Listened to Toy Tunes and Music from the Front Room today, both delightful.
That should be great, Herlin especially!
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 22 April 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
Speaking of which, new Herlin record! I jumped straight to the last track, which yep, never fails, is the second line cut: https://open.spotify.com/album/0adoHb4iey3I7lIeRi1cmY?si=WMLqpHsTReyg5UHN6UCjYA
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 22 April 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that album's really good. I'm thinking about trying to tape a podcast interview with him - between his work with Jamal, his years with Wynton Marsalis (going back to the 80s) and his own albums, there's a lot to discuss.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 22 April 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
If you do, I'd love to hear him talk about his relationship with Shannon Powell, and about his thoughts about the current generation of second line drummers and how that style has developed post-Rebirth.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 22 April 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Jamal is, of course, the god; my fave living pianist and one of those people where you watch his hands the whole concert. Wish he'd come back to New York as i want at least one more show.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
hello nyc ilm jazzheads,
i'm in nyc april 25 - 30. any shows to look out for ? or venues whose calendars i could browse ? would also be interested in DIY spaces -- all the ones i used to frequent are long gone. but obviously a good show is a good show and if pharoah sanders is playing the village vanguard i'm gonna go, y'know (he's not) ?
ty !
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
Stefon Harris's Blackout is at the Jazz Standard during that time; Tomeka Reid's quartet will be at the Jazz Gallery (she'll also be doing a duet with Tomas Fujiwara); Tyshawn Sorey's doing a three-hour or so concert at the Jazz Gallery on 4/27; Jim Snidero is at Smalls on 4/25 with a good band; and speaking of the Vanguard, Gerald Clayton has a really good band there this week.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
awesome, thanks !
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
tyshawn for sure, i've really loved his last two releases.
because it's at least partially my job to keep up with this stuff, here's some other possible recommendations/things to be aware of; I will likely be at the Georgian yodeling show.
April 25 – Kassa Overall with Kris Davis at Jazz Galleryhttps://www.kassaoverall.com/#time-capsule
April 25 to 27 – Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra with Ken Burns: Country Musichttps://www.jazz.org/events/t-7293/Wynton-Marsalis-and-Ken-Burns-Country-Music/
April 25 to 28 – Manhattan Transferhttp://www.bluenotejazz.com/newyork/schedule/index.shtml
April 26 – Omara Portuondohttps://www.sonyhall.com/shows/2019/omara-portuondo
April 26 – Eddie Hendersonhttps://zincjazz.com/event/trumpet-masters-series-eddie-henderson/
April 26 – Georgian Polyphony and Yodelinghttps://www.livesounds.org/events/georgian-vocal-polyphony-and-yodeling
April 26 to 28 – WFMU Record Fairhttps://wfmu.org/recordfair/
April 27 – Village Fete After Party with Hailu Mergiahttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/village-fete-after-party-hailu-mergia-chances-with-wolves-tickets-58600751425
April 27 – Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussionhttps://www.njpac.org/events/detail/zakir-hussains-masters-of-percussion
April 27 – Django a GoGo with Stephane Wrembelhttp://thetownhall.org/event/django-a-gogo-2019
April 28 – Gotham Jazz Festivalhttps://www.facebook.com/events/138020197085574/
April 28 – Arroj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shazad Ismaily https://www.joespub.com/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/Joes-Pub/2019/Arooj-Aftab-Vijay-Iyer--Shazad-Ismaily-Trio/?SiteTheme=JoesPub
April 29 and 30 – Rosaliahttps://www1.ticketmaster.com/rosalia/event/0000566FF257986F
April 30 and May 1 – Karriem Rigginshttp://www.bluenotejazz.com/newyork/schedule/index.shtml
April 30 – Mountain Goatshttps://www.axs.com/events/368480/the-mountain-goats-tickets?skin=brooklynsteel&x=x
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
Tomeka and Tyshawn are both good bets for my money.
You should also check out The Stone and Roulette.http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.phphttps://roulette.org/calendar/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
it occurs to me that i should start a "NYC shows" thread on ILM somewhere.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
^ would read
also thanks very much !
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Same here! Speaking of Tomeka Reid, I recently heard a good song by Hear In Now, her string trio w Mazz Swift and Silvia Bolognesi, on Dee Alexander's oft astute radio show--just now, prompted by TK mention on this thread, I checked for the album, and here it is, with Dee on the title track:https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/not-living-in-fear
― dow, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 21:04 (five years ago) link
RIP Fred Foss, DC- based, NY raised sax player and flutist who played with Lionel Hampton, Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim, Tito Puente and more. Had an album out as a leader in 95 or 96
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
My latest Stereogum column just went up. A lot of the albums therein come out today, so there's plenty to listen to if you're not a Taylor Swift or Bruce Springsteen fan.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 26 April 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
Lots of interesting stuff there, thx!
Yesterday I listened to a bunch of Keith Jarrett's '70s records that are on Spotify, and I found your liveblog, which was exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.
(Fort Yawuh is the one btw, and I can definitely hear how that band was a big influence on the Bad Plus)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 26 April 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
been listening to both that new Angelika Niescier trio and the Matt Brewer one today, both v good.
