What Are You Listening To?

[Ron Thorne]

Those are some wonderful-looking recordings, Ralf. Smoke seems to have done a very tasteful job with them.

[Ron Thorne]

Avi Rothbard Trio



7:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Avi Rothbard - Guitar
Jared Gold - Organ
Brandon Lewis - Drums

http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/

[Ron Thorne]

As is usual this time of the evening here, the live stream I enjoy so much. This ensemble is amazing!




Lucas Pino No Net Nonet



9:30 PM to 12:00 AM

Matt Jodrell - Trumpet
Glenn Zaleski - Piano
Lucas Pino - Tenor Sax
Mark Whitfield Jr - Drums
Desmond White - Bass
Alex LoRe - Alto Sax
Rafal Sarnecki - Guitar
Nick Finzer - Trombone
Andrew Gutauskas - Baritone Sax

http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/

[Ron Thorne]

Straight ahead with an iconic drummer, baby! On stage right now.




Michael Weiss Trio



10:30 PM to 01:00 AM

Michael Weiss - Piano
David Wong - Bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath - Drums

http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/

[pig pen]

I just received this direct from the label (Yolk Records in France) and am a couple of tracks in. This is a really interesting environment for Ellery since these guys have a whole different esthetic than his recent releases. It's Jozef Dumoulin on keyboards (Fender Rhodes), Dan Weiss on drums & Ellery but it's a whole different vibe than the Trio NY from the recent past. I really like this and will be giving it some serious listening in the near future.

[pig pen]

I've had some more time with the Dumoulin disc mentioned above and I am loving it. I've also had some time with a couple of other recent arrivals that are a nice contrast:



James Farm (Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, Eric Harland) - City Folk



Marcin Wasilewski trio w Joakim Milder - Spark of Life

[Ron Thorne]

[rawac]

1st Set:


dr/perc: Günter "Baby" Sommer
p: Patrick Bebelaar
tba/eb/Serpent: Michel Godard


2nd Set:


db: Buster Williams
dr: Matt Wilson
p: Denny Zeitlin
(recorded 2001, published 2014, which is , incomprehensible, because it's a beautiful full live set from the Jazz Bakery)

3rd Set:


db: Larry Grenadier
dr: Jim Black
p/rhds/voc: Stefano Bollani
tbn: Josh Roseman
vib: Jason Adasiewicz

[Ron Thorne]

The Smalls Jazz Club New Year's Eve lineup.






Smalls Jazz Club New Year's Eve
wih the SmallsLIVE All-stars

9 PM to late night...

Lezlie Harrison - Vocalist
Lennie Cuje - Vibraphone
Joe Magnarelli - Trumpet
Ned Goold - Tenor Sax
Spike Wilner - Piano
Jon Roche - Bass
Clifford Barbaro - Drums

[Gentle Giant]

Last night at bedtime.

[Ron Thorne]

Lucas Pino
No Net Nonet



9:30 PM to 12:00 AM

Colin Stranahan - Drums
Glenn Zaleski - Piano
Lucas Pino - Tenor Sax
Desmond White - Bass
Alex LoRe - Alto Sax
Rafal Sarnecki - Guitar
Nick Finzer - Trombone
Andrew Gutauskas - Baritone Sax

Smalls Jazz Club

[Ron Thorne]

I received this really fine recording today as a late Christmas gift from my son, Justin (jtx here). Terrific!






Here's a taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvQjNiXQYOo

[Ron Thorne]

Outstanding!





