What live music are you going to see tonight?

[mjazzg]

39 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

Curious what the band was there? At Big Ears he had a young Indian woman on vocals, a harp, bass guitar, drums, and a guy doing something on a computer (I wasn't sure what).

Two harps, synthesized, piano/electronics and joined on a couple of tunes by a guitarist.

I thought the synth washes, and some of the harp, took a lot of it far too close to a New Age territory befitting a high end spa.

Listening to the album again today it has a lot more space and rhythmic undertow.

I also wasn't too sure that needed to play a different flute each time either it felt like a demonstration. His facility on them was very apparent.

To my ears it felt a little of a missed opportunity. The standing ovation suggested others didn't hear it that way.

I suspect the female vocalist was Ganavya, she's just released an album on his label and is US based.

https://youtu.be/qGh2_IrRg1w?feature=shared

We had a London based vocalist on one tune.

Also,very excited by the prospect of seeing Sonia Jobarteh for the first time tomorrow. I think you posted that you'd seen her a while back 

Edited May 10 by mjazzg

[kh1958]

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

 

Also,very excited by the prospect of seeing Sonia Jobarteh for the first time tomorrow. I think you posted that you'd seen her a while back 

Yes, I've seen her twice, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (in the Blues Tent) and at the Big Ears Festival. She is wonderful.

[BFrank]

Sona Jobarteh is great! I saw her last year at Big Ears. Unfortunately it was a short set, so I definitely want to see her again.

[mjazzg]

Thanks both, very much looking forward to this evening 

[kh1958]

Last night, Jackie Venson at Levitt Pavilion in Arlington.

[mjazzg]

On 5/11/2024 at 9:27 AM, mjazzg said:

Thanks both, very much looking forward to this evening 

Exceeded expectations, great musician leading a very good band playing to an audience with a significant diaspora representation. Great night

[kh1958]

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Exceeded expectations, great musician leading a very good band playing to an audience with a significant diaspora representation. Great night

All three of her CDs are very good as well.

https://sonajobarteh.com/pre-order/ols/categories/cds

 

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, kh1958 said:

All three of her CDs are very good as well.

https://sonajobarteh.com/pre-order/ols/categories/cds

 

Thanks, I missed the merch table which was selling them, so my partner told me only when we got home! So I will invest in a couple now

[Steve Reynolds]

Earlier

Andrew Barker, Kyle Motl & John Dikeman 

2 strong sets really catching fire during the 2nd set

[kh1958]

Sunday night at the Balcony Club with Shelley Carrol, Johnathan Fisher, Peter Rioux and Andrew Griffith.

[Steve Reynolds]

Schism on Monday night in Queens:

Simon Hanes & Ana Abondolo on electric basses

Jon Starks & Ches Smith on drums
incendiary

 

last night at Solar Myth in Philadelphia 

Columbia Icefield:

Nate Wooley, Ava Mendoza, Susan Alcorn & Ryan Sawyer

as great a 47-49 minutes as one could imagine. Wooley utilized Ron Miles compositional material to make a suite of music that is beyond my words.

Ava has the best tone and is such a bright light & Susan is simply a genius on pedal steel. Wooley gives the players space but when he improvises, just stunning as always  

 

Edited May 16 by Steve Reynolds

[HutchFan]

I'm going to see George Clinton & P-Funk tonight.  

 

[mjazzg]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I'm going to see George Clinton & P-Funk tonight.  

 

Lucky you!

Last night I saw a great two sets by The Awen Ensemble, a new group who seamlessly meld Jazz and Folk influences and sit nicely into that British pastoral continuum. Particularly impressed by the vocals, sax and flugel frontline which made me think a lot about Winstone, Wheeler and Sulzmann. In fact something you might enjoy @HutchFangiven you're lovely of Winstone's 70s recordings.

[Rabshakeh]

Saw Kahil El'Zabar tonight, with Corey Wilkes, Alexander Harding and a cellist I don't know, at the Union Chapel. Thanks go to @mjazzg for pointing it out to me. 

A good gig. Not quite on the level with past times I have seen him, but still strong. I had the pleasure of taking my dad (80) and aunt (82), both of whom really loved it.

Tomorrow taking my wife to see Nat Birchall at Cafe OTO. 

[mjazzg]

8 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Saw Kahil El'Zabar tonight, with Corey Wilkes, Alexander Harding and a cellist I don't know, at the Union Chapel. Thanks go to @mjazzg for pointing it out to me. 

A good gig. Not quite on the level with past times I have seen him, but still strong. I had the pleasure of taking my dad (80) and aunt (82), both of whom really loved it.

Tomorrow taking my wife to see Nat Birchall at Cafe OTO. 

Glad it was a success. I'll be at Birchall too.

