Friday
Jim Ketch Swingtet @ Sharp Nine: Tearing through jazz history Jim on trumpet & his younger players--Eric Hirsh piano, Aaron Gross bass, Donovan Cheatham drums, Aaron Ringel on trombone, & Shaquim Muldrow on tenor--were awesome for the first set I heard. Rumor has it they were even better the second set. By that time I was at the...
the Joey Calderazzo-Eric Revis Duo at the Beyu: Despite a strangely out-of-tune piano & limited Revis audio, these two played enthusiastically & well, essentially rehearsing for their weekend recording session. I can't wait for some of what I heard that night in good sound, especially a simple version of "Moon River" without cliches...
The most important thing: Both 8p sets of the above sold out. There are enough jazz fans in this area to do that. Hallelujah!
Saturday
The Ledbetter Family & Friends @ the Station in Carrboro: This series continued with a new voice for me, that of Adia (a-DEE-a) Ledbetter, with her father Freeman on bass, Curtis McPhatter on drums, Andrew Berinson on piano, & Shaquim Muldrow on tenor. Despite, or because of, a sparse crowd (mostly from Durham), they put on a good show. Adia doesn't perform much, but deserves to...
The SDJD Quartet @ Sharp Nine: AKA guitarist Scott Sawyer, tenor saxist Dave Finucane, bassist Jason Foureman, & drummer Dan Davis. They play so solidly that it's group brilliance. Catch them the next time they're anywhere, even on the street...
On the Path of Wisdom? I hope so...