― calzino, Friday, 26 April 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
That Niescier is really good. The Cage-inspired compositional strategies produce some fascinatingly odd results, but it never feels dry or overly cerebral. Having Gerald Cleaver on drums helps of course, but credit is due to the whole band for finding that sweet spot between body and head.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 26 April 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
Unperson, really enjoyed the Herlin interview. Thanks for asking about Shannon!
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
Thanks! I really had a good time talking to him - I hoped my request for an explanation of New Orleans vs. New York rhythms wouldn't come off too "Drumming for Dipshits," but his explanation was really interesting to me, anyway.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
Yep, that's exactly what I expected him to say, it's very true.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Just for fun, here he is playing my bass drum at a church service in Switzerland 11 years ago:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwRC2QoEkyg
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
So the Lithuanian label NoBusiness and writer Ed Hazell have been working with Sam Rivers' daughter Monique to dig through her dad's archives and put out what's going to be a series of eight releases over the next couple of years. The first one is due out late May/early June - it's a live trio recording with Cecil McBee and Norman Connors, the same band heard on 1973's Streams, but this is from June 1971 and is even more intense. One half-hour track, one 45-minute track, total improv.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6OpjFEXsAAAP5o.jpg
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Balazs Pandi, Roswell RuddCeremonial Healing
^^^
This is a pretty sick album
― calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
recorded in '16 and apparently contains the last recorded appearance of Roswell Rudd (rip).
― calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
Sounds interesting - I've just reached out to the label's publicist to see if it's going to be released on anything other than vinyl.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 13 May 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
as much as I enjoyed blasting this out yesterday. I wouldn't be even slightly interested in paying £30 odd for it on vinyl. I presume they might be delaying the flac/mp3 downloads to maximize the profits from the collector market first, but that just drives ppl like me to slsk.
― calzino, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 09:02 (four years ago) link
The MP3s I got from the label were tagged in a way that makes me think there'll be a 2CD version by the end of the year, but they have to allow a certain window to elapse first to keep it legally an RSD exclusive.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 11:57 (four years ago) link
Apparently John Zorn's Tzadik label got fucked really hard by the PledgeMusic implosion - they used the site to fund a giant deluxe box set, but they're not getting the pledge money. So they're launching a limited edition series of LPs to cover their losses:
https://tzadik.limitedrun.com/
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Allison Miller is playing here with violinist Jenny Scheinman, I should probably go? But it's on a weeknight and I probably won't, unfortunately.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
Jenny Scheinman is worth seeing so yeah, go
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, May 14, 2019 6:57 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is good news
― budo jeru, Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
I'm having deja vu about posting this, but I'm listening to the new Lage Lund record and it's pretty cool, it's nice to hear Tyshawn Sorey in a fully rhythmic and idiomatic context (w/Larry Grenadier on bass).
Also enjoying looking up old Bad Plus videos from when Reid Anderson looked like a grunge dude (lots of flip flops and unbuttoned shirt cuffs), and Dave King hadn't gotten all fit and stylish yet.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 May 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
Anderson was swinging on the flippity-flop.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
wait dave king is fit and stylish now?
― gbx, Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
fit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3isNd6UGaDQ
And the last couple times I saw him, my gf remarked on the quality of his shoes (no socks), he was fully cuffed and had the top button happening, looking good imo.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
Brad Mehldau - Finding Gabriel is really hitting me, kind of adventurous in a low key MOR way, a lot of electronics and synth textures, jazz-meets-Brian-Wilson vocal arrangements
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 18 May 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
ooh good I'm always happy to check out some new Mehldau.
― calzino, Saturday, 18 May 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
That description literally makes me shudder, but I'm glad you're into it.
An album that surprised me this week is pianist Greg Foat's The Mage, which features Malcolm Catto (of the Heliocentrics), Clark Tracey, and Moses Boyd on drums on various tracks; saxophonists Duncan Lamont and Art Themen; and guitarist Ray Russell. (Those dudes are all British jazz vets who've also recorded tons of library music and whatnot.) The first track is a kind of Pentangle-meets-Wicker Man version of the hymn “Of My Hands” with a female singer (Kathleen Garcia), but there's some other stuff later on that sounds like if Stanley Turrentine had made a whole album of Pink Floyd (circa Meddle/Dark Side) covers for CTI.
https://aotns.bandcamp.com/album/the-mage
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Saturday, 18 May 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
Do you like him in general (Brad M)?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 18 May 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
well I like a lot of 3 sounds/Turrentine/Pentangle so that sounds fucking good as well!
― calzino, Saturday, 18 May 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
his last alb Seymour Reads the Constitution was brilliant.
― calzino, Saturday, 18 May 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
I like the Art of the Trio records, but I don't listen to them often. It was mostly the "jazz-meets-Brian Wilson vocal arrangements" that hurt.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Saturday, 18 May 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
Lol Wilson can be a loaded term, I could have referenced Kamasi or Axelrod I guess
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 18 May 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
Cheers for the Foat recommendation. I liked the Hampshire Foat stuff without ever being bowled over by it. This is making me think of Ian Carr's Belladonna in places.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 18 May 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
At 37 minutes, the Foat record does feel a little like cuttings. By which I mean if there's more lying about, I'd gladly hear it.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 18 May 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
Ahmad Jamal’s quartet was INCREDIBLE tonight. Full review on Stereogum on Friday.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Sunday, 19 May 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
really enjoying the Greg Foat
― Heez, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
Tried putting on the Mehldau at home and the first track got an instant veto from the other human present
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link