Gerald Cleaver Quintet 5/11

[Steve Reynolds]

saw this band in DEC - pretty damn incredible:

Friday, May 11 - 9:00PM & 10:30PM

GERALD CLEAVER & BLACK HOST

Gerald Cleaver, drums; Darius Jones, alto saxophone; Brandon Seabrook, guitar; Cooper-Moore, piano & diddly-bow; Pascal Niggenkemper, bass

Drummer Gerald Cleaver, born and raised in Detroit, is a product of the city’s rich music tradition. He has performed or recorded with a wide variety of artists: Roscoe Mitchell, Tommy Flanagan, Matt Shipp, William Parker, Eddie Harris, Kevin Mahogany, Charles Gayle, Ralph Alessi, Jacky Terrasson, Muhal Richard Abrams, Joe Morris, Dave Douglas, Tim Berne, Jeremy Pelt, David Torn and Miroslav Vitous, among others. Cleaver currently leads the bands Violet Hour, NiMbNl, Uncle June and Farmers By Nature with Craig Taborn & William Parker.

$10 cover (plus $10 minimum)

http://www.geraldcleaver.bandcamp.com

[CraigP]

Would like to see this. I'm not convinced about Jones, but Niggenkemper is pretty great.

[Dave James]

Ward, I'm worried about the Cleaver.

[relyles]

I wish this was something I could catch as well. Not only is he a great musician, I have had several conversations with Gerald and thinks he is an extremely genuine person. Any doubts I had about Jones were eliminated when I heard his quartet Friday night at Firehouse 12 in New Haven. Fantastic.

[Steve Reynolds]

and yes - Niggenkemper was pretty damn great last December with the band...then again, the band was playing on a very high level - I understnad it was the first week they played together and it was the 4th or 5th night they had played together that week.

as long as I can get out of the house this Friday, I am pretty damn stoked to see this unit again.

Craig - I think when you see Darius Jones play, any doubts will be eliminated - certainly for me when I saw him join (along with Steve Swell) the trio of Lafayette Gilchrest, Michael Formanek and Andrew Cyrille) for the second set and play some of the most inspired alto saxophone I have heard live over the past few years - and he is right out of the lineage of Parker, Lyons and Chapin firmly ensconced in the jazz/blues tradition - fact is I think a few of us have been waiting for that next alto saxophonist who really *brings it* as far as that *sound* and as far as really being able to ratchet up the intensity and power - and with Darius Jones, I believe we may have our man.

[relyles]

I have started to make preliminary hints to me wife to see if i can get down for the show friday.

[Steve Reynolds]

and now it looks like I won't be there this Friday - at least will see Mary Halvorson's Quintet on the 19th instead.

[Pete C]

  On 5/7/2012 at 6:33 PM, relyles said:

I have started to make preliminary hints to me wife

So, when's the main hinting event?

[relyles]

  On 5/8/2012 at 5:57 PM, Pete C said:

  On 5/7/2012 at 6:33 PM, relyles said:

I have started to make preliminary hints to me wife

So, when's the main hinting event?

Well this afternoon I decided to just go with full direct disclosure and to my surprise she did not tell me I am out of my mind. Now I just have to decide how much I want to take the drive.