Francisco Mela Quartet



9:30 PM to 12:00 AM

George Garzone - Tenor Sax
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
Drew Gress - Bass
Francisco Mela - Drums

Listen

[Fred K]

Nels Cline & Julian Lage - Room
Greg Cohen - Golden State
Riverside (Dave Douglas, Chet Doxas, Steve Swallow, Jim Doxas) - (s.t.)
Erik Friedlander - Nighthawks
Tom Harrell - Trip
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian - Hamburg '72
Frank Kimbrough - Quartet
Kirk Dnuffke Quartet - BigWig
Kirk Knuffke & Jesse Stacken - Five
Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra - Live in Ljubljana
Ron Miles - Circuit Rider
Bobby Previte - Terminals
Matthew Shipp Trio - Root of Things
John Zorn - Testament of Solomon (Bill Frisell, Carol Emanuel, Kenny Wollesen)
John Zorn - On Leaves of Grass (J. Medeski, T. Dunn, K. Wollesen, J. Baron)
John Zorn - Anguares (Book of Angels, Vol. 23)(Roberto Rodrigues)
Bottle Rockets - Zoysia
Robbie Fulks - Couples in Trouble
Robbie Fulks - 13 Hillbilly Giants
The Sadies - Tremendous Efforts
The Sadies - Pure Diamond Gold
Debussy - Images/Preludes, Book II (Hamelin)
Obrecht - Missa Caput/Salve Regina (Oxford Camerata, J. Summerly)
Okeghem - Requiem/Missa Prolationum (Musica Ficta, B. Holten)
Schubert - Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D. 894 (Lupu)
Sibelius - Symphonies 4 & 5 (A. Collins)
Tchaikovsky - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 (Mravinsky)

[Ron Thorne]

Just in and is wonderful stuff!

[moldyfigg]

Randy Newman's "Good Old Boys."

[jwaggs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBpDNnwceL8

[Ron Thorne]

Once again and still fabulous . . .




Lucas Pino
No Net Nonet





9:30 PM to 12:00 AM

Colin Stranahan - Drums
Glenn Zaleski - Piano
Lucas Pino - Tenor Sax
Desmond White - Bass
Alex LoRe - Alto Sax
Rafal Sarnecki - Guitar
Nick Finzer - Trombone
Andrew Gutauskas - Baritone Sax

Smalls Jazz Club

[Ron Thorne]

In a word ... sublime.

[bluenoter]

A friend has asked me for some recs for jazz. I have a list that reflects my tastes and thought I'd ask here if anyone has a suggestion (one or two ) of recordings out of left field that a person coming to jazz from dance and trance may dig

I was revisiting and considering these two:

       

My conclusions: Ask the Ages—nope, not a good rec for HenryMc's friend. Dancing in Your Head—yeah, maybe. Depends on how much weight (if any) the "dance and trance" factor should get.

[Ron Thorne]

Live via stream from . . .






Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Ralph Alessi - Trumpet
Gary Versace - Piano
Drew Gress - Bass
Dan Weiss - Drums

[pig pen]

Marc Hannaford - piano
Scott Tinkler - Trumpet
Ellery Eskelin - Sax
Tom Rainey - Drums

I missed this release last year, but caught onto it from Ellery's blog http://elleryeskelin.blogspot.ca/. This is some very nicely played open form improv of the sort that Ellery and Tom Rainey seem so natural at. Hannaford and Tinkler are new names to me, but I will be looking for them in the future.

[steve(thelil)]

Avi Rothbard Trio



7:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Avi Rothbard - Guitar
Jared Gold - Organ
Brandon Lewis - Drums

http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/

Ron: I was at Smalls for the first time in a while on Saturday to see their late afternoon/early evening jam session. A good time with some great players. Unfortunately (for me) nobody was introduced.

[Ron Thorne]

Too bad that there weren't introductions of band members, Steve. That's a pet peeve of mine. Glad you enjoyed yourself, however. Smalls is really solid in its presentations, in my view.

[steve(thelil)]

Too bad that there weren't introductions of band members, Steve. That's a pet peeve of mine. Glad you enjoyed yourself, however. Smalls is really solid in its presentations, in my view.

I sort of get it in the Smalls Jam Session, since there was a "nucleus group" that played on most songs, with many other people coming and going. But it would be nice to know who the nucleus group was - they seemed like real serious players.