tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19692112.post8980884332226686117..comments2023-12-20T00:56:22.230-06:00Comments on Reetsyburger's Refuge: Winning Stuff is FUN!Reetsyburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11229107114043383602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19692112.post-45278280130091676062007-03-12T11:25:00.000-05:002007-03-12T11:25:00.000-05:00IIII and I had a back and forth about the show on ...IIII and I had a back and forth about the show on Saturday.<BR/><BR/>ME: So gerg and I saw the World Saxophone quartet with tix I won from the Current and it was fuggin awesome. IF YOU LIKE JAZZ.<BR/><BR/>If hendrix fans showed up, they were prolly disappointed. It was very beat oriented...like the beat movement. The sax was used to play sounds and rhythms, not necessarily used to play melodies. In fact, without the bass player, you might not have realized they were playing Hendrix. Abstract. Jazzy. Lee Pearson is an amazing jazz drummer. The whole concert was puzzling and inspiring. Totally unpredictable. If saxophones could sound like rushhour traffic and people talking, this was it.<BR/><BR/>IIII: Saxophones often sound like rushhour traffic in the hands of the poorly trained....only after years of practice and performance can you actually charge people to listen to you revert to sounding like rushhour traffic.<BR/><BR/>Me: Their style made me feel like I was eavesdropping on a conversation. They were playing to each other, not to us.<BR/><BR/>IIII: I love that though. Obviously it is omnipresent in jazz since it's a lot of improvisation...but it still feels special.<BR/><BR/>Me: Their style made me feel like I was eavesdropping on a conversation. They were playing to each other, not to us.<BR/><BR/>IIII: Jazz series at the library over the next few months:<BR/><BR/>http://www.friendsofmpl.org/events_home.html#jazz<BR/><BR/>--------------------------------------<BR/><BR/>gerg and I arrived early (my fault - I thought the show started at 8pm, not 9:30). That gave us the opportunity to stop at 20.21 for NA cocktails and eats. Gerg had mini Kobe burgers. I had a coconut shrimp soup. All was tasty, as usual.<BR/><BR/>The McGuire Theatre by Herzog & De Meuron at the Walker is gorgeous. Stunning acoustics and a lovely blending of eggplant and charcoal colored form and function. <BR/><BR/>http://expansion.walkerart.org/images/slide_theater_final.jpg<BR/><BR/>The performance was not for jazz newcomers. It was extreme jazz. These guys take improvisation to another level. Even as they're establishing the melody, they barely give you the foundation. Why reveal the secret? It's up to the listener to find it. In that way, the act of listening to the WSQ is exploratory in nature. Because you're presented with a cacophone of solos, you can either attempt to dissect, or accept the wonderful dissonance as a whole. <BR/><BR/>The drummer, Lee Pearson, was a rhythmic wonder. Steady, yet playful, neither harnassing the quartet, nor letting them wander free, Pearson truly accompanied the soloists. Jamaaladeen Tacuma was the glue. Steady and FUNKy basslines reminded us that it was actually Hendrix tunes inspiring the wild soloists.<BR/><BR/>The only lyrical piece came at the end of the show - a political complaint and the desire to escape the fate of Replublican policy and the war in Iraq was direct. We know where these guys stand now. The lyrics were bad, but I don't think they give a shit about bad lyrics.<BR/><BR/>Noise. Improvisation. Jazz. Loved it.Reetsyburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229107114043383602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19692112.post-67961544902374781902007-03-12T09:22:00.000-05:002007-03-12T09:22:00.000-05:00So!? How was the show! REPORT REPORT REPORT!So!? How was the show! REPORT REPORT REPORT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com