Amendola & Parker Tonight @ the Palms

"Bay Area jazz player Scott Amendola is one of those rare drummers whose talent is so distinctive that he can be billed as the leader of the band. He has been nominated for a Grammy with the band T.J. Kirk, recorded three records with Charlie Hunter toured the world, and appeared on national television, and has recorded or performed with dozens of musicians, including Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Tony Furtado, Phil Lesh among many others. Amendola's inspiration stems from such stylistic influences as African music, jazz, blues, spirituals, rock, and the avant garde. He is among the most musical of drummers we have had the pleasure of listening to. This evening Amendola is joined by pioneering Chicago avant/jazz guitarist Jeff Parker. From his website: Jeff Parker is “ jazz guitarist with pro credentials, widely travelled and prized by top soul-jazzers and hard-boppers…inveterate rocker who revitalized Tortoise with his ferocious improvising and tasty licks…. experimentalist willing to try new dub, hip-hop,electronic, collage, free, chamber - anything worthwhile, irrespective of genre or orientation. Community expander, boundary buster, restless explorer - Jeff Parker is constantly trying out new things with new partners.” On bass is longtime Amendola collaborator Jeff Schifflett."

Keller Williams Band - Live Tonight - Free Stream of Show

from iClips..
Tune in to iClips.net on Wednesday, 9/24 for an exclusive webcast of the Keller Williams w/Moseley, Droll & Sipe concert at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, WI. Cornmeal will be opening the show, and their set will also be broadcast on iClips.

The show will begin at approximately 8pm CST, with Keller hitting the stage around 9:30pm. No matter where you are located, you’ll have the best seat in the house as iClips delivers the excitement of KW’s live performance right into your home!

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Keller Williams is literally a one-man jam band. His fascinating live shows feature him solo on-stage with a Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro looping unit, and he creates his backing loops in the moment, building and improvising as he goes on his custom-made ten-string guitar, and thanks to his equally as quirky, upbeat, and semi-surreal songs (which he frequently weaves into extended, half-improvised medleys) and his warm, friendly tenor singing voice, Williams is an utterly unique performer whose musical eccentricities don't keep him from being immediately accessible.

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Devin Hoff - Solo - Tonight in Sac

Devin Hoff is a master of the bass, double bass, contrabass and an all around, bad-ass, motha'. I just realized that Mr. Hoff is playing a solo gig tonight at the Java Lounge. He is scheduled to play from 8 - 9 p.m.
All day I have been going back and forth on whether I should go to the City tonight for a show, You see, The Brian Blade Fellowship is playing at Yoshi's. The Fellowship is, imo, is the absolute sickest jazz band of the last 15-20 years! I've been fortunate to see them once. But once is not enough. It's been a long day of self inflicted torture on this one. But now, Mr. Hoff has presented an alternative. The same? NOT EVEN! But, hey...the Fellowship will be back and a master of the Bass Guitar in my backyard is always a great thing!

Hope to see some of you freaks there!

CAMP MMW

What else could I possibly say. It's Camp MMW kids!

VIVA LA EVOLUTION!!!

That's Right. One, Two, Three Baby.

Medeski Martin & Wood are planning 3 tours, plus 3 albums in 2008. Each tour and subsequent album will consist of all NEW MUSIC. The plan: Write > Tour > Record > Repeat.

Get all the digs HERE.

Radiohead thought they were breaking the rules...MMW MAKES THE RULES!!!

photos - Lisa Schaefer

This Is Your Brain On Jazz

"Scientists funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) have found that, when jazz musicians are engaged in the highly creative and spontaneous activity known as improvisation, a large region of the brain involved in monitoring one’s performance is shut down, while a small region involved in organizing self-initiated thoughts and behaviors is highly activated."

Some of you cats were already hip to some shit like THIS going down....dig?

Have I Mentioned How Absolutely Fucking Sick These Guys are Lately

Selling out Red Rocks...two nights in a row. The Fillmore in Denver...four nights in a row. The Tabernacle in Atlanta...four nights. Recognized by Pollstar. Now...CNN!

Fuck Me! My little babies 'is all grows up!'

RADIOHEAD - IT WORKED!

NY TIMES - In a twist for the music industry’s digital revolution, “In Rainbows,” the new Radiohead album that attracted wide attention when it was made available three months ago as a digital download for whatever price fans chose to pay, ranked as the top-selling album in the country this week after the CD version hit record shops and other retailers.

