I love great music. I am very pleased to have witnessed some at Jordan Hall/New England Conservatory of Music (N.E.C.) in Boston, MA the other night.
My friend, spirit-ful drummer Ra-Kalam Bob Moses played with the great George Garzone on saxophone and the bracing and powerful John Lockwood on bass…subtle, deep and soulful music.
Then came the inimitable Cecil McBee on bass, with Ra-Kalam on drums add saxophonist Mark Zaleski, whom I had the pleasure of playing with when I sat in with Russ Gershon’s Either Orchestra. Also, playing with this group was Christian Contreras, two exciting saxophonist to keep an eye on for sure…beautiful and stretchy music.
The imaginative pianist Ben Schwendener’s excellent trio featured Kenwood Dennard, ever multi-dimensional and impressive; honored to call a friend of mine, on drums. This trio was fully rounded out and sat on down by Mark Friedman on bass. Wow! What a pleasure, this music was right on point, most funky, clear and incendiary.
Pianist Tim Ray played the most breathtaking and mesmerizing version of “Tea for Two” that I have ever heard.
Pianist Hankus Netsky, always warm of spirit and gracious, played the heart-moving duet “Mayn Tayere” with violinist and vocalist Eden MacAdam-Somer.
There was a lot of other fantastic music on the bill, too much for me to write about right now.
If you are in Boston, I highly recommend attending concerts at N.E.C., a venerable institution that presents music of the highest quality. A magical memorable place for me…I ran into my old friend Billy Hart, yet another dream drummer. I was happy to be back at N.E.C. again, I taught there in the days of yore. - MGJ
My friend, spirit-ful drummer Ra-Kalam Bob Moses played with the great George Garzone on saxophone and the bracing and powerful John Lockwood on bass…subtle, deep and soulful music.
Then came the inimitable Cecil McBee on bass, with Ra-Kalam on drums add saxophonist Mark Zaleski, whom I had the pleasure of playing with when I sat in with Russ Gershon’s Either Orchestra. Also, playing with this group was Christian Contreras, two exciting saxophonist to keep an eye on for sure…beautiful and stretchy music.
The imaginative pianist Ben Schwendener’s excellent trio featured Kenwood Dennard, ever multi-dimensional and impressive; honored to call a friend of mine, on drums. This trio was fully rounded out and sat on down by Mark Friedman on bass. Wow! What a pleasure, this music was right on point, most funky, clear and incendiary.
Pianist Tim Ray played the most breathtaking and mesmerizing version of “Tea for Two” that I have ever heard.
Pianist Hankus Netsky, always warm of spirit and gracious, played the heart-moving duet “Mayn Tayere” with violinist and vocalist Eden MacAdam-Somer.
There was a lot of other fantastic music on the bill, too much for me to write about right now.
If you are in Boston, I highly recommend attending concerts at N.E.C., a venerable institution that presents music of the highest quality. A magical memorable place for me…I ran into my old friend Billy Hart, yet another dream drummer. I was happy to be back at N.E.C. again, I taught there in the days of yore. - MGJ
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