[HutchFan]

On 5/16/2024 at 8:45 AM, HutchFan said:

I'm going to see George Clinton & P-Funk tonight.  

Last night was one of the most amazing musical performances I've seen in a long time.

It was a cosmic extravaganza of ALL things -- from the profoundly silly to the sublime.  Also, it was simultaneously the TIGHTEST and the LOOSEST music you're ever going to hear.  A musically delicious paradox.  I've only heard Sun Ra and Charles Ives approach similar territory.  As in: "Is this going to fly apart into a spiraling, shambolic mess?"  Suddenly, you realize that the wiggle-waggle looseness is only half the equation because the band TURNS on a DIME and it's, "Oh my! We're on a chariot ride to heaven!"

Honestly, I think much of what we heard was holy in the original sense of the word; i.e., "Extraordinary" or "Other" or "Not of this World"!  No exaggeration.

 

23 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Last night I saw a great two sets by The Awen Ensemble, a new group who seamlessly meld Jazz and Folk influences and sit nicely into that British pastoral continuum. Particularly impressed by the vocals, sax and flugel frontline which made me think a lot about Winstone, Wheeler and Sulzmann. In fact something you might enjoy @HutchFangiven you're lovely of Winstone's 70s recordings.

Thanks for the heads-up, @mjazzg!  I'll investigate!    

 

Edited May 17 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

17 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Saw Kahil El'Zabar tonight, with Corey Wilkes, Alexander Harding and a cellist I don't know, at the Union Chapel. Thanks go to @mjazzg for pointing it out to me. 

A good gig. Not quite on the level with past times I have seen him, but still strong ....

Saw them with boardmember "blacksaint" @ Porgy & Bess Club Wien a week ago .... both sets were deeply touching .... spiritual jazz at it's best ....

[mjazzg]

6 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Last night was one of the most amazing musical performances I've seen in a long time.

It was a cosmic extravaganza of ALL things -- from the profoundly silly to the sublime.  Also, it was simultaneously the TIGHTEST and the LOOSEST music you're ever going to hear.  A musically delicious paradox.  I've only heard Sun Ra and Charles Ives approach similar territory.  As in: "Is this going to fly apart into a spiraling, shambolic mess?"  Suddenly, you realize that the wiggle-waggle looseness is only half the equation because the band TURNS on a DIME and it's, "Oh my! We're on a chariot ride to heaven!"

Honestly, I think much of what we heard was holy in the original sense of the word; i.e., "Extraordinary" or "Other" or "Not of this World"!  No exaggeration.

 

That sounds like an evening to remember. Never seen them.

[Steve Reynolds]

Craig Taborn & Kris Davis

might stay for the second set

Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe

not really my thing but couldn’t pass up the dual grand pianos with grand masters playing them:)

[Steve Reynolds]

Ceramic Dog in Kingston, NY

Marc Ribot

Shahzad Ismaily

Ches Smith

[kh1958]

Last night, Tutu Jones and His Twisted Soul Band at The Goat. An amazing and unique guitarist.

[T.D.]

Today, music/spoken word concert w. Joe McPhee (voice, ts), Fred Lonborg-Holm (cello), Michael Bisio (bass), Juma Sultan (perc).

Excellent event but not much over an hour long. McPhee's poetry was quite good. He didn't play as much tenor as one might have expected. 

[BFrank]

Tonight at SFJAZZ:

Dave Holland w/Kris Davis, Jaleel Shaw, Nasheet Waits

Edited May 25 by BFrank

[kh1958]

Friday:

Rex Gregory Quartet with Amina Figarova at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

Stephen Walker's Swingin' in New Orleans at the Royal Frenchman Hotel.

Jason Marsalis Trio Excursions with Ricardo Pascal (saxophones) at Snug Harbor.

Saturday:

Herlin Riley Quartet at Snug Harbor (2 sets). Absolutely amazing.

Sunday:

Leroy Jones and the Preservation All Stars, Preservation Hall.

[medjuck]

The San Marcos High School Jazz Band. (Santa Barbara). I first heard this band by accident. I went to see a friend's rock band playing a fundraiser dance and it turned out that the fundraiser was for a high school jazz band that played a few numbers between the sets.  They won me over immediately by beginning with "Motin Swing".

Last night they gave a concert at a 600 seat theater where usually I see someone like Charles Lloyd.  It's a large band: (8 saxes, 6 trombones, 5 trumpets, 4 pieces rhythm section with 4 rotating pianists, 2 rotating drummers, an electric bass alternating with a stand up bass and one guitar.  So about 30 young people (about 1/3 female including two who doubled on baritone and flute)  playing swing and modern big band jazz very well  and  having a great time.  

 

Numbers included "Motin Swing" again, "Well You Needn't" and several more recent pieces I didn't recognize.