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Post by nicknick on Nov 8, 2017 18:14:53 GMT
I used to attend live Jazz in the past. I've seen the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Archie Sheep, Miles Davis 3 times, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Burrell, Cecil Taylor, Thad Jones and many others. What an impressive list, Dottore. I think that listening to live jazz and improvised music played by real masters is a precious lifetime experience. I had a chance to see Dizzy Gillespie, Ornette Coleman, Ahmad Jamal. McCoy Tyner, Gary Bartz, Kenny Barron, Benny Golson, Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann (in different lineups), Roy Campbell, Joe McPhee, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Larry Ochs, Marc Dresser, Evan Parker, etc.
New music artists who form the shape of modern jazz and jazz to come: Matthew Shipp, Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Peter Evans, John Butcher, Agusti Fernandez, Ingrid Laubrock, Mary Halvorson, Hamid Drake, William Parker, Silke Eberhard, Lotte Anker, to name just a few - it is just impossible to describe how much delight their gigs bring to our ears, heart and soul.
Of course, I like my LP and CD collection very much. However, canned music cannot completely reflect the atmosphere of live performance. Yes, some gigs are better than others but all of them are unique. Ken Vandermark once said to me that audience is as much important as musicians on the stage because a good gig is a mutually fruitful exchange of energies and emotions between them.
Support new music and new musicians now, as they may become real classics in the future.
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Post by alunsevern on Nov 12, 2017 16:06:44 GMT
I used to attend live Jazz in the past. I've seen the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Archie Sheep, Miles Davis 3 times, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Burrell, Cecil Taylor, Thad Jones and many others. <...> Support new music and new musicians now, as they may become real classics in the future. I wish I had your stamina and determination, Nick, but I'm afraid that until I saw the great Tomasz Stanko in 2009 (I think it was) I probably hasn't been to a live gig in well over twenty years... And that also turned out to be the last gig I went to. I just don't really like live music. It always goes on too long. I squirm around uncomfortably. My ears hurt. And when I smoked, all I could think about was getting outside for a cigarette or two (now I vape and the addiction isn't as strong and I can go longer between fixes, as it were, but even so being stuck in a hall with hundreds of other people is still a chore). I think i can honestly say that I have never, ever wholly enjoyed a live gig. Being able to play a side or two of an LP and then take it off, make a cup of tea and do something else still seems to me to be one of the greatest leaps forward in human progress we have ever taken
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Post by nicknick on Nov 12, 2017 16:38:34 GMT
“ Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.” (Robert Fripp)
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Post by pjd on Nov 12, 2017 18:37:50 GMT
I used to attend live Jazz in the past. I've seen the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Archie Sheep, Miles Davis 3 times, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Burrell, Cecil Taylor, Thad Jones and many others. Some of the greats I can remember seeing: Archie Shepp, Sun Ra (under Marshall Allen), Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Reggie Workman, Dave Burrell, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Al Foster, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden, Sonny Simmons, Sunny Murray, Charles Gayle, Count Basie Orchestra (Frank Foster direction), Ted Curson, John Tchicai, Mingus Big Band, Elvin Jones, Johnny Griffin, Jackie Mclean, Grachan Moncur, Bobby Hutcherson, Hank Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Horace Tapscott, Ray Charles, Joe Williams, Roswell Rudd, Dave Holland, Larry Ridley, Ricky Ford, Mickey Roker... Growing up in Chicago with Joe Seigel's Jazz Showcase at the Blackstone Hotel, and then living in Philly, NYC and Paris, made it possible to catch live jazz from the greats whenever I wanted. One of the great concerts I saw was the Mclean-Moncur-Hutcherson reunion at Iridium in 2004. People still talk about that one on various online forums. But now, with most of the 50s/60s players gone, I don't have much interest in seeing live jazz. Seeing the young cats at a place like Small's in NYC can still be fun though.
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Post by alunsevern on Nov 12, 2017 18:54:13 GMT
“ Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.” (Robert Fripp) Brilliant. And true. I must note it down.
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Post by nicknick on Nov 12, 2017 18:54:17 GMT
Oh, I've also seen Charles Gayle and Roswell Rudd from your list, pjd. Last week I attended a gig where Barry Guy (5 string double bass) played with his wife Maya Homburger (violin), then Agusti Fernandez played solo piano set, then Peter Evans played solo trumpet set. Next day Barry Guy, Agusti Fernandez, and Peter Evans played as Free Radicals Trio. I have long wanted to see Peter Evans, his trumpet playing is phenomenal. In two weeks Ken Vandermark (with Made to Break Quartet) will be playing here, then Mats Gustafsson (with The Thing).
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Post by sztiv on Nov 12, 2017 18:59:03 GMT
I have a guilty secret. I saw both Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins and didn't enjoy either of them. But Jimmy Smith and Herbie Hancock were triffic.
Now I'm living in a rather tedious provincial little town and there's not much to tempt me out.
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Post by nicknick on Nov 24, 2017 17:37:18 GMT
Yesterday Ken Vandermark played here with his quartet Made To Break (Ken Vandermark - tenor saxophone & clarinet, Jasper Stadhouders - electric bass & guitar, Christof Kurzmann - electronics, Tim Daisy - drums). They've just released their new album Trébuchet (Trost, 2017). This is my fifth Vandermark's gig: I've seen him in duet with Paal Nilssen-Love (drums), in trio Free Fall (with Haward Wiik - piano and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten - bass), in saxophone trio Sonore with Peter Brotzmann and Mats Gustafsson, and in quartet Lean Left (with Terrie Ex, Andy Moore, and Paal Nilssen-Love).
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Post by Doom Girl on May 27, 2020 21:13:17 GMT
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