seeing them tomorrow night! sans mike lewis et al, unfort.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
saw them this past Saturday, it was wicked good.
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
The performance will be broadcast live by KFAI “Radio Without Boundaries” (90.3/106.7 FM).
This is starting now, kfai.org
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
this was one of the best shows i've seen in forever!
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
how did it go down? mpls jazz dudes improvising on top of tortoise tunes, or?
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah it was definitely a collaboration to the fullest...could have easily been billed as Mpls Jazz All Stars feat Tortoise
two drummers - dan bitney & jt bates
stage right was the jazz all star stage left was tortoise - mccoombs/parker on bass/guitar, herdon & mcentire on various keyboards/electronics/laptops
i didn't really recognize proper tortoise songs per se, they seemed to work off a main riff or theme and kind of all go off from there....i think i recognized some riffs from tortoise songs here and there (LOL i also realize how much i don't know ANY tortoise song titles except for djed)....then they did a encore of "galapagos" which mccoombs said that the jazz guys didn't know and they hadn't practiced but it went off well..
mike & greg lewis were both great....never seen ewart and goddam he was the fucking BOMB, also dressed so fucking "jazz guy" - flowing african v-neck style kinda tie-dyed looking shirt, beret, and neat beard, so cool....but yeah he's a great player
surprise was michele kinney who i wasn't familiar with but she was great...
jordan - does your ILM mail work? I have a link that, shall we say, might be of interest :)
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
it does!
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
cool, sent! let me know what you think, but it's sounding just a good in the harsh light of monday morning
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks man! can't download at work but i'll check it out tonight, looking forward to it.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow could I also have that link?
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
One of my issues with Tortoise has been that for all their individual talents, they don't really improvise live. So it's exciting to hear they're at least trying to push themselves a little, belatedly.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i really enjoyed seeing them last week but it seemed, i don't know, a little rote. they covered all the parts but i was hoping that they'd let jeff parker off the leash a little or get into more double-drummer fire.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
just about ten minutes in, but yeah sounding great! thanks m@tt
― tylerw, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
hurting - check you ILX mail :)
josh you want the link?
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'd be happy to take a link!
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
some photos here
http://www.reviler.org/2012/05/07/photos-tortoise-minneapolis-jazz-all-stars-at-walker-art-center/
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice. looks like herndon on drums btw.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink