The
Blues and Soul review of the Malta Jazz Festival began with a dictionary
definition of 'no brainer', so I've excluded the two gigs that would have made
one and two on the basis they had an unfair advantage.
For a
similar reason I've excluded Paul Edis' Jazzy Christmas gigs.
I've
also excluded two exceptional gigs which generally go under the heading of
progressive, even though the term jazz now seems to have the same connotations
as progressive music had in the early/mid-seventies.
It
doesn't appeal to everyone, particularly those who didn't make it to Sage
Gateshead, though one was Steve Hackett, Genesis' guitarist in the early/mid-seventies
and you can catch him at City Hall in the Toon next Nov. and you might see
where I'm coming from.
1.
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Sage, Gateshead, Sept. 28.
2.
Xhosa Cole Quartet - Lescar, Sheffield, Dec. 4.
3. Dan
Garel and Friends - Globe, Newcastle, Aug. 18.
4.
Rymden - Cheltenham Jazz Festival, May 5.
5.
Kamasi Washington –Cheltenham Jazz Festival, May 6 (See photo).
6.
Laura Jurd and Friends - Sage Gateshead, Mar. 3.
7.
John McLaughlin - Barbican, London, April 23.
8.
Triptych - A recording studio somewhere in Newcastle, April 17.
9.
Partisans - Scarborough Jazz Festival, Sept. 22.
10.
Tony Kofi - Ushaw Jazz Festival – Aug. 24.
Steve T
4 comments :
Actually, the Kamasi gig was the Sage, though I have seen him at Cheltenham ( and Manchester); the Sage was the most recent and the best of the three. While I don't think he's the messiah, I'm not a Kamasi cynic (a bit like Corbyn) so I'll probably go see him next time and buy his next album.
Ah but Steve, then I'd have had no excuse to post the photo - "Who's that dude next to Steve?" That's what folks would be asking. I'm not sure about your ref. to Corbyn - is he doing Glastonbury again?
Or who's the fat lad next to Kamasi? As I said at the time, I don't think he's either Trane or Kenny G. I'm similarly agnostic about Corbyn, and think the worst thing he's ever done was not stand aside for somebody - anybody - who would have suffered a lesser defeat.
Actually I really should have included Binker at Boro (and pretty high up too). Better than Binker and Moses and better than Moses and yea, the pianist was tremendous.
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