What live music are you going to see tonight?

[sidewinder]

more seriously: Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley - Strasbourg, Oct. 2, 2009 - very, very excited!

Unmissable. Their London concert of several years ago was gripping. And when Braxton came out all hell broke loose..

Have been a Cecil convert since seeing two solo concerts 10+ years ago at the Jazz Bakery in LA. A master, for sure. Even with the Vogon poetry.

Edited August 8, 2009 by sidewinder

[paul secor]

We went to the Marlboro (Vt.) Festival over the weekend. For me, the most enjoyable thing was attending six hours of rehearsals. Gave me a different view on things.

[Chuck Nessa]

Nuffin'.

[michel devos]

Thursday night, I hope to attend a dinner party with André Brasseur, a player who gained some reputation in the 70ies with tracks like Early Bird, Ballade on the Beach, the Kid etc...He's now 70 and still goin' strong (kind of local Booker T)

Did his name get into the US..?

[king ubu]

saturday night:

Roman Schwaller Quartet feat. Jimmy Cobb

http://www.festivaldajazz.ch/de/2009/progr...-schwaller-158/

No recreation jazz there, I guess, although it's billed as a "Kind of Blue" anniversary concert... Cobb was on a fine record w/Schwaller in the mid 90s and I hope they'll continue from there!

[Guest Bill Barton]

Tonight it's Josh Sinton's Ideal Bread West plus Tom Varner on French horn at Egan's Ballard Jam House.

[Guest Bill Barton]

I just now returned from Egan's Ballard Jam House. A fine set by Josh Sinton's Ideal Bread West plus Tom Varner. Man, the textures of the French horn/baritone saxophone front-line were gorgeous. Geoff Harper on bass and Paul Kikuchi on drums. Great band and a great set. Steve Lacy lives!

[jlhoots]

Mose Allison

[Guest Bill Barton]

Sunship

[king ubu]

saturday night:

Roman Schwaller Quartet feat. Jimmy Cobb

http://www.festivaldajazz.ch/de/2009/progr...-schwaller-158/

No recreation jazz there, I guess, although it's billed as a "Kind of Blue" anniversary concert... Cobb was on a fine record w/Schwaller in the mid 90s and I hope they'll continue from there!

That was a great concert! Jimmy Cobb was in fine shape, though exhausted after two hour-long sets (they didn't play an encore because of that, but too often encores are just sloppy afterthoughts anyway, often spoiling a good concert, I find).

Schwaller was terrific, big sound, edgy, some Rollins in there. Cobb drove the band in a swinging and often very powerful way. Pianist Oliver Kent and bassist Thomas Stabenow were right up there, though they suffered a bit from the mix. The programme consisted of jazz originals a a tune each by Schwaller and Stabenow. They did "SOS" from "Full House" and a great Sam Jones tune, I think it was called "Bittersweet", looking it up on AMG it seems I haven't heard it before... sounded pretty complex. The only Miles-related tune was "In Your Own Sweet Way", which they did in that fingerpoppin' half-time groove Miles' bands so often used. A great concert!

The downside of it was the location, I guess... and the crowd, too. This year's edition of the festival took place (for the second time) at Gunter Sachs' Dracula's Ghost Rider's Club, which is a pretty exclusive location (roughly 150 people, I was told). That's all good, but the disco afterwards (with the worst of the 70s and 80s, including "Material Girl", and something from "Grease" before we escaped) was quite weird yet the majority of the people there seemed to enjoy it at least as much as the concert... well yeah... sure, but not for me, please!

Anyway, it was great hearing Jimmy Cobb in action! I went to tell him how honoured I was after the concert, he was pleased of course, but seemed pretty exhausted indeed. By now I guess he's back in NYC, having flown all the way for two concerts in St. Moritz. Crazy world... it seems in fall he's planning his own KoB homage tour, so that's probably why (thankfully) they didn't play any of those tunes this time.

