What live music are you going to see tonight?

[save0904]

Tonight Hamburg Überjazz Festival

Jason Moran & The Bandwagon

Matthew Herbert Big Band

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics

NDR Bigband & Colin Towns play John Lennon

[BillF]

Went to another gig this afternoon by Simon Spillett with a local trio. I think it's time he made another record. IMHO he's matured since Sienna Red (2008). There's more instrumental control and he's less hectic and less obviously Tubby Hayes derived. He announced that he'd been playing Hayes's saxophone, but that, at 36 years old, it had not surprisingly developed problems and was in for repairs. So today he was on a brand new tenor made by and given him by the Cannonball company of Salt Lake City. He's supposed to recommend it, but says it's a very heavy weight!

Edited October 31, 2010 by BillF

[sonnymax]

Heading out soon to hear Dave Liebman and Bob Moses join forces with The Fringe - Bob Garzone, John Lockwood, and Bob Gullotti.

[BeBop]

In my dreams, I'm sneaking out of here and dashing over to Smalls to see Ethan Iverson, Tootie Heath and Cocoran Holt. In my dreams, my boss isn't catching me sneaking out of here. Heck, in my dreams, I'm also going to see Sweet Papa Lou at the Vanguard. Ah, dreams!

[medjuck]

Ornette!! Tonight!!

[Van Basten II]

Afro-Cubism, fine show starring some of the finest African musicians and Cuba les by Eliades Ochoa. Among them Bassekou Kouyate

Djelimady Tounkara

Grupo Patria

Toumani Diabaté

Kasse Mady Diabaté

Lassana Diabaté

Baba Sissoko

http://www.myspace.com/afrocubism

Small comment, is it me or people behave in a rather embarassing way during these gigs, always nonplussed to see 50 and 60 year old suddenly behaving like a bunch of excited teenagers dancing lascivously to the music .

Edited November 6, 2010 by Van Basten II

[Van Basten II]

Tonight: Matana Roberts' Coin Coin with some of Seattle's most creative musicians at The Chapel Performance Space as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.

I wrote the following response to this presentation after getting home last night and posted it on Facebook. If anything I understated the impact Coin Coin had on me. California board members: don't miss her while she's in your area (Berkeley today.)

This presentation at The Chapel Performance Space was unlike anything I've ever experienced before. Yes, it was music, but it was more than that, much more. In some ways it was performance art, utilizing spoken word, primal screams and graphics along with music. In another even more primal and emotionally compelling way it seemed to take the powerful imagery and heart-wrenching emotion of "Strange Fruit" and the most gut-walloping aspects of Delta blues and African-American Gospel music and recast it in a long-form artistic framework more akin to a symphony or an opera. It was beautiful and terrifying. Intense was the word that immediately came to mind. Very intense. Too intense for a few in the audience who walked out part way through. Those of us who stayed were perhaps transformed and definitely affected. Affected very deeply and profoundly. In fact, I'm still reeling from this experience. I walked out of the building in something of a daze and leaned against the car, smoking a cigarette, staring up at the sky, needing to process all of this a bit before attempting such a mundane activity as driving home. This is what great art should do, and the occasions when art really does reach this level are all too rare. I mentioned to a couple of people after the concert - well, concert is a wholly inadequate term - that this was only the second time in over 35 years of attending musical and other arts events that I was literally brought to tears, several times. And throughout I was totally transfixed. If you have the chance to experience Coin Coin, go! But be prepared. No shucking and jiving here. No masks. No pretense. If the truth makes you squirm, in all likelihood you'll fall out of your seat and be thrashing around on the floor, or run for the exit.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Thank you to Matana Roberts, all of the musicians involved, Earshot Jazz and Steve Peters at the Chapel.

Bill which part of the project, she made, because they are many editions ? the one that will stay with me for the rest of my life is the one with the opera singer Jeremiah in a quintet which would be the chapter 2.

Edited November 6, 2010 by Van Basten II

[medjuck]

Ornette!! Tonight!!

And it was wonderful!

[kh1958]

Lucky Peterson--Kessler Theater.

Horrendous and overloud opening act drove me to wait in the lobby; but the payoff was big, as Lucky was in outrageous form on guitar last night.

[Michael Weiss]

Sweet Lou @Vanguard still playing beautifully. One of the very last of "the truth."

Love

Autumn in NY

Things Ain't What They Used to Be

Gravy Train

Body and Soul

Alligator Boogaloo

Edited November 8, 2010 by Michael Weiss

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Saw One For All in DC on Fri night. Rotondi was on fire ...as was Eric Alexander on 'End of a Love Affair.' Also performed a nice tribute number to Hotep Idris Galeta.

[Van Basten II]

Renaud Garcia-Fons in quartet to showcase La Linea del Sur, best gig I attended this fall:tup. Great melodies compositions and fantastic interpretation. Go see this guy when he plays near your area.

[ejp626]

Should have posted yesterday, but ran short of time. Tatsu Aoki has been doing more and more in the Silk Road, cultural-crossing vein. He has a big band called the Miyumi Project Big Band. They were playing a free gig in one of the Chicago Park field houses, so I went by. Probably the least traditional big band you will ever see. 3 saxophones, two string players (though one actually mostly does sampling), drum kit and bass. Now actually Tatsu is directing the band in this performance, not playing bass, and it appears his son is playing bass. Then 11 taiko drummers! 8 are students and only come on for part of each song, but when they are on the sound is just so low. It was just incredible. An absolutely unique experience. So glad I went.

I'm about to listen to a recording (though with only 3 taiko) and I'll see if they could record this well at all. I might spring for another CD with more drums, though the musical sample suggests the recording equipment just could not cope with the waves of deep drumming. Supposedly this performance was also recorded and will be on public radio, so I will keep my eye out for that.