Watch Clips From JamCruise 6

iClips is the shit! After enjoying STS9's NYE run for free, iClips is now offering video from the recently returned JamCruise 6.
What's Jamcruise? Please! It's HEAVEN! You can watch, for free, HERE.
So far they've posted sets from..
The Superjam
Galactic
Perpetual Groove
Sharon Jones & Dap Kings
Grace Potter
Soulive and
Toots & Maytalls
with more to come!

here is as taste from the superjam feat...
Karl Denson - Sax, Vocals
Stanton Moore - Drums
Ron Johnson - Bass
Ivan Neville - Keys
Steve Kimock - Slide Guitar
Al Schnier - Guitar
Grant Green Jr. Guitar
Robert Walter - Organ
Eric Kranso - Guitar
????? - Vocals
Russell Batiste - Percussion
Boots Riley - Ryhmes
George Porter - Bass
Brock Butler - Guitar
Skerik - Sax
Jeff Coffin - Sax
Jeff Miller - Guitar

FOUR NIGHTS OF NEW YEARS WITH THE NINE!

STS9 are offering a live web stream of their four night NYE run from The Tabernacle in the ATL. It all starts tonight. It's available at IClips. All you do is a brief registration and then you can stream for free. I've been on IClips for a few shows and it works great, even for us Mac users. No fuss, no spam, NO CHARGE!

GET IT HERE

R.I.P. - Oscar Peterson

"The jazz odyssey is over for Oscar Peterson: the Canadian known globally as one of the most spectacularly talented musicians ever to play jazz piano has died at age 82."

source: CBC

A Christmas Gift From Bruce

from his site..
"To: Our friends visiting BruceHornsby.com, Bruuuce.com & BruceHornsbyLive.com...A holiday surprise - free live download!!!!
It has been a fun-filled, fantastic year and we appreciate your support for all of our adventures in music...
We've put together a special holiday collection of live tracks from the summer of 2007! As usual, we didn't skimp; and it's yours for the taking!

So eat, drink, be merry and most of all enjoy!

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers"

get it here

A Christmas Time Surprise!

Ahh, The Slip. My favorite band? Yes. Sometimes. Talented musicians, craftsmen of their art? Yes. All of the time. But the Slip can be even more that.
Besides ruling the universe...at least my universe The Slip are often joined on stage by Nathan Moore to form the Slpendiforously Fantastic Surprise Me Mr. Davis.
Those of you that know what I'm talking about, well, you know what I'm talking about! But for those of you who know not of what I speak. DON'T TRIP! Your ass(es) is in luck.
TONIGHT Surprise Me Mr. Davis is playing in S.F. and the concert will be offered as a FREE webcast! The show starts @9 with an opening set from The Sensations (feat. Greg Loiacono of The Mother Hips). Surprise Me Mr. Davis gets going @10 and you comfortably melt into your computer screen sometime around 11!

CLICK HERE FOR SHOW
and then you can choose to"view in a larger window"

source:Reap and Sow Music

Weekend Tube?

I was thinking of posting a cool You Tube video once a week to share what I've been digging on. I was going to post it on a certain day of the week and call it 'you tube tuesday ..or wed.', whatever. If I did that I would have to post on that day and you all know how I am with that.
So ladies and gents, I introduce..

Weekend Tube!

I'm starting this off with a favorite of mine. You might have come across this already. Either on your own or through the Murcof Tube link on this blog.

Here is Murcof (laptop), Erik Truffaz (trumpet) and Talvin Singh (tablas) at Montreux 2006.
Also, I have a soundboard audio copy of this show for those that are interested. It is amazing!

Rest In Peace Joe Zawinul

Keyboardist Joe Zawinul, who played with Miles Davis and helped shape jazz fusion with his band Weather Report, died in his native city of Vienna on Tuesday, aged 75.

read more here

source - reuters

Get Well Soon

"Joe Zawinul, who performed and recorded with Miles Davis, has been hospitalized with an undisclosed illness, officials said Tuesday."

Apparently he is very ill. Read more here.

source: Washington Post

R.I.P. - Max Roach

the legendary Jazz drummer, bebop founder, band leader, and civil rights activist, Max Roach died in his sleep last night in New York City. He was 83 years old. Roach redefined the role of the drums in Jazz during the bebop revolution of the late-1940s and early-50s, participating in many of the movement’s seminal recordings with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.