Another one downTHURSDAYJake Smith/Jonathan Keeney duoYarn/WirePhill NiblockLos LobosVijay Iyer TrioFRIDAYStephen O’MalleyKali MaloneArooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad IsmailyTyshawn Sorey TrioWilliam ParkerMark Ribot: The Jazz-BinsLesley FlaniganSATURDAYBassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba‘32 Sounds’Bill Orcutt & Chris Corsano DuoThe Bad PlusEtran De L’AïrJohn Zorn: Bagatelles Part 2James “Blood” UlmerTim GickJohn Zorn: Bagatelles Part 1John Zorn: New Masada QuartetSUNDAYWadada Leo SmithJohn Zorn: Bagatelles Part 3James Brandon Lewis TrioRica ChichaEvan ZiporynPeter OneJohn Zorn with Trevor Dunn & Dave LombardoJohn Zorn: Cobra
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 April 2023 03:29 (one year ago) link
but haela ravenna hunt-hendrix apparently is so maybe i'm just chickenshit lol
Liturgy's set was lit, fwiw. I feel like they were a lot more powerful and bottom-heavy this time than when I saw them some years back, but maybe it was just a better sound system. They rocked, in any case. The crowd loved it.
I overlapped with you on some of the jazz, Whiney. I thought the Vijay Iyer Trio the first night was spectacular, even better than I expected. Other favorites of mine: Allison Russell, Irreversible Entanglements, Kali Malone's Living Torch, William Parker's Mayan Space Station, caroline.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 3 April 2023 03:53 (one year ago) link
Kate NV was great, too, but I had to flee for my ears' sake after a bit.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 3 April 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
I needed that life-affirming John Zorn finale - Oneohtrix Point Never was a 75-minute anxiety attack
― c u (crüt), Monday, 3 April 2023 04:34 (one year ago) link
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 April 2023 04:56 (one year ago) link
otm
― c u (crüt), Monday, 3 April 2023 05:03 (one year ago) link
SOME HIGHLIGHTS— Best of the fest is probably Etran De L’Aïr, just absolutely electric. There’s at least four or five touring desert rock bands now that are better than any American rock band, it’s crazy— Cobra with FOUR DRUMMERS was amazing: Wolleson is MVP, bass player from Trigger is the chaos engine. Insane that Wolleson was just smoking these young cats and Dave Lombardo—Vijay Iyer trio but basically watching Tyshawn Sorey 90% of the time—Los Lobos, still amazing— Phill Niblock front row brodown with aerosmith and crüt—Tupelo Honey chicken and waffles SOME LOWLIGHTS—I think they oversold the fest: long lines & rooms hitting capacity. This is my 8th Big Ears and I’ve never heard of the TENNESSEE THEATER (cap 1,645) having to turn people away—The Bad Plus, who I’ve seen amazing sets by maybe three times, sounded like a jam band—For some reason I thought I had the right of way while on a Bird scooter, braked to avoid being hit by a car and absolutely ate shit. Flintstone lump on my right knee, scrape on my arm and pain on my left leg.
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 April 2023 05:25 (one year ago) link
Another lowlight is knowing that I won’t be able to go to Big Ears 2024 unless I get a job soon
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 April 2023 05:27 (one year ago) link
They did raise ticket capacity this year because of adding the Civic Auditorium as a venue. But since the size of the individual venues didn’t change, that definitely meant more people trying to get into the smaller ones (and the larger ones, like the Tennessee Theatre). I was still able to get into everything I wanted, but I did make sure to show up like a half-hour early for anything that was a priority. Of course I had a media pass that let me use the “Premier” lines, was definitely harder on the GA passes.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 3 April 2023 12:56 (one year ago) link
Liturgy's set was lit, fwiw. I feel like they were a lot more powerful and bottom-heavy this time than when I saw them some years back, but maybe it was just a better sound system.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra)
checks out, us trans women are notorious for all being bottoms :)
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 3 April 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link
lol well she was killin' it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 3 April 2023 16:21 (one year ago) link
How was Blood Ulmer? He was maybe the one act I *really* wanted to see this year. Agree re. Sorey – when I saw him with Iyer and Oh a few years ago he was mesmerizing.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
Blood Ulmer was all right. If you don't appreciate slap bass, you might have had a hard time.
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link
I wanted to see him but picked Rickie Lee Jones because I've never seen her and don't when my next chance will be. (She was great, fwiw.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 19:20 (one year ago) link
Slap bass sucks. But Harmolodic Slap Bass is awesome.
Who was in his band? Amin Ali?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 6 April 2023 18:56 (one year ago) link
Did anyone go to the Eliane Radigue performance? If so, what was it like? I’m assuming she wasn’t personally in attendance, but I was shocked to see how many octogenarians who showed in 2022.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 30 April 2023 13:20 (one year ago) link
I was there - she was not in attendance. It was supposed to be a performance by Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Carol Robinson (clarinet), who had both been taught their pieces directly by Radigue, but Robinson was unable to attend due to illness, so it ended up being just one solo trumpet piece. I was transfixed though.
― c u (crüt), Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:12 (one year ago) link
Awesome, thanks for the update, crüt
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 30 April 2023 15:47 (one year ago) link