Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

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• amirm

• Jul 11, 2015

• #401

Such a great picture! Sounds like a great experience.

 

• McLennan

• Jul 11, 2015

• #402

Really envious, Neil Young at Red Rocks, COOL!

 

• jazdoc

• Jul 17, 2015

• #403

Sante Fe Opera "Rigoletto"

 

• McLennan

• Jul 18, 2015

• #404

The Fleshtones

Live in Frankfurt, Germany.

Venue: 'Das Bett'

One of the best live bands to see, a journey back to the times I was much younger an wilder, the Fleshtones are still a wild.....
Hot evening, small club, lots of sweat, definitely nothing for audiophiles, too rough, too loud, too fast, too much fun....
America Number one garage Rock band

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sweat-The-Story-of-The-Fleshtones-Americas-Garage-Band/114016448682198?fref=nf

 

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• R Johnson

• Jul 18, 2015

• #405

jazdoc said:

Sante Fe Opera "Rigoletto"

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I'll be going out to the Santa Fe Opera in August for Rigoletto, Salome and Cold Mountain.

 

• Joe Whip

• Jul 23, 2015

• #406

Stacey Kent at Birdland NYC 7/22/15.

 

• Joe Whip

• Jul 30, 2015

• #407

John PIzzarelli at Birdland NYC 7/29/15. A full stage to be sure!

 

• dallasjustice

• Jul 30, 2015

• #408

Joe Whip said:

John PIzzarelli at Birdland NYC 7/29/15. A full stage to be sure!

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"Music is good." I saw him in Vail last summer. He's great. I bet it would be even better in a smaller venue indoors.

 

• Joe Whip

• Jul 30, 2015

• #409

He always puts on a great show. He is funny and very engaging and not afraid to mingle with the crowd.

 

• Joe Whip

• Aug 8, 2015

• #410

Christian McBride Trio at The Jazz Standard NYC 8/7/15. This trio is fantastic!

 

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• R Johnson

• Aug 24, 2015

• #411

I visited Santa Fe Opera for the first time last week. I attended "Cold Mountain" (a world premiere of an opera based on the 1997 Charles Frazier book), "Salome", and "Rigoletto". Order of preference: S, R, CM.

The director made rather controversial choices in Salome: e.g. No veils removed -- instead Salome remembers how her father was strangled by Herod. A big prison cell instead of a cistern. There was no moon in the staging, although I watched the real thing setting during the course of the evening. I really enjoyed the production of Salome. Quinn Kelsey was very good as Rigoletto. Cold Mountain had a lot of story exposition. The most musically memorable part was the men's chorus in Act 2.

With the sides and the back of stage open to the air, I was skeptical about the acoustics although I'd heard good reports. In all cases, the singing voices came through well. (No amplification, though in CM they wore body mics for a recording.) In CM I felt the orchestra level was a bit low -- but I had no frame of reference. The level in Salome was fine, though perhaps a bit low. For both CM and S my seat was centered, though near the back of the main level. For Rigoletto, my seat was centered at the back of the upper level, just below the lighting booth. I thought the volume of the orchestra was better here, probably due the fact that more of the pit was visible. I was seated next to a couple who said that they've been coming for years, and that these seats all the way back are their favorite seats! The $$$ fifth row center seats obviously have better viewing, but is the sound better? Maybe, maybe not.

I also did a 9:00 am backstage tour. Most interesting and highly recommended.

 

• Joe Whip

• Sep 4, 2015

• #412

Cyrus Chestnut Trio Birdland NYC 9/1/15.

 

• ack

• Oct 2, 2015

• #413

Opening night at the BSO yesterday, will be there tomorrow. Symphonic Dances, Shostakovich #9, Tchaikovsky Piano #1 with Evgeny Kissin

[video]https://www.facebook.com/bostonsymphony/videos/10153242937873269/[/video]

 

• c1ferrari

• Oct 2, 2015

• #414

ack said:

Opening night at the BSO yesterday, will be there tomorrow. Symphonic Dances, Shostakovich #9, Tchaikovsky Piano #1 with Evgeny Kissin

[video]https://www.facebook.com/bostonsymphony/videos/10153242937873269/[/video]

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How sensational!

 

• Ron Resnick

• Oct 18, 2015

• #415

Bonzo75 and I heard Stravinksy's Rite of Spring by the London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Centre. I heard great dynamics, natural sound-staging and no crossover discontinuities!

 

• Joe Whip

• Oct 21, 2015

• #416

Tierney Sutton Band at Birdland on 10/20/15. I have seen the band several times and they get better every time I see them. Christian Jacob on piano, Kevin Axt on bass and Ray Brinker on drums.

 

• Ron Resnick

• Oct 21, 2015

• #417

Fourplay at Ronnie Scott's tonight with my wife and Touraj Moghaddam, and his colleague Ashley, of Vertere. I know nothing about jazz and, while I enjoy the atmosphere of a jazz club I don't expect to really enjoy the music as music, but I really enjoyed their original music last night. Their electric guitars made some of the pieces rock-ish, and more interesting to me than typical jazz.

 

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• amirm

• Oct 21, 2015

• #418

While at CEDIA, Nyall, Michael (Dallasjustice) and Scotty had a blast attending the Xavier Rudd concert. If you are like me and have not heard of him, he is what happens when Australia and Reggae mix.

The concert was in a historic cinema with seats removed. It was very intimate with a bunch of friendly people around.

The man plays every instrument and the concert went on for hours.

Thanks so much to Nyall for introducing us to this band and for Michael for buying the tickets. It was incredible fun.

 

• Alpinist

• Oct 21, 2015

• #419

In the last month, my wife and I heard some really great jazz. The Roy Hargrove Quintet at the Blue Note in NYC and the Russell Malone Quartet at Shanghai Jazz in New Jersey. These guys are two of my favorite musicians. I told Russell Malone after his performance that he was wonderful and his response was "I still am!"

Ken

 

• Dimfer

• Oct 21, 2015

• #420

Does seeing Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour count