kh1958 Posted February 7, 2014 Author Report Posted February 7, 2014 I love Billy Harper, I've seen him three times, but I wish it was four. I've never seen Cecil McBee. Quote
JSngry Posted February 7, 2014 Report Posted February 7, 2014 Hey Ken, knock off work at lunch & make a quick jaunt down to Houston. Catch The Cookers and then come by the Prevent Blindness Ball. Or maybe just catch The Cookers and head back home....yeah, that's the better idea! Seriously, I did not know that Cecil McBee was 79. Still playing beautifully. All those guys are. Quote
kh1958 Posted February 7, 2014 Author Report Posted February 7, 2014 I'll going to give that a thought. To compensate partially, I decided to go see Charles Lloyd in a couple of weeks. Quote
mjzee Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 Just got back from The Cookers show in Houston. Looked like a sold out show; theatre held around 1,500. Very strong performance by all in the band. They're a true ensemble - no one gets an inordinate amount of solo time. Billy Harper was a standout, but so were David Weiss, George Cables, Billy Hart and the rest. Cecil McBee took a solo. All in all, excellent show. Weiss made mention of the terrible weather last night in Denton; he said no one showed up. Quote
JSngry Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 "No one" is not quite accurate, but it was probably no more than 150 or so. Glad the home town could do significantly better! Quote
Dave Garrett Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 I was at last night's Cookers show as well. It was sold out - I put off getting tickets for too long, but scored a pair yesterday afternoon that had been released by season subscribers who weren't attending. Definitely one of the more impressive shows I've seen in recent memory, with clear appreciation from the hometown crowd for Billy Harper. I had to laugh when Weiss announced "Croquet Ballet" to silence, prompting him to ask if anyone knew that one, to which a couple of guys went "YEAH!" Quote
kh1958 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Report Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) February 17, 2014: Peggy Stern, Brass House, Austin February 18, 2014: John Raymond and Tim Green at Scat Jazz, Fort Worth, February 19 at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton, and February 16 at Brass House, Austin. February 19, 2014: Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with Hamiet Bluiett, The North Door, Austin February 19, 2014: Shelley Carrol at Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 19, 2014: Pat Metheny Unity Group at ACL Live, Austin February 20, 2014: Pat Metheny Unity Group at House of Blues, Houston February 21, 2014: Pat Metheny Unity Group at House of Blues, Dallas February 21, 2014: Kahil El Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble with Hamiet Bluiett, Meca, Houston February 22, 2014: Charles Lloyd and Gerald Clayton duo at Trinity University in San Antonio February 22, 2014: Lucky Peterson, Sons of Hermann Hall, Dallas February 27, 2014: Tutu Jones at Keys Lounge, Fort Worth March 6, 2014: Buddy Guy, Aztec Theater, San Antonio March 7, 2014: Peggy Stern, Casa Karen, Austin March 19, 2014: Kalmon Balogh at Poor David's Pub, Dallas March 23, 2014: Bobby Bradford, Austin March 25, 2014: Bobby Bradford, Houston April 4, 2014: Wayne Shorter, Cullen Theater, Houston April 5, 2014: San Francisco Jazz Collective, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio April 15, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Paramount Theater, Austin April 16, 2014: Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, Granada Theater, Dallas. April 27, 2014: Bombino, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2014: Lonnie Smith, Donald Harrison, Marlon Jordan, Bernard Allison, NOJHF May 2, 2014: Pharaoh Sanders, Nicholas Payton, Walter Wolfman Washington, NOJHF May 4, 2014: Terrance Blanchard, NOJHF May 15, 2014: Nicholas Payton at Fort Worth Public Library, May 17, 2014: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio May 22, 2013: Bill Frisell's Guitar in the Space Age, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton June 20, 2014: Charlie Hunter, Jazz in June, Norman, Oklahoma July 11-12, 2014: Lucky Peterson at Clarence Muse Theater, Dallas. Edited February 13, 2014 by kh1958 Quote
mjzee Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 Great list, kh; please keep it up. Quote
david weiss Posted February 14, 2014 Report Posted February 14, 2014 Just got back from The Cookers show in Houston. Looked like a sold out show; theatre held around 1,500. Very strong performance by all in the band. They're a true ensemble - no one gets an inordinate amount of solo time. Billy Harper was a standout, but so were David Weiss, George Cables, Billy Hart and the rest. Cecil McBee took a solo. All in all, excellent show. Weiss made mention of the terrible weather last night in Denton; he said no one showed up. Jeez, did I really say no one? I meant to say or hoped I said almost no one...... Well, that's what happens when you put a microphone in the wrong hands. It seems we were able to please all the Organissimo board members this time around. I do want to thank you all for coming out and for saying hello afterwards. It's always nice to meet you guys..... There were some special shows this time around........ Quote
david weiss Posted February 14, 2014 Report Posted February 14, 2014 I was at last night's Cookers show as well. It was sold out - I put off getting tickets for too long, but scored a pair yesterday afternoon that had been released by season subscribers who weren't attending. Definitely one of the more impressive shows I've seen in recent memory, with clear appreciation from the hometown crowd for Billy Harper. I had to laugh when Weiss announced "Croquet Ballet" to silence, prompting him to ask if anyone knew that one, to which a couple of guys went "YEAH!" That's kind of an inside joke with the band and it seems it's turned out to be the truest test of whether or not an audience really knows us (and our history) or not. For instance, the next night in Detroit, when I announced Croquet Ballet the crowd went nuts like I was announcing Stairway to Heaven to a Led Zepplin audience...... It's old hat to those other guys in the band but to me it really gets me in touch with how much this music used to mean to people (and still does to some apparently/fortunately) Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Feb 25, UNT - The Music of Gil Evans with Ryan Truesdell http://jazz.unt.edu/oneoclock/music-gil-evans-ryan-truesdell Mixed emotions, to put it mildly (especially about a 5 PM start time?!?!?!?!), but if they should happen to do "The Barbara Song"...hmmm.... Quote
kh1958 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Posted February 18, 2014 Feb 25, UNT - The Music of Gil Evans with Ryan Truesdell http://jazz.unt.edu/oneoclock/music-gil-evans-ryan-truesdell Mixed emotions, to put it mildly (especially about a 5 PM start time?!?!?!?!), but if they should happen to do "The Barbara Song"...hmmm.... Tuesday at 5 in Denton probably rules it out for me, assuming I could overcome my fears. Quote
CraigP Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Feb 25, UNT - The Music of Gil Evans with Ryan Truesdell http://jazz.unt.edu/oneoclock/music-gil-evans-ryan-truesdell Mixed emotions, to put it mildly (especially about a 5 PM start time?!?!?!?!), but if they should happen to do "The Barbara Song"...hmmm.... Tuesday at 5 in Denton probably rules it out for me, assuming I could overcome my fears. Fears of...bad music??? And what is UNT trying to do with a 5:00 start on a Tuesday - limit their audience as much as possible? Quote
kh1958 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Posted February 18, 2014 Feb 25, UNT - The Music of Gil Evans with Ryan Truesdell http://jazz.unt.edu/oneoclock/music-gil-evans-ryan-truesdell Mixed emotions, to put it mildly (especially about a 5 PM start time?!?!?!?!), but if they should happen to do "The Barbara Song"...hmmm.... Tuesday at 5 in Denton probably rules it out for me, assuming I could overcome my fears. Fears of...bad music??? And what is UNT trying to do with a 5:00 start on a Tuesday - limit their audience as much as possible? Yes, I dislike the style of the UNT lab bands (please pardon me any alumni). I'm still bitter my only opportunity to see Gerry Mulligan was with the One O'Clock Lab Band. So if it were Gil Evans charts by the Maria Schneider orchestra, by the Vanguard's Monday night orchestra, by the Mingus Big Band, sure I'm up for it, but the One O'Clock lab band, probably not. Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Oh, I'm an alumni, even played in some of those bands, and still have some strong dislikes along those lines. But...I'm still contemplating attendance, just to hear the writing in person. Truesdell's own album showed (imo) that if you play the parts well enough, the writing stands on its own, quite apart from feel (and really, abandon hope, all ye who enter here in hopes of anybody getting a big band to feel like it used to, especially on Gil's stuff...hell even his last bands didn't try to go there!). I had some reservations after the first few listens to Truesdell's album, but finally got over them...those charts are just amazing on their own, just play the parts well (no small feat, that, especially in terms of balance) and they speak, no, SING. Anything else is gravy. I still have reservation, but it's such good writing, and the one thing you can count on with the 1:00 is that parts will be played well. I'm looking at it from that standpoint, Not expecting gravy, just some really choice meat. But 5:00 PM Tuesday is one of the most WTF? times for something like this I've ever run across. Quote
kh1958 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Posted February 18, 2014 I haven't heard the Ryan Truesdell album, but you've convinced me I might want to. I did hear the Gil Evans group twice at Sweet Basil, though post-humously a couple of years after his death and under the direction of Miles Evans--both times were very pleasing musical experiences--one of those times when the music starts and immediately you know you've found the right place to be. Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Dude, "Senior" (aka over 55) admission is only &8.00, and it looks like beaucoup seats remain available...I do harbor fear of disappointment (or even rage, I've been known to have my rage stirred by events in Denton over the years...) at musical lies being told , but then again, those times are over, most of the guys are dead who can provide instant in-the-flesh rebuttal, and sometimes you just need to get out of the house and hear some good scores played decently enough. Hell, many symphony orchestras charge hundreds of dollars for that, this is just eight! And oh yes, the Truesdell album is a definite winner, what it lacks in "feel" (which is not all that much, really) it more than makes up for in being perhaps/probably the most clearly detailed recording of Gil Evans music I've ever heard. I don't have all that good a stereo, and I was just breathstruck by how much detail got captured. You really can hear every little thing, every little thing. And there are many! Quote
Joe Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Monday, March 24, 8pm Beefhaus, 885 Exposition Ave. 75226 Bobby Bradford 4 & Yells At Eels http://yellsateels.blogspot.com/2013/09/c-o-m-i-n-g-p-tuesday-october-1-730-pm.html ! Quote
kh1958 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Posted February 19, 2014 Bobby Bradford without having to travel a couple hundred miles, that's great news. Quote
Joe Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Bradford's Quartet will feature Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Frode Gjerstad & Frank Rosaly. Quote
CraigP Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Yes, great news indeed. I'll see you guys there. I'll be the one dressed like Bootsy Collins with a keytar. Quote
JSngry Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Bradford's Quartet will feature Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Frode Gjerstad & Frank Rosaly. Same group that will be in Austin on Sunday, correct? For that matter, where is the Austin gig? Is it still on? Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Bradford's Quartet will feature Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Frode Gjerstad & Frank Rosaly. Sounds like an awesome band. Quote
CraigP Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Bradford's Quartet will feature Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Frode Gjerstad & Frank Rosaly. Same group that will be in Austin on Sunday, correct? For that matter, where is the Austin gig? Is it still on? Yes, it's the same group, but I don't know any details about the Austin gig. So I guess they're playing Austin, coming up to Dallas, and then coming all the way back down to Houston in 3 days! Quote
JSngry Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Between Interstates and/or Southwest, hey, road band, old school! I'm otherwise obligated on Monday, so the Sunday Austin gig is the one I want/need to make, but...no listings online anywhere. Maybe it fell through? Hope not. Also, just found out the program for the UNT/Truesdell/Gil thing: Fist Set: The complete Miles Ahead Album Second Set: Selections from "New Bottle, Old WIne" That's some hella good writing to hear for $8.00. 5PM is starting to look ok enough. Quote
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