What was your last concert you went to ?
Posted by: sjust on 18 October 2004
Archie Shepp & Amina Claudine Myers - Live in Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg
Just returning from one of the Enjoy Jazz Festival concerts currently happening in my area. The old man and the younger lady burnt the house down ! Let's put the cover of forgiving and forgetting over the sound of the P.A. but fortunately you were able to hear both the piano and the saxes through the amplifiers, and that was a pleasure to do ! Shepp (whom I saw before, when he was much younger) still has so much energy that flows directly into his horn (and voice !!!), that it's breath taking. May he still live long and produce music, music, music !
Best regards, freundliche Grüße
Stefan
Just returning from one of the Enjoy Jazz Festival concerts currently happening in my area. The old man and the younger lady burnt the house down ! Let's put the cover of forgiving and forgetting over the sound of the P.A. but fortunately you were able to hear both the piano and the saxes through the amplifiers, and that was a pleasure to do ! Shepp (whom I saw before, when he was much younger) still has so much energy that flows directly into his horn (and voice !!!), that it's breath taking. May he still live long and produce music, music, music !
Best regards, freundliche Grüße
Stefan
Claudia Quintet at the Chicago Cultural Center. A free concert tonight of a 'jazz and beyond' ensemble influenced by classical minimalism.
Regards,
haim
Went to see the Gypsy Kings in Belfast ,Couldn't concentrate on the music because of all the salsa dancers in front of the stage ,my wife said it must remind them of their Spanish holidays 
Jonny Lang - October 30th, Mobile, AL
Sanger Theater - 1174 Seats
Great acoustics, Great Show
Larry
Last night, took no. 1 daughter with me to Gomez at the Junction, Cambridge.
It's not the easiest of venues acoustically, or visually, but we managed to find a reasonable vantage point.
Gomez live (though not last night's gig)
Preamble (yawn). I have experienced Gomez live a number of times across their career, and always rated them as a superb live band, much better than in the studio. In this they follow in a noble tradition.
The last time they played in Cambridge was at the much bigger Corn Exchange, the 'In Our Gun' tour (with a wonderful surprise guest appearance of Danny Thompson who had palyed d.bass on the title track of the studio album - as he is one of my heroes, that will stay with me always).
But from their endless touring around the US college and small venue circuit, it is apparent that this is the environment in which they thrive.
The last time I saw them was at Norwich UEA, and again they turned in a wonderful performance, let down only by the fact they were pushing their - IMO rather weak - then current album 'Split the Difference'.
So, back to last night...
What a performance! I could just tell it was going to be good when they started off not with 'Miles Away', but the superb 'California'.
As well as most of the new album, 'How We Operate', cleverly programmed into the evening, there was a tremendous tour through what some might consider to be 'supporting tracks' from the previous albums (except, I am pleased to say, the previous 'Split the Difference'), the framework on which the 'hits' are hung, as well as some of those great singalongs, like 'Get Myself Arrested' and of course 'Whippin Piccadilly' to round off the evening.
Live, I have always thought that in many ways Gomez are the 'Britpop Grateful Dead' - a clumsy expression, I know. But with the imaginative extensions and improvisations to their songs, and some noodling here and there, and a great rapport with the audience, there are so many points of similarity.
Having feared, previously, that Gomez were becoming a spent force, I am delighted to say that, last night, certainly, they reestablished themselves! Even my daughter, who had been a bit ambivolent about them, was converted to the Gomez cause!
(Can you tell I enjoyed it?!!)
James
It's not the easiest of venues acoustically, or visually, but we managed to find a reasonable vantage point.
Gomez live (though not last night's gig)
Preamble (yawn). I have experienced Gomez live a number of times across their career, and always rated them as a superb live band, much better than in the studio. In this they follow in a noble tradition.
The last time they played in Cambridge was at the much bigger Corn Exchange, the 'In Our Gun' tour (with a wonderful surprise guest appearance of Danny Thompson who had palyed d.bass on the title track of the studio album - as he is one of my heroes, that will stay with me always).
But from their endless touring around the US college and small venue circuit, it is apparent that this is the environment in which they thrive.
The last time I saw them was at Norwich UEA, and again they turned in a wonderful performance, let down only by the fact they were pushing their - IMO rather weak - then current album 'Split the Difference'.
So, back to last night...
What a performance! I could just tell it was going to be good when they started off not with 'Miles Away', but the superb 'California'.
As well as most of the new album, 'How We Operate', cleverly programmed into the evening, there was a tremendous tour through what some might consider to be 'supporting tracks' from the previous albums (except, I am pleased to say, the previous 'Split the Difference'), the framework on which the 'hits' are hung, as well as some of those great singalongs, like 'Get Myself Arrested' and of course 'Whippin Piccadilly' to round off the evening.
Live, I have always thought that in many ways Gomez are the 'Britpop Grateful Dead' - a clumsy expression, I know. But with the imaginative extensions and improvisations to their songs, and some noodling here and there, and a great rapport with the audience, there are so many points of similarity.
Having feared, previously, that Gomez were becoming a spent force, I am delighted to say that, last night, certainly, they reestablished themselves! Even my daughter, who had been a bit ambivolent about them, was converted to the Gomez cause!
(Can you tell I enjoyed it?!!)
James
Bit of a change of pace this evening, Primal Scream in Southampton. Having seen them at the same venue about three years ago I was really looking forward to this... and what a disappointment. Can't remember the last time I went to a concert as bad as this.
For the first 55 minutes we got turgid sub-Stones rock that even the support act to a second-rate tribute band should be ashamed of. Even Jailbird was barely recognisable, they were playing and singing like they just couldn't be arsed. The 15 minutes of brilliance - Swastika Eyes, Riot City Blues and finally Rocks to finish the main part of the set.
The encore (after as much shouting and whistling as there was applause and shouts for more) fell somewhere between the two. Possibly the most telling aspect was the amount of empty space despite this supposedly being a sell-out gig.
To make matters worse, the sound was dire. It's not the easiest venue for acoustics with a lot of reflection from the walls, but they brought along a huge pile of sound gear in order to make things even worse.
Steve
For the first 55 minutes we got turgid sub-Stones rock that even the support act to a second-rate tribute band should be ashamed of. Even Jailbird was barely recognisable, they were playing and singing like they just couldn't be arsed. The 15 minutes of brilliance - Swastika Eyes, Riot City Blues and finally Rocks to finish the main part of the set.
The encore (after as much shouting and whistling as there was applause and shouts for more) fell somewhere between the two. Possibly the most telling aspect was the amount of empty space despite this supposedly being a sell-out gig.
To make matters worse, the sound was dire. It's not the easiest venue for acoustics with a lot of reflection from the walls, but they brought along a huge pile of sound gear in order to make things even worse.
Steve