Tomas Fujiwara's Red Carpet @ I-Beam 4/18/13
Now that I go to Shapeshifter Lab so much, I feel like I can go any where. I-Beam is a great place but it does a feel out of the way - probably because I'm used to so much people around. It also took...
View ArticleKong Nay, Ben Allison, Marc Ribot, Rudy Royston @ Asia Museum 4/19/13
It was a wonderful event. It was about an hour in total. The first 1/2 was a Kong Nay solo. It was wonderful. He plays a Chapei Dong Veng. Something like a guitar and it sounds awesome. Here's...
View ArticleMagolia Beacon @ Hi /Ho Lounge NOLA 5/1/13
I was feeling a desire to change it up this year at Jazzfest. I knew I'd end up at Megalomaniacs Ball, but wanted to try something else first. I saw Helen Gillet was listed on the jazzfest grids, but...
View ArticleThe Mike Dillon Band @ Howlin Wolf NOLA 5/1/13
It was good and fun, which is expected. It did seem some like most of the shows I've seen of them were a little higher level. It was still really good. It was awesome when Charlie Hunter sat in....
View ArticleOriginal Garage a Trois @ Howlin Wolf NOLA 5/1/13
This was worth the entire trip to New Orleans. Charlie Hunter is an original member of the band. He's a phenomenal guitar player who was playing the 8-string guitar back at the time. That means he...
View ArticleThe Midnight Disturbers @ Howlin Wolf NOLA 5/1/13
This was great, but I was still elated from GAT and actually didn't need it. I wasn't there when this was created. My memory is that Stanton Moore and 1 or 2 other horn leaders were hanging out one...
View ArticleJazzfest 5/2/13
I had sketchy notes and not much memory. Are you sitting down? It looks like I'm ready for a Jazzfest hiatus. Last year, I just started feeling like it was getting old. This was my 12th year. I...
View ArticleAstral Project @ Fairgrounds 5/3/13
I was there for a few hours before I founded music I liked. I still enjoyed walking aroud and eating and hanging. I did enjoy Astral Project. Then I decided I was happy and wanted to hang out...
View ArticleCheick Hamala Diabate Band @ Old US Mint NOLA 5/3/13
It's a mint museum in which they sometimes have events. I enjoyed it. I was able to dance close in the middle of the room and I love Nola-African stuff.http://cheickhamala.com/
View ArticleRoyal Potato Family Allstars @ Blue Nile NOLA 5/4/12
It had it's moments. Marco played that happy song too way too many times. Skerik mentioned since Marco is a founding member of Royal Potato Family he could play whatever he wanted that night. I wish...
View ArticleWimbish @ Blue Nile Balcony Room NOLA 5/4/13
That was a fun show. It's also a lot of fun to bounce back and forth between 2 shows. Everyone was excited for when Vernon Reid would come on a play a few. It got me thrilled that I'm spoiled that I...
View ArticleHelen Gillet @ Always Lounge 5/4/13
Helen played about 25 minutes of exceelent solo cello set. Then Mazz Swift play about 30 minutes or so of violin. It was good, even though it was cold in the venue.
View ArticleWoazoa Ochestra @ Allways Lounge 5/4/13
It was a good show. I stayed as long as I could, but the cold was too much for me. I did enjoy what I got.Here's a description of the project from here site. I don't know who the actual musicians...
View ArticleSexMob @ 92YTribeca 5/9/13
I love this band! They were phenomenal! I'm looking to hearing the new album. I purchased it, but I don't have a way to listen to it right now. Well, I have an older computer and Google Drive, so I...
View ArticleAllison Miller's Boom Tic Boom @ 92YTribeca 5/9/13
The band is completely different and still stellar. I got a CD for that I'm looking forward to listening to as well.Here's the show on...
View ArticleSecret Chiefs3 @ Union Hall 5/18/13
I went out for the brief white robe set. It was phenomenal. I love the space, too. It reminds me a lot of when I saw them in Paris. The performance space is in a back room. There's a nice outside...
View ArticleLeni Stern @ Barbes 5/19/13
It was an awesome African trio. I always like seeing Leni Stern's band. She is originally from Munich, Germany and she's based in NYC. She plays with a wonderful bass player, , and drummer. I think...
View ArticleStephane Wrembel @ Barbes 5/19/13
Sephane Wrembel is awesome. He plays in the style of Django Reinhardt. He's very talented. His band evolves over time. It's always good. I liked his intense drummer last night. He plays at Barbes...
View ArticleThe M & Ms: Medeski, Mali, Mercurio, Moore @ LPR 5/23/13
I had high expectations for this show. A new amalgamation of people I love, and I loved who was in it. I did end up having a great time and it was a good show. However, it was also quite lacking in...
View ArticleHenry Butler @ Joe's Pub 7/21/13
This was an awesome solo show. We sat right behind him at the front of the stage and could see all of his moves. He really went around the repotoire. He started with some spiritual and then went to...
View ArticleEllery Eskelin Trio @ Cornelia St Cafe 7/26/13
I had a great time first having dinner upstairs and then going down to have the great music. I didn't know the drummer before but he was fun. I like how Ellery is so versatile and keeps it all so...
View ArticleButler, Bernstein & The Hot 9 @ Damrosch Park Bandshell 8/8/13
This was phenomenal. We found out at the end that it's actually a new band that intends to record. Yippee! It's basically pieces of 2 of my favorite bands merging into one. Millennial Territory...
View ArticleNo BS! Brass Band @ Damrosch Park Bandshell 8/8/13
We were told at the beginning of the Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9 that No BS! Brass Band wasn't able to make it to the earlier show they were scheduled for due to travel problems. I believe...
View ArticleKimock/Worrll/Ingram/Hess @ City Winery 8/10/13
Sure, if i were able to deal with a huge crowd I would be at Brooklyn Bowl that night for Mike Dillon Band and then Galactic, but this was a good and fun runner up. Bernie Worrell and Andy Hess...
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