king ubu Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 saw a great and a lousy concert last night (double bill): Susie Ibarra Trio w/Craig Taborn & Jennifer Choi - everybody by now knows uub's got a crush on her, I assume, and indeed she was terrific, very sophisticated approach, great groove, and a beautifully tuned set of drums, really a sound of her own... but, BUT... the other two were just so talkative, fake, boring - bullshitting all the way, nothing felt in there, all just made up facade... really annoying, and mostly pretty ridiculous, pathetic, Taborn doing boring neo-/pseud-romantic stuff, and Choi helping him making sure the music didn't breathe once in a 45 minute set... no space, no sense for pacing, a totally misled concept. The tunes all sweet and often almost like what's called "Salon-Musik" over here, muzak of the worst kind, all beautiful surface and nothing below that - and no, irony was NOT involved. Misguided in the sense that they don't know what they actually do there - bullshitting in what I assume is more or less the Harry Frankfurt way of defining it... Second was the Co Streiff Sextett - she's a local alto/soprano sax player and the Sextett have their second CD "Loops, Holes and Angels" just out on Intakt. The band includes another reeds player, Tommy Meier (tenor sax & bass clarinet), Russ Johnson on trumpet, a local bass/drums team, plus Ben Jeger on piano, accordion, farfisa and some other old synthesizers. They did a superb set, lots of the music being really group-music, not about egos and solos, but more about creating colours and grooves, doing a tune from Mali, some almost highlife like material, and lots of other great things, you can hear much of jazz history in there, from basic blues to Sun Ra and Roscoe (both of whom were covered on their first disc, "Qattara", also on Intakt) and Fela Kuti (nothing of his on disc, but they do some in live shows, not last night, though). Anyway, this more than made up for the pastiche banality of the Ibarra trio... Again let me stress that Susie Ibarra is a master percussionist, no doubt about that, just she ought to do different stuff... and Taborn is quite interesting and good when playing with Tim Berne... but then again his own disc "Junk" (?) on Matt Shipp's pretentious label is pretty boring, too... Quote
J Larsen Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 Going to see Anthony Braxton in a few hours. Quote
Clunky Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 Last night Tim Berne- Paraphrase- Drew Gress and Tom Rainy, two heavy freely improvised sets. Powerful stuff Quote
J Larsen Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Anthony Braxton was so good last night that I'm going again tonight. Quote
sal Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Anthony Braxton was so good last night that I'm going again tonight. Wow....what an opportunity! You are lucky. Enjoy! Quote
J Larsen Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 He was even better tonight. Best show I've seen since AHA3 at the Iridium a few months ago. Quote
BFrank Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Not jazz, but I saw the Australia's Hoodoo Gurus tonight. Rockin'..........but too loud. Quote
sheldonm Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Not jazz, but I saw the Australia's Hoodoo Gurus tonight. Rockin'..........but too loud. ...you gettin' too old??? Quote
jazzbo Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Saw Rickie Lee Jones last night. Loved it! Quote
sheldonm Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 ...saw a couple of Tony Monaco's shows in Indy...very good as well! Here are a couple photos. Quote
J Larsen Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas Had tix to Pere Ubu Tuesday night, but I was too sick to go... Quote
J Larsen Posted April 6, 2007 Report Posted April 6, 2007 The Orchestra of the Americas is not recommended. Tonight: ICP Orchestra @ Tonic. Tomorrow night: Paul Motian @ VV. Quote
jlhoots Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Bobby Shew has moved back to the Albuquerque area. Going to hear him in Santa Fe tonight with a "local" trio that includes Dave Parlato (bass on Warne Marsh's Ne Plus Ultra). Quote
J Larsen Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Paul Motian Octet. I hope they are good; I'm unfamiliar with most of the musicians. Quote
7/4 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Paul Motian Octet. I hope they are good; I'm unfamiliar with most of the musicians. should be. I heard my first show at the Stone Thursday night, Steve Sandberg. I've known him for years, we took a singing class together years ago. He really can sing a number "world" music styles convincingly. First gig with his new band too, real solid. The Stone is a nice little venue, I'll be back... Quote
J Larsen Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Paul Motian Octet. I hope they are good; I'm unfamiliar with most of the musicians. should be. I heard my first show at the Stone Thursday night, Steve Sandberg. I've known him for years, we took a singing class together years ago. He really can sing a number "world" music styles convincingly. First gig with his new band too, real solid. The Stone is a nice little venue, I'll be back... Fred Frith is playing there seven times in May, if you're into him. I've seen him at The Stone a few times and he was consistently great. Quote
7/4 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 The Stone is a nice little venue, I'll be back... Fred Frith is playing there seven times in May, if you're into him. I've seen him at The Stone a few times and he was consistently great. You ain't kiddin, I've heard him many times, but it's been a while. I'll worry about it when I get to May. I'd like to hear John Abercrombie at Birdland next week at least once or twice and/or Frisell's trio at the Vanguard. Quote
Joe G Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Going to see the Metheny/Mehldau quartet tonight. Quote
7/4 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Going to see the Metheny/Mehldau quartet tonight. I can't make one of their gigs, but I hope they record a gig for DVD release. Quote
J Larsen Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 The Stone is a nice little venue, I'll be back... Fred Frith is playing there seven times in May, if you're into him. I've seen him at The Stone a few times and he was consistently great. You ain't kiddin, I've heard him many times, but it's been a while. I'll worry about it when I get to May. I'd like to hear John Abercrombie at Birdland next week at least once or twice and/or Frisell's trio at the Vanguard. I'm trying to work out how to get to one of those Frisell gigs next week. It's tough with Brotzmann, the last Tonic show, Jandek and Roky Erikson all happening at the same time. I may try to make it on Thursday. I like his small group work, but I'm not at all a fan of the larger groups with strings, such as the one playing the following week. Quote
J Larsen Posted April 8, 2007 Report Posted April 8, 2007 I want to hear the trio! Me too. Frisell's guitar tone is unreal. I may have to bite the sleep deprivation bullet and get tix for Thursday night - that makes six shows in one week for me. Quote
J Larsen Posted April 8, 2007 Report Posted April 8, 2007 Paul Motian Octet. I hope they are good; I'm unfamiliar with most of the musicians. should be. The music was hit and miss, but Ben Monder was un-effing-believable on guitar. Consider my mind blown. Quote
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