[Leeway]

This past Wednesday: Cecil Taylor at the Alliance Francaise in Washington, DC. [say what you will about the French, they honor great artists. They treated Cecil like one of their own].

Beautiful performance: great articulation, and a wonderful sense of power but also calm in the performance. Cecil seemed to be in a relaxed, happy mood; mingled at the after-performance reception.

Next up: Ingrid Laubrock & Sleepthief in Baltimore.

[kh1958]

Tonight, at Dallas' beautiful new Winspear Opera House,

Buika and Lila Downs.

Buika performed first, with a trio of piano, electric bass and percussion--a fusion of flamenco and jazz. A very nice set. Buika appears a bit shy, and the sound mix on her voice was not quite right, one has to strain a bit to hear her. Still, this improved over the course of the set, which was pretty compelling.

Followed by the rather different Lila Downs--who in contrast has a powerful and dramatic vocal instrument and is more the pop performer. A bit more of an uneven set, in that a couple songs were not for me, but most was quite good, especially the traditional Mexican songs. A much louder set--with a quintet backing her.

A quite pleasing concert overall, with two very contrasting, but compelling vocalists.

[sidewinder]

Next up: Ingrid Laubrock & Sleepthief in Baltimore.

Should be good. I caught them a year or so ago in a UK performance. They were heading off to the USA the next day.

[ejp626]

Have not entirely decided but I may see Benny Golson at the Jazz Showcase. I would definitely have preferred to catch him on the Sunday matinee with my son, but that's not an option. So I may go to the late set on Thurs.

[ianc89]

Paul Motian sextet at the Vanguard. Always a treat, maybe twice a year you get to hear this group!!

[Guest Bill Barton]

Tonight: Matana Roberts' Coin Coin with some of Seattle's most creative musicians at The Chapel Performance Space as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival.

I wrote the following response to this presentation after getting home last night and posted it on Facebook. If anything I understated the impact Coin Coin had on me. California board members: don't miss her while she's in your area (Berkeley today.)

This presentation at The Chapel Performance Space was unlike anything I've ever experienced before. Yes, it was music, but it was more than that, much more. In some ways it was performance art, utilizing spoken word, primal screams and graphics along with music. In another even more primal and emotionally compelling way it seemed to take the powerful imagery and heart-wrenching emotion of "Strange Fruit" and the most gut-walloping aspects of Delta blues and African-American Gospel music and recast it in a long-form artistic framework more akin to a symphony or an opera. It was beautiful and terrifying. Intense was the word that immediately came to mind. Very intense. Too intense for a few in the audience who walked out part way through. Those of us who stayed were perhaps transformed and definitely affected. Affected very deeply and profoundly. In fact, I'm still reeling from this experience. I walked out of the building in something of a daze and leaned against the car, smoking a cigarette, staring up at the sky, needing to process all of this a bit before attempting such a mundane activity as driving home. This is what great art should do, and the occasions when art really does reach this level are all too rare. I mentioned to a couple of people after the concert - well, concert is a wholly inadequate term - that this was only the second time in over 35 years of attending musical and other arts events that I was literally brought to tears, several times. And throughout I was totally transfixed. If you have the chance to experience Coin Coin, go! But be prepared. No shucking and jiving here. No masks. No pretense. If the truth makes you squirm, in all likelihood you'll fall out of your seat and be thrashing around on the floor, or run for the exit.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Thank you to Matana Roberts, all of the musicians involved, Earshot Jazz and Steve Peters at the Chapel.

Bill which part of the project, she made, because they are many editions ? the one that will stay with me for the rest of my life is the one with the opera singer Jeremiah in a quintet which would be the chapter 2.

I haven't been spending much time here and just now noticed your response, Van Basten II. I'm not really sure which part of the project I heard. The portions that affected me most deeply were those that addressed the history of her family during and shortly after slavery days. Mighty powerful stuff.

[kh1958]

Last night, the Ornette Coleman Quartet (Al MacDowell on bass guitar, Tony Falanga on bass, Denardo Coleman on drums) in Austin.

I found this concert to be positively thrilling, a truly great concert.

[jazzbo]

It sure was. Glad you made it! I saw Clifford there. I haven't quite figured out exactly what Al MacDowell did with that bass guitar to make it sound the way it did, but it was a pleasant surprise and made for an exciting show!

How many times did Ornette quote "What a Friend We Have in Jesus?" Six or seven times? I found that quite amusing.

[kh1958]

I should be more social, but I had to work half the day Thursday and get back to the office on Friday, so I arrived in Austin only about 30 minutes before the show and drove home right away afterwords.

Al MacDowell is a great player--I saw him many times with Prime Time at the Caravan of Dreams in the 1980s, usuallly paired with Jamaladeen Tacuma. He had a couple of releases as a leader on Gramavision--the best one is called Time Peace (which I see is available used for one cent on amazon!).

I would love to have a couple of CDs of live perofrmances by the band, but I suspect the odds of this happening are not good.

[Larry Kart]

Tonight: Allos Musica Trio: James Falzone, Ronnie Malley, Tim Mulvenna (Covenant Presbyterian Church)

Saturday afternoon: Roscoe Mitchell with Loose Assembly: Greg Ward, Jason Adasiewicz, Tomeka Reid, Josh Abrams, Mike Reed (Millennium Park)

Sunday night: Joe McPhee, Josh Berman, Josh Abrams, Mike Reed (Hungry Brain)

[Aggie87]

Waterloo posted a picture of Alejandro Escovedo with Ornette, backstage at the show - thought it was an interesting combination:

Edited November 20, 2010 by Aggie87

[Van Basten II]

Tonight

Rick Rosato Trio with Ari Hoenig, Gilad Hekselman