The dog trots freely thru the Rolling Jazz Canto Thread 2016

You might, rabbit, you might.

I saw them in 09 (?) at Wayne State and thought they were great so I think that's a yes? I haven't kept up with most of their albums since then, though, although the one with Joshua Redman sounded good. xp

Saw The Bad Plus once in City Hall Park across the street from J&R Music World about a decade ago, but at the time I wasn't really into what theiy were doing. But I have seen Ethan a couple of times doing some excellent playing with his friend Tootie Heath (who apparently refers to this band as "The Bad Pus" ) so I say go.

I've seen them about a dozen times and they've ranged from good to spectacular; generally better in small rooms imo

same, otm. although maybe the best i've ever seen them was in a theater on the tour with Wendy Lewis on vocals.

why would you not go, is it hella expensive?

$50+ tix (times two if I make it a date night)
2 small kids = baby$itter
general laziness / it's easier to stay home and half-watch Flip Or Flop while refreshing twitter

currently leaning toward going, tho

aight makes sense

I'd definitely go though, always good to get out and hear live music

if you've never seen them before, i would say definitely but a $150 to $200 night out is tough no matter how you slice it

yeah, i would definitely like to go. i saw Jeremy Pelt in this venue a few years ago and it was pretty darn intimate/amazing. it's like watching a concert in your living room, kinda.

pitched a story on 'em in another town in hopes of parlaying that into a list spot here. we'll see...

ilxor andy k turned me on to this

really fantastic

https://yussefkamaal.bandcamp.com

love that record--"lowrider" is a mega jam imo

The new Forebrace album Steeped, like their last one shows a lot of Last Exit influence and their more hard edged stuff is excellent. Probably not a great album but definitely a work in progress.

I interviewed Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado for Bandcamp.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2016/12/la_la_land_s_clich_d_confused_depiction_of_jazz.html

Not surprising I guess

I interviewed Kamasi Washington's bassist, Miles Mosley, for Bandcamp. His album Uprising comes out 1/27; it's not a jazz disc, more of a '70s funk/R&B album, but with massive, fuzzed-out, almost Hendrixian bass solos on pretty much every track. It's really good.

speaking of The Bad Plus, pretty enjoyable set w Frisell at Newport, still here (get it while you can, never know about npr jazz staying up)
http://www.npr.org/event/music/158004697/the-bad-plus-with-bill-frisell-live-in-concert-newport-jazz-2012

There is a great bit of audience interaction on Joe McPhee's Flowers live album where he explains that when he was in the army he couldn't quite explain to his fellow soldiers why he had a watercolour tribute to Ornette Coleman in his locker door rather than the standard girlie pics.

ha

I played drums on a little New Orleans jazz album earlier this year: https://darrensterud.bandcamp.com/releases

Somehow I missed that the Bad Plus even released an album this year, much less Bad Plus-ed Prince:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjtvIi_T0lY

(or more likely i knew and forgot)

Oh damn, Alphonse Mouzon passed away.

https://youtu.be/psfHjIVd8VI?list=PLHlcpNxyojhFStR2pUzMsxZmcYE_OTu2r

How'd you miss that?

Stuck in electronic music land I guess

Ha, I missed it too. The NPR clip with Frisell is good btw!

Flag posting both of you for that

Da Capo al Fine

(Aka new thread for new year)

My fav bass player at the moment is the young German livewire dude by the name of Noah Punkt, his work with Protean Reality and his Ordnung Herrscht album are both quality imo. I'm not usually too bothered about no-wavey influenced stuff but there is something about his style I love.