Rolling Jazz Thread 2023

Donny McCaslin with Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre and Mark Guiliana
This would have been my go-to in the familiar names department.

They were raucous and banged around a lot. McCaslin commented how it had been a long time since the four of them had played together publicly and that he liked the "danger" of the combo.

I know i just missed this, but anything interesting happening in NY this friday or saturday? i’ll be in town, would be nice to check a set

Just looking now. David Murray at the Vanguard, maybe? Haven’t seen him in ages myself.

Or maybe The Houston Person Quintet at The Birdland Theater.

Or even Al Foster Quartet 80th Birthday Celebration at Smoke.

Those three in roughly increasing order of preference for me.

forksclovetofu - great report, thank you. You mentioned a few intriguing performers that I haven’t heard before. I’m gonna check out Julius Rodriguez first. Then probably Brandee Younger.

That new David Murray band - Marta Sanchez on piano, Luke Stewart on bass, Kassa Overall on drums - promises to be pretty great. Murray's usual thing is to take a band to the stage before bringing them into the studio, so I hope there'll be an album down the road.

I can’t see going uptown— Murray might be it, Saturday late show. Need to do a bit of coordinating before I commit tho—! I’ll be in Chinatown area from around 330-onward. Thanks for the advice!

tbh yr preferences are mine, too, but I like Murray and have never seen him live.

Cool, sounds like a plan!

Meaning, enjoy yourself! I doubt that I myself will be there.

Excerpts of this new Kenny Barron album are so damn good that I haven't yet caught many of Kevin Whitehead's words, though I gather that he likes it too:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149021094/nea-jazz-master-kenny-barron-shines-playing-solo-on-the-sourc

Friday - Fucking astonishing lineup: https://roulette.org/event/improv-nights-a-tribute-to-derek-bailey-2/
Saturday - Shara Lunon (vocals, electronics) Jennifer Choi (violin) Nate Wooley (trumpet) James Brandon Lewis (tenor sax) Oscar Noriega (clarinets) Shahzad Ismaily (bass and electronics) Ches Smith (drums, vibraphone, electronics) at The Stone

For Julius Rodriguez, try
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsH3DjCjaA

For Brandee, try
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCNqhzkSk58

That Roulette set lineup btw is:
John Zorn sax
Bill Frisell guitar
Jim Staley trombone
Dave Taylor bass trombone
Laurie Anderson voice, violin, electronics
Mary Halvorson guitar
Ikue Mori electronics
Craig Taborn piano
Joel Ross vibes
Brian Marsella piano, synth
Brandon Lopez bass
Kate Gentile drums

$25 ticket!

hooooly shit

Wow

it's like going to Big Ears but in pill form

my bad, that's the Thursday line up. Here's friday and saturday. I'm likely going saturday.

JANUARY 20
John Zorn sax
Bill Frisell guitar
Matana Roberts sax
Caroline Davis sax
Mary Halvorson guitar
Wendy Eisenberg guitar
Craig Taborn piano
Brian Marsella piano, synth
Patricia Brennan vibes
Henry Fraser bass
Brandon Lopez bass
Kate Gentile drums

JANUARY 21
John Zorn sax
Bill Frisell guitar
Caroline Davis sax
Immanuel Wilkins sax
Jim Staley trombone
Amir Elsaffar trumpet
Wendy Eisenberg guitar
Arturo O’Farrill piano
Patricia Brennan vibes
Henry Fraser bass
Jorge Roeder bass
Francisco Mela drums

I like that Saturday line-up. Haven’t seen Jorge in ages, outside of the occasional Julian Lage video. I guess he still lives in Brooklyn though.

Nate Chinen's take on jazzfest, looks like his journeys were similar to mine
https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2023-01-17/past-is-prologue-thrillingly-as-the-winter-jazzfest-marks-its-return

shoulda woulda coulda done this nublu set but ya gotta pace yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eepvgiUj9Bo

Shouldn't admit this but I've yet to make it to Nublu.

it's a nice space, good a/v, lots of room to move around and see the set from various viewpoints, artists clearly like being there, vibe has always been positive

I've always heard good things about it but ... I don't go to Brooklyn.

...or the LES, anymore.

lol, it's in manhattan!
http://nublu.net/

what's wrong with the lower east side exactly other than everything that still shouldn't stop you?
you don't do anthology any more fer instance?

But I probably will again, this year, I hope. Fellas, it's a new day!

Last time I went to Anthology Susan Sontag was still alive for me to see her there.

And Michael Musto was standing across the street. Hope I didn't end up in any blind listicle.

Which ILX0r etc etc etc?

What kept me away? Parenthood then pandemic. When I used to run into Morbius I would sheepishly sort of apologize that I couldn't keep up wiith his rate of filmgoing (anymore). He would smile and say "I can imagine, I can imagine."

Actually I went to the not-so-lower East Side a few months ago to use that week's MUBI GO ticket.

I was confusing it with National Sawdust, which I also have yet to visit.

NS can put on a great show
let's get you out this year

Something to look forward to. I'm in!

Probably should follow some of these places on social media.

I did sometimes get out to Barbès and especially to Shapeshifter, both of which I should also follow, I guess. And to my friend's Tuesday night jam session that is now at...Bar Bayeux...but used to be...somewhere else.

Halyards

And before that, Fifth Estate.

Part of me wants to say that the last time I was there was exactly seven years ago, so I could ask Ben Monder about Bowie and Tony V, but I probably went a few times after that.

Okay I'm done.

We now return this thread to its regularly scheduled content.

I went to Nublu once or twice; saw the Hedvig Mollestad Trio there about seven or eight years ago, probably.

they've remodeled

I admit that I find the name “NuBlu” so off putting that I would have a hard time walking into the place. Why that stupid name!

OTM. Sounds like a bespoke vodka brand.

it's a stupid name but it's a cool spot as i remember!

Anybody check out David Murray's new quartet at the Village Vanguard this past week? I was going to go this weekend, but the shows sold out before I could commit to a time. On paper it looks really interesting: Marta Sanchez – Piano, Luke Stewart – Bass, Kassa Overall – Drums

There has to be a better way to phrase that.

“He has a great knack for picking amazing younger musicians and grooming them,” Carrington affirms."

Moor Mother has a new album coming out on Anti- next year and the first track has just been released — it's a collaboration with Nicole Mitchell on flute and Nduduzo Makhathini on piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1OBIgFHFqQ

I'm in love with this brand new Ambrose Akinmusire album Owl Song, it's a trio with Bill Frisell (!) and Herlin Riley (!!). I've never been into him before, but I've had a big Frisell year and this fits perfectly with all the minimal, ambient Scandinavian jazz I've been listening to. And it's cool to hear Herlin in this mode (all the low end is left to the drums too, since there's no bass or piano).

Yeah, it's a really good record.

Heh glad you like it, I wasn't sure.

Also, I'd been ignoring these Youtube recommendations for a "StickPeople" podcast, but it turns out it's Lenny White + Mike Clark + David Garibaldi + Michael Shrieve + Greg Errico all interviewing another musician, which is really cool.

Also this Paul Motian documentary is on Youtube in full:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DkKTbyobA