[acid-jazz] GIG GUIDE for L.A., New York, Chicago, London for week of 1/24 (from Liquidator Graphics)

From: BRIAN (bbaltin_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 2003-01-25 04:53:38

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    Hello all,

    Chicago and London seem to be very quiet this week, but for anyone in
    London, the immortal/sublime/lovely Jean Carn continues her three-night stay
    @ the JC. Still haven't had the chance to see her, but look forward to it
    soon.
        In Los Angeles, two of the biggest names in female vocal jazz today
    arrive at the same time: Dianne Reeves @ the OC Performing Arts Center, and
    Cassandra Wilson @ the Knitting Factory. I've seen Dianne and she's
    certainly very good but not essential. As for Cassandra, I love her work
    with Courtney Pine years back, and her own early records, but I've lost
    interest a bit, and Straight No Chaser's fairly direct slam of her
    appearance at last year's North Sea Jazz Fest is enough to keep me from
    parting with the entrance fee.
        In happier L.A. news, the much-hyped Donnie lands at Temple Bar (after
    opening for India.Arie)‹and opening for him is one of L.A.'s best (and most
    elusive) acid jazz outfits, the Rebirth. Definitely worth a look/listen.
    Also, on the dancefloor front, house god Tony Humphries plays the 4-year
    anniversary shindig for Marques Wyatt's Deep (hope it keeps on for another
    four!), the great (and now local) Harvey plays the Bud Brothers' Monday
    Social, and Radio 1's Annie Nightingale plays on a Malibu beachfront at
    sunset. Sounds lovely. And on the jazz tip, this week's two great
    residencies continue through the weekend, Gonzalo and David @ Catalina, and
    Jacky Terrason @ the Jazz Bakery.
        New York is also in mighty good shape. Doing the first of two gigs in
    the next few weeks is a young lady named Tessa Souter that I am mightily
    anxious to check out when she gets back to L.A. I haven't heard her at all,
    because she's unsigned, but I learned of her via raves in the L.A. Times and
    the Village Voice. She's Afro-British-Caribbean, and apparently has sublime
    taste in material, tackling several of the best jewels in the
    soul-jazz/proto-acid jazz canon, including two classics closely associated
    with Leon Thomas: "The Creator Has a Master Plan," and (Freddie Hubbard's)
    "Little Sunflower." Her last set in L.A. Included not only these but the
    seldom vocally-interpreted "Caravan" (the psychotropic Dionne Warwick
    batucada was the first time I'd ever heard a vocal on it), Coltrane and
    Billie material, and the perennial "Lazy Afternoon." Sounds like she's very
    much of the Jon Lucien/Terry Callier/Mark Murphy aesthetic, and I absolutely
    can not wait to hear her. So if you're in NYC, check her out. Also in
    starting or continuing residencies are the legendary Pat Martino (continued
    props for his participation in the Philadelphia Experiment‹and of course for
    such 60s Riverside spiritual jazz classics as "Baiyina"), and Roy Hargrove.

    Respectfully,

    Brian Baltin
    Aesthetic Rejuvenator
    Liquidator Graphics

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    London:
    http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_london.htm

    JEAN CARN, JAZZ CAFE 1/24-25

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    Los Angeles:
    http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_losangeles.htm

    GONZALO RUBALCABA + DAVID SANCHEZ, CATALINA BAR + GRILL 1/24-26
    JACKY TERRASON, JAZZ BAKERY 1/24-26
    CASSANDRA WILSON, KNITTING FACTORY 1/24-26
    DIANNE REEVES, ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 1/24-25
    DONNIE + THE REBIRTH, TEMPLE BAR 1/25
    TONY HUMPHRIES, DEEP @ 1650 1/26
    ANNIE NIGHTINGALE, SOLEIL @ MOONSHADOWS RESTAURANT 1/26
    HARVEY + GAVIN HARDKISS, MONDAY SOCIAL @ LAS PALMAS RESTAURANT 1/27
    JAMES "BLOOD" ULMER, JAZZ BAKERY 1/28-2/2

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    New York:
    http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_nyc.htm

    DJINJI BROWN + SUN RA ARKESTRA, MAXWELL'S 1/24
    PAT MARTINO, IRIDIUM 1/24-26
    ROY HARGROVE, JAZZ STANDARD 1/24-26
    KID 606, TONIC 1/25
    J-LIVE, NORTH SIX 1/25
    JUNGLE BROTHERS, CENTRO-FLY 1/25
    TESSA SOUTER, SWEET RHYTHM 1/28
    ERYKAH BADU, S.O.B.'S 1/29-30

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    Chicago:
    http://www.liquidatorgraphics.com/culture/gigs_chicago.htm

    ERYKAH BADU, HOUSE OF BLUES 1/25
    TERRY CALLIER, GREEN MILL 1/27 (and every Monday)

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