Quintet in Brecon Cathedral. Up and coming young sax player. Still finding her way but very promising.

Vinicius Cantuaria in the lovely theatre in Brecon (about the only thing in Brecon that can be termed lovely). Excellent low key set of famous bossa novas and some originals - just guitar and minimalist, gossamer piano. Just 50 odd people in the audience - and six of them were photographers for whom size clearly matters. Mid-Wales is clearly a long way from Rio.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

aug is pickin up already had toto/michael mcdonald on the 3rd (was awesome when MM announced: we'd like to welcome the newest member of our group, on tenor sax would you please welcome, Brandon Fields), Fourplay feat. bob james, Deep Purple (who sounded exactly like Deep Purple), tonight: Miami R&B legend BLOWFLY, aug. ends w/ Yes next week and then the Beach Boys finishes it off Aug 30.

[David]

Saw Nickel Creek last night at Wolf Trap for the third time. Wonderful!

[jlhoots]

Terri Hendrix / Lloyd Maines

[Chuck Nessa]

Not tonight but in the morning I drive to Chicago to catch Roscoe Mitchell and Mike Reed on Saturday and Muhal Richard Abrams on Sunday. Mucho thanks to Carla Nessa for providing a place to sleep.

Ignore the links - I copied the message from facebook.

Edited August 14, 2014 by Chuck Nessa

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Tonight at Scullers - Delfeayo Marsalis with his father Ellis on piano. I'm going more for Ellis than Delfeayo, whose trombone playing never bowled me over. I figure, it's been a long time since I've seen/heard him and I do want to see Ellis again so why not?

[7/4]

earlier today:

Christian McBride, Antonio Sanchez and John Scofield

Montclair Jazz Festival 2014

August 16, 2014

[jlhoots]

Lila Downs

[BFrank]

Going to see Mission of Burma on Friday. After all these years, this will be the first time I've seen them. They don't tour much, and RARELY come to the West Coast. A band with a unique sound, for SURE!

[A Lark Ascending]

Lila Downs

Good?

Love her records.

[kh1958]

Lila Downs

Good?

Love her records.

I saw her live once; her voice is very powerful. I enjoyed.

[jlhoots]

Lila Downs

Good?

Love her records.

I saw her live once; her voice is very powerful. I enjoyed.

Tonight - so I'll let you know.

She was great the last 2 times we saw her.

[jlhoots]

Lila Downs

Good?

Love her records.

I saw her live once; her voice is very powerful. I enjoyed.

Tonight - so I'll let you know.

She was great the last 2 times we saw her.

Wonderful sold out show at the beautiful Lensic Theater in Santa Fe.

[A Lark Ascending]

Lila Downs

Good?

Love her records.

I saw her live once; her voice is very powerful. I enjoyed.

Tonight - so I'll let you know.

She was great the last 2 times we saw her.

Wonderful sold out show at the beautiful Lensic Theater in Santa Fe.

Merci. Her records give the impression of someone who would be a hoot live. Unlikely to appear outside London here except at a big festival.