[Peter Johnson]

Saw Gil Scott-Heron last night--a terrific show at a crappy venue (Blue Note in NYC). Gil was in fine form, jovial, and amusing, and he and his tight band played some nice old favorites--Pieces of a Man, Winter in America, The Bottle--and others. George Clinton was watching from the stairwell, and the entire crowd was into it. Great night.

[Guest Bill Barton]

Tonight it's Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder (with my man Johnny Conga on - natch - congas) playin' a Woodstock anniversary show at ToST in Fremont.

[jlhoots]

Billy Wallace 80th birthday band (includes Noel Jewkes & Randy Sandke)

[Guest Bill Barton]

Billy Wallace 80th birthday band (includes Noel Jewkes & Randy Sandke)

Nice! We miss him here in Seattle...

For me, tonight it's Greg Campbell, Brian Heaney, Bill Jones and John Seman at Egan's Ballard Jam House.

[Elissa]

Roy Haynes last night at Dizzys, where he's playing with Jaleel Shaw thru Sunday. I'm for sure headed back.

[Chalupa]

Saw Gil Scott-Heron last night--a terrific show at a crappy venue (Blue Note in NYC). Gil was in fine form, jovial, and amusing, and he and his tight band played some nice old favorites--Pieces of a Man, Winter in America, The Bottle--and others. George Clinton was watching from the stairwell, and the entire crowd was into it. Great night.

Hmmm.... he's doing two nights at the Tin Angel in September. Might have to get a ticket. What kind of backing band did he have?

[Guest Bill Barton]

Tonight it's some live music downtown (well, actually on Capitol Hill) at Gallery 1412. It's an interesting "concept" show. A set apiece by pianists Victor Noriega and Gust Burns, both playing in a trio setting with bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer/percussionist Greg Campbell.

[Guest Bill Barton]

Tonight:

Judy Wexler at Tula's.

[Chuck Nessa]

Only the music of my wife of 46 plus years.

[Lazaro Vega]

Kirk Lightsey came to Spring Lake, Michigan, on Wayne Shorter's birthday, to visit with friends who threw him a dinner party. The hosts were flailing around trying to find a neighbors piano for him to play an informal bit on. I stepped in and had the whole dinner party come over to my daughter's Montessori school where they have a 1914 (?) era Steinway which Kirk worked out on for an hour. Will write more about this incredible evening when I have some time to sit and write.

[bertrand]

I went to see the Wallace Roney quintet at Bohemian Caverns tonight. Fantastic gig - his current rhythm section really gets a great groove going.

They've added a lot of tunes to the repertoire, including Tony Williams' 'Only With You', which Wallace recorded with Tony.

I highly recommend this gig - I will try to go back on Sunday. If you are not in the DC area, you can hear live feeds at www.wallaceroney.com

Bertrand.

[sidewinder]

Kirk Lightsey came to Spring Lake, Michigan, on Wayne Shorter's birthday, to visit with friends who threw him a dinner party. The hosts were flailing around trying to find a neighbors piano for him to play an informal bit on. I stepped in and had the whole dinner party come over to my daughter's Montessori school where they have a 1914 (?) era Steinway which Kirk worked out on for an hour. Will write more about this incredible evening when I have some time to sit and write.

Yeah ! Kirk's a great guy - his enthusiasm for music is infectious. Sounds like a fantastic evening.

Edited August 29, 2009 by sidewinder

[Chalupa]

Tonight it's the Flaming Lips & Explosions in the Sky. Outside. In the rain.

[BFrank]

Tonight it's the Flaming Lips & Explosions in the Sky. Outside. In the rain.

That sounds like an interesting show.

[medjuck]

Saw Susan Tedeschi last night. Didn't know anything about her before hand but went on the recommendation of many friends. Great show, though for some reason I feel no compulsion to buy her cds. Maybe I think it will be a disappointment after her live performance.