David Ayers Posted October 3, 2012 Report Posted October 3, 2012 It's going to be a desert - all that we've got left are Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Bill Frisell, Jan Garbarek, Ravi Coltrane, Brad Mehldau, Wadada Leo Smith, Marcus Roberts (oh he has Jason Marsalis in tow, I see), Ken Vandermark, Peter Brotzmann, Jack DeJohnette, Paco de Lucia, Lonnie Liston Smith, Egberto Gismonti, David Murray, plus other rabble like John Surman, Orphy Robinson, Terence Blanchard, Seb Rochford, Melody Gardot, Matthew Shipp, Jason Rebello, Kurt Elling, Sheila Jordan, blah blah blah. That's just some of the leaders. Standing behind them are even lesser figures, such as Joe Mcphee, James Blood Ulmer, Don Byron... wake me up. Even Alex Hawkins gets a go. Still, it only lasts ten days and they can only squeeze in about a dozen gigs a day. Can't be over soon enough. We're not crowing though. Not us. Heh. Heh. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 3, 2012 Report Posted October 3, 2012 Looks great. Too bad they couldn't have booked Monk. Quote
David Ayers Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Posted October 3, 2012 Don't let the Big Band of the Bulgarian National Radio hear you saying that! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 4, 2012 Report Posted October 4, 2012 Orphy Robinson is good... Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted October 4, 2012 Report Posted October 4, 2012 Orphy Robinson is good... You said it! :tup Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 4, 2012 Report Posted October 4, 2012 No need for them in London. There have already been three threads on this board about them this week. Quote
fasstrack Posted October 4, 2012 Report Posted October 4, 2012 I'm going to take a wild guess, David: Something in my gut tells me you're no Marsalis or Jarrett fan. I'm RIGHT?! DAMN, I'm good! (; Hey, seriously. I wonder if you know of an old mate of mine, Frank Griffith, in London since leaving NY in 1996. Probably ynu have through his Nonet. He also teaches at Brunel. Quote
David Ayers Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Posted October 5, 2012 I'm going to take a wild guess, David: Something in my gut tells me you're no Marsalis or Jarrett fan. Well, I just wanted to mention this festival, I saw there was every big name I could think of except those two, so I thought I'd humorously allude to the two board bugbears in the title. The rest is literary history. It's true that Wynton plays in London most years, and I never go. But Marshal Allen and the Sun Ra Orchestra were here last week and I didn't go to that either. I'm inscrutable.PS in fact I don't know frank but I'll look out for him... Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted October 5, 2012 Report Posted October 5, 2012 David - got to tell you - Marshall and the Arkestra were AMAZING..! (Knoel Scott...sheesh!!!) Quote
fasstrack Posted October 5, 2012 Report Posted October 5, 2012 I'm going to take a wild guess, David: Something in my gut tells me you're no Marsalis or Jarrett fan. PS in fact I don't know frank but I'll look out for him... I thought he was well-known in London Guess he's been lying. 'You got some 'splainin' to do' (; No, it's a good group, mostly for Frank's arranging. Plays nice clarinet too. They play the smaller fests and normal venues like Bull's head, 606, Pizza Express. Worth hearing and if you can please say cheers from Joel. Quote
David Ayers Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Posted October 5, 2012 Worth hearing and if you can please say cheers from Joel. Will do! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 5, 2012 Report Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) I'm going to take a wild guess, David: Something in my gut tells me you're no Marsalis or Jarrett fan. PS in fact I don't know frank but I'll look out for him... I thought he was well-known in London Guess he's been lying. 'You got some 'splainin' to do' (; No, it's a good group, mostly for Frank's arranging. Plays nice clarinet too. They play the smaller fests and normal venues like Bull's head, 606, Pizza Express. Worth hearing and if you can please say cheers from Joel. I've heard him play with a band led by Henry Lowther a few years back. He was depping for Julian Arguelles. Have a look here: http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_587 Edited October 6, 2012 by A Lark Ascending Quote
fasstrack Posted October 6, 2012 Report Posted October 6, 2012 'Depping'. We call it subbing Stateside. Maybe I'll steal that and use it and no one will understand me so I'll seem obscure, complicated, and 'deep'. Worth a shot... Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 6, 2012 Report Posted October 6, 2012 Looks great. Too bad they couldn't have booked Monk. Dare say they got a sub out of the olympics money, but it wasn't enough for Monk, or even Pops. MG Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 6, 2012 Report Posted October 6, 2012 Looks great. Too bad they couldn't have booked Monk. Dare say they got a sub out of the olympics money, but it wasn't enough for Monk, or even Pops. MG If they'd had that sort of money you could be sure it would have been spent on The Beatles. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 6, 2012 Report Posted October 6, 2012 Looks great. Too bad they couldn't have booked Monk. Dare say they got a sub out of the olympics money, but it wasn't enough for Monk, or even Pops. MG If they'd had that sort of money you could be sure it would have been spent on The Beatles. Nah; George Freeman. MG Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted October 6, 2012 Report Posted October 6, 2012 'Depping'. We call it subbing Stateside. Maybe I'll steal that and use it and no one will understand me so I'll seem obscure, complicated, and 'deep'. Worth a shot... Haha! I'll trade you, and start using 'subbing'! Quote
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.