epistrophy arts Posted March 28, 2014 Report Posted March 28, 2014 from eremite 30 V philadelphia german society of pennsylvania brötzmann solo31 V baltimore the windup space 01 VI orlando timucua white house 03 VI austin the north door04 VI st. louis lemp neighborhood arts center05 VI de pere luna coffee06 VI chicago constellation07 VI louisville venue TBA 08 VI buffalo hallwalls 10 VI montreal suoni per il popolo 12 VI nyc vision festival Quote
JSngry Posted March 28, 2014 Report Posted March 28, 2014 Please post further specifics as they become available. I do not want to miss this. Quote
Leeway Posted March 28, 2014 Report Posted March 28, 2014 I will try for the bank shot: Philadelphia on the 30th and Baltimore on the 31st. And then the 12th at the Vision Festival. BTW, Charles gayle is the Honoree at this year's Vision Festival. Quote
romualdo Posted March 28, 2014 Report Posted March 28, 2014 I'm green with envy Found out from Eremite that Brotz was to be doing an Australian/New Zealand Tour I emailed Peter a couple of weeks ago & was unfortunately told that the Australian leg did not come to fruition (too complicated according to Peter) but NZ was a goer I'm tempted to fly to NZ to catch one of his concerts May 2014 New Zealand Tour 20143 May 2014Silo Park (Wynyard Quarter), Aucklandwith Microsoft Voices, Clinton Watkins, Jonny Marks, Drumbroz7 May 2014 Old St Pauls, Wellingtonwith Simon O’Rorke9 May 2014 The Anteroom, Dunedinwith Hermione Johnson, John Glasgow10 May 2014 CPIT Jazz School Auditorium, Christchurchwith Joe McAllum + more Quote
alankin Posted March 28, 2014 Report Posted March 28, 2014 I'm going to try to get to the solo gig in Philly. Quote
.:.impossible Posted March 29, 2014 Report Posted March 29, 2014 How is there not a Richmond date?! Quote
xybert Posted March 29, 2014 Report Posted March 29, 2014 Insane, can't believe he's coming to New Zealand! I'm not that huge of a fan but i do like the handful of his albums that i have (The Bishop's Move with Evan Parker is a favourite). Can't pass up the rare opportunity to see a living legend like Brotzmann perform live. On a side note, also just found out that Chick Corea & Gary Burton are playing NZ in June (a dream come true for me)! It's all happening this year Now the mantra begins: Please don't cancel, please don't cancel, please don't cancel... Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted March 29, 2014 Report Posted March 29, 2014 Xybert has the chance to experience a sound that really only can truly felt live. When I last saw him in a church about 2 blocks from where I am right now it was the sound of God when he played unaccompanied Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 29, 2014 Report Posted March 29, 2014 I will catch them either in Chicago, Buffalo or NYC - or maybe more than once. Quote
bluenoter Posted March 30, 2014 Report Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) The Baltimore show. Y'all come! creative differences presentshttp://www.creativedifferences.us Saturday, May 31 @ 9pm $20 Brötzmann/Parker/Drake at The Windup Space, 12 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.thewindupspace.com Edited March 30, 2014 by bluenoter Quote
WD45 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Posted March 30, 2014 I may drive the six or so hours from Mpls to see this group. Quote
xybert Posted May 3, 2014 Report Posted May 3, 2014 I'm green with envy Found out from Eremite that Brotz was to be doing an Australian/New Zealand Tour I emailed Peter a couple of weeks ago & was unfortunately told that the Australian leg did not come to fruition (too complicated according to Peter) but NZ was a goer I'm tempted to fly to NZ to catch one of his concerts May 2014 New Zealand Tour 20143 May 2014Silo Park (Wynyard Quarter), Aucklandwith Microsoft Voices, Clinton Watkins, Jonny Marks, Drumbroz7 May 2014 Old St Pauls, Wellingtonwith Simon O’Rorke9 May 2014 The Anteroom, Dunedinwith Hermione Johnson, John Glasgow10 May 2014 CPIT Jazz School Auditorium, Christchurchwith Joe McAllum + more Didn't end up making it to the Auckland show after all... i got double booked but thought i'd still be able to make it to the show afterwards with time to spare so i wasn't too concerned about pulling out of the other thing... show started at 6:00 but with 4 opening acts and the usual delays i thought there's no way he's going to take the stage before 9:00pm... next minute i get a txt at 7:30pm from a friend advising me that Brotzmann's on stage and i'm missing out! Life eh? Bit like that movie, Sliding Doors... seeing Brotzmann live might have completely altered the direction of my life... i guess i'll never know... either way i feel oddly empty this morning. Quote
Van Basten II Posted May 3, 2014 Report Posted May 3, 2014 Going to see them as they are the bigger names at the Suoni per il Popolo, looking for to see Hamid and William again Quote
