The second set--of the same first set tunes--is more aggressive, as if the first set was a warm up....
Discovery: The first set by Tyshawn Sorey's trio at Smalls in NYC last night is a keeper, Tyshawn "driving the bus" (as Bean Clemons puts it) but staying within the trio's sound. To watch:
The second set--of the same first set tunes--is more aggressive, as if the first set was a warm up....
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Discovery: As good as pianist Emmet Cohen is Monday nights playing with his guests, I found him not as good playing with his trio in Charlotte Saturday night. Online is two dimensional, live is three, including the sound...
This Week for me is a mix of live music I haven't heard lately & some possibly special online gigs. Monday 7:30p: It's Emmet Cohen's birthday online, likely to bring many party guests at: Tuesday 7:30 & 9p: MacArthur genius grant winner & drummer Tyshawn Sorey leads a trio online at: Wednesday 7p: The Yeaux Katz band strengthens Speakeasy's Carrboro-local jazz reputation at: Thursday 7:30 & 9p: My favorite pianist, Sullivan Fortner online at: Thursday-Friday 9:30p each night: My second favorite vocalist, Tierney Sutton's Band online at: Friday 8p: Trumpeter Thomas Heflin & trombonist Mitch Butler w/ pianist Ernest Turner in Durham at: Saturday: Though Al Strong's at C Grace, & Public Opinion at Bond Brothers, for me it's either: 8p: Locavocalist Angela Bingham at Raleigh's Empress Room:8p: Thrio--pianist Andrew Berinson, drummer Donovan Cheatham, bassist Paul Creel--in Clayton at: So, some nights you don't have to go out to hear good music... Discovery: I have an extra ticket to offer to pianist Emmet Cohen's trio in the Jazz Room at the Blumenthal Arts Center in Charlotte for the 7p show. Details in this link: https://www.thejazzarts.org/event/emmet-cohen-trio-plays-homage-to-piano-greats/2022-05-21/
I'm planning to drive from Carrboro early enough in the afternoon to compensate for not having been in Charlotte in decades. Email me at [email protected] if you're interested. First come, first serve. Hooping someone else is interested in seeing the person whose livestream has helped keep me saner over the last 2+ years....pb |
AuthorPeter Burke has liked jazz since he was in high school. Having lived & worked in exotic places with & without local jazz scenes, he has also led a Guide To Local Jazz class in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke. Archives
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