I'll suggest "a useful arena for reconsidering the central paradoxes of our lives" as the festival's new tagline.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 13:14 (two years ago) link
Good idea. Ha.
Just reading author N*d S*blette in an email talk about his faves at the fest. He was there showing his work in progress movie "Tierra Sagrada (Sacred Ground)" about religious Cuban singing and dancing rituals. His faves were:
Miguel Zenón with the Spektral Quartet; Val Jeanty; and Jason Moran
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 April 2022 04:09 (two years ago) link
I saw about 15-20 minutes of the movie, taking a breather between other things. It was cool. I also saw some of Val Jeanty, who was also cool. I heard raves about Zenon. (And Moran, I mean, of course.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 14 April 2022 04:17 (two years ago) link
Dude the Moran set got absolutely batshit. He started just playing this low piano noise rumble that turned into a sucking abyss somehow?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 14 April 2022 04:23 (two years ago) link
I didn't make it to Moran, which I hated to miss. The two sets I saw by him a few years back (including w/Milford Graves!) were amazing.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 14 April 2022 13:37 (two years ago) link
This festival sounds amazing.
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Thursday, 14 April 2022 13:42 (two years ago) link
just got my pass for next year :)
― gbx, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
got mine too
― Histoire de BradNelson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link
Thread for next year's:
Big Ears 2023
― nickn, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 22:34 (one year ago) link