Leeway Posted May 5, 2014 Report Posted May 5, 2014 I got it on good authority that this will be Brotzmann's last North American tour. At least, that is what I was told that Brotzmann has been telling people connected with the current tour. Brotzmann has been notably generous with tour dates in the U.S. over the last two years. It looks like that is coming to an end. So, if you want to see him in the U.S, this is the time to do it; may not get another chance. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted May 5, 2014 Report Posted May 5, 2014 I got it on good authority that this will be Brotzmann's last North American tour. At least, that is what I was told that Brotzmann has been telling people connected with the current tour. Brotzmann has been notably generous with tour dates in the U.S. over the last two years. It looks like that is coming to an end. So, if you want to see him in the U.S, this is the time to do it; may not get another chance. I guess I see you all on June 15th AND June 12th @ Roulette in Brooklyn Quote
clifford_thornton Posted May 5, 2014 Report Posted May 5, 2014 Will definitely hit the Roulette show though I would assume it'll be packed as hell. Quote
mjazzg Posted May 5, 2014 Report Posted May 5, 2014 I'm not sure I've ever seen a Brotzmann show where they've not be hanging off the rafters. I hope he makes it back to UK soon - a lot nearer after all Quote
epistrophy arts Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Posted May 8, 2014 Tickets for the Austin, Texas show available here: https://www.artful.ly/store/events/3278 Tuesday, June 3, 7:30PM The North Door (502 Brushy St.) presented by Epistrophy Arts Quote
JSngry Posted June 3, 2014 Report Posted June 3, 2014 Ticket bought, car rented, will I see any of y'all in Austin tomorrow? Also - anything that needs to be known about the parking around the venue? Quote
kh1958 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Posted June 3, 2014 I would go if they were playing in Dallas, but tomorrow night I can't make it to Austin. Quote
JSngry Posted June 3, 2014 Report Posted June 3, 2014 Don't know that I'd do this for any one of them individually, maybe??????, but together...yeah, I'll do that. Just feeling lucky that I've got the flexibility of schedule to do it, because, yeah, Tuesday in Austin from up here...it'll be a hit-and-run, but oh well. Had to miss Bobby Bradford when he was through here, still hating that, but fortune is smiling more kindly this time around, at least to this point. Quote
Leeway Posted June 3, 2014 Report Posted June 3, 2014 I posted this over in the "Live" thread and forgot there was this one. Hope no one minds terribly if I post it here too. I went to teh Windup Space in Baltimore on May 31st to see the trio. I was too busy this weekend to write up any kind of extended review, but I'll just recount what I can here. The trio played at Windup Space in Baltimore, a club/bar with a nice stage. The evening consisted of two 45 minute (approximately) sets, with a short break in-between. The crowd was quite large, maybe 150 (?). IIRC, Brotzmann started with with the tenor, then moved to the tarogato. In the second set, Brotzmann played alto, then a metal clarinet, something I don't recall seeing him play before. That was very interesting. I think at the end he moved back to the tenor. I don't think I have to tell anybody how Brotzmann sounds or how Drake and Parker play. The latter was like watching human Loc-tite in action. Hamid played the frame drum for part of the sets, and Parker spent some time on the zintir, a stringed wooden instrument, as well as the double bass. Brotzmann was his usual intense self. What always draws me to Brotzmann is the elemental, or primal, power of his music-making. One knows his trademark sound and approach, and yet it always seems powerfully alive when experiencing it. It's not language but the deep well of feeling beneath language that is communicated. In the more plaintive passages, I had the impression of blues merged with German lieder. In the more gale-like parts (and there were still many), I kept thinking if we had to re-score "The Entry of the Gods into Valhalla," this would be the man to do it. And there is, indeed, that Wagnerian quality to Brotzmann's playing. Somehow after a Brotzmann show I always feel as if I have been baptized again into the power and expressiveness of free music. I will see the trio again at the Vision Festival in about 10 days. Maybe I'll write more at that time. I saw Brotzmann at the same venue about 5 years ago when he did a solo show. I recalled that the crowd was shockingly small. At the show this past weekend, after rehearsal/sound check, and before the show started, Brotzmann came over to the bar where I was sitting at the time, and ordered an iced water. We started talking and, quite surprisingly, he seemed to remember me (certainly sketchily) from that previous set 5 years ago, and he absolutely remembered the details of that solo show. Considering how much he tours and performs, that surprised me. He was kind enough to sign my copy of, "We Thought We Could Change the World." It was really a fine evening. Quote
CraigP Posted June 3, 2014 Report Posted June 3, 2014 Nice - I hate that so many shows in Houston and Austin are in the middle of a week. Makes it hard to get down there. Quote
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