Favorite Concerts of 2013

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Jazz

Jean Michel Pilc--UNT Kenton Hall

Davy Moony--Scat Jazz, Fort Worth

Mike DiRubbo--Smalls

Stacy Dillard's Brooklyn Circle--Smalls

Greg Osby 4--Shapeshifter Lab

Charles Tolliver--Cell Theater

Charles McPherson--Jazz Standard

Ben Allison--Cornelia Street Cafe

David Schnitter--Smalls

Tom Harrell--Village Vanguard

Frederika Krier--Shapeshifter Lab

Blues

Lucky Peterson--Granada Theater

Buddy Guy--Winstar Casino

Tutu Jones--Clarence Muse Theater

Indian

Nayan Ghosh--Allen Public Library

Mohan Bhat--Allen Public Library

[Gheorghe]

Charles Tolliver, I would have liked to see him, same about Charles McPherson......

I must admit I didn´t go to many shows this year. Pharoah Sanders was great, I loved it, and later that year........ Lou Donaldson.....as usual, but that girl on organ was great.

[king ubu]

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Mike Reed's Living By Lanterns - Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Feb 23

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Trixie Whitley - Blueballs, Luzern, Jul 24

Convergence Quartet - Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Oct 6

Zentralquartett - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Nov 30

Häns'che Weiss Quartett - Moods, Zürich, Apr 8

Anthony Braxton/Taylor Ho Bynum/Gerry Hemingway - Jazzfestival Willisau, Sep 1

Vijay Iyer Trio - Moods, Zürich, Feb 21

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Alela Diane (w/Heather Woods Broderick) - Bogen F/Viadukt, Zürich, Jul 15

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Mark Helias' Open Loose - Moods, Zürich, Apr 9

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Curtis Fuller Sextet - Moods, Zürich, Feb 12

Stephan Crump & Mary Halvorson - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Nov 30

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Isabeau et les Chercheurs d'Or - Bogen F/Viadukt, Zürich, Jul 15 (opeing for Alela Diane)

Squakk - Jazzfestival Willisau, Sep 1

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Tobias Meier & "Things to Sounds" - Unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Nov 30

I also saw Frank Peter Zimmermann perform Brahms' violin concerto (the concert opened with Mozart's Jupiter symphony). Wouldn't know how to fit that in above, Mozart was okay, routinely performed, Zimmermann was phantastic.

[Justin V]

It's been a great year for live music, so I guess I'll go with my top 20:

Dave Holland/Kenny Barron Duo - Detroit

Steve Kuhn Trio (w/ Buster Williams and Joey Baron) - New York

Lee Konitz Quartet (w/ Vadim Neselovskyi, Jeff Denson and Ronen Itzik) - Shepherdstown, WV

Peter Brotzmann/Joe McPhee Duo and Quartet (w/ Kent Kessler and Hamid Drake) - Chicago

Wayne Shorter Quartet (w/ Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade) - Buffalo

Gary Burton Quartet (w/ Julian Lage, Scott Colley and Antonio Sanchez) - Pittsburgh

Chris Potter Quartet (w/ David Virelles, Larry Grenadier and Eric Harland) - Painesville, OH

Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth (w/ Jaleel Shaw, Martin Bejerano and John Sullivan) - Detroit

Mack Avenue Superband (w/ Sean Jones, Kirk Whalum, Gary Burton, Warren Wolf, Aaron Diehl, Evan Perri, Rodney Whitaker and Carl Allen) - Detroit

Sheila Jordan/Cameron Brown Duo - Detroit

Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers (w/ Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston and Joe Lovano guesting) - Cleveland

ICP Orchestra (minus Misha Mengelberg) - Buffalo

Lou Donaldson Quartet (w/ Akiko Tsuruga, Fukushi Tainaka and Eric Johnson) - Pittsburgh

Joshua Redman Quartet (w/ Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers and Gregory Hutchinson) - Pittsburgh

Jack DeJohnette Quartet (w/ Tim Ries, George Colligan, Lionel Loueke and Jerome Harris) - Pittsburgh

Ahmad Jamal Quartet (w/ Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley and Manolo Badrena) - Pittsburgh

Lee Konitz/Dan Tepfer Duo - Lewisburg, PA

Mundell Lowe/Mike Magnelli Duo and Quartet (w/ Peter Dominguez and N. Glenn Davis) - Cleveland

Moutin Reunion Quartet (w/ Rick Margitza and Jean-Michel Pilc) - Cleveland

Quest (w/ Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Ron McClure and Billy Hart) - Detroit

[BFrank]

Johnny Marr

Cassandra Wilson/Jason Moran

Television

The Cookers

SFJazz Grand Opening - Bobby Hutcherson

Buddy Miller/Jim Lauderdale, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell @ Antone's (SXSW)

[A Lark Ascending]

Didn't go to many this year but I have especially fond memories of:

• Keith Tippett residency at the Vortex - especially the set with Julie Tippetts and string trio.
• Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party in Sheffield
• Mike Westbrook Rossini programme in the last jazz club before New York.
• Two afternoon concerts put on by fRoots at Sidmouth with compelling performances from Wizz Jones, Jason Steel, Olivia Chaney and Tim Erickson.
• Louis Moholo, Alex Hawkins, John Edwards and Jason Yarde in Sheffield.
• Opera North's production of Britten's 'The Turn of the Screw'

Edited December 28, 2013 by A Lark Ascending

[Leeway]

My top concerts of 2013:

Evan Parker Residency, The Stone, Oct. 2013

Frank Gratkowski & Andrea Parkins, Jack, Brooklyn, 8/31/13

Vision Festival: Larry Ochs, Kidd Jordan, Milford Graves, Charles Gayle, Roswell Rudd, June 2013.

Larry Ochs Residency at The Stone, NYC, September 2013

Capricorn Climber, Bohemian Caverns, Washington, DC, 2/10/2013

Snakeoil, Atlas Theater, Washington, DC, 10/9/2013

Steve Lehman Octet, Atlas Theater, 11/13/2013

Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver, IBeam, NYC, 12/20/ 2013

[sidewinder]

Bobby Wellins & Kate Williams - Swanage

Sons of Kemet - Swanage

Mike & Kate Westbrook + Big Band - Newton Abbott

Wayne Shorter - Barbican

Edited December 28, 2013 by sidewinder

[BillF]

Jim Rotondi Quartet with Eric Alexander, Southport 2nd Feb

Pat Martino Trio, Band on the Wall, Manchester 23rd May

Gary Smulyan with the Nigel Price Trio, Portsmouth Jazz 30th Sept

Greg Abate with the Swingshift Big Band, Southport 17th Nov

Greg Abate and Bruce Adams with the Vinnie Parker Trio, Wilmslow 19th Nov

[Steve Reynolds]

Number one:

Ches Smith trio with Mat Maneri and Craig Taborn

Then:

Michael Moore's American Available Jelly

Mat Maneri Trio with Ed Schuller and Randy Peterson

Evan Parker duet with Sylvie Courvoisier

Evan Parker quartet with John Escreet, John Hebert and Tyshawn Sorey

William Parker Quartet with Rob Brown, Lewis Barnes and Hamid Drake

Kris Davis Capricorn Climber

All in NYC

Many other fine shows but these were all spectacular

Edited December 28, 2013 by Steve Reynolds