Comments on: A Jazz Master Class

By: Ingrid Jensen live at Smoke NYC. 13 June 2015 | DownWithIt!

Ingrid Jensen live at Smoke NYC. 13 June 2015 | DownWithIt! — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:14:32 +0000

[…] short trip to New York has provided the opportunity to follow up on a tip from the esteemed Jazz Collector (the American one, not our own […]

By: Kev Wood

Kev Wood — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:25:34 +0000

Thanks for the tip re Smoke. It led me to the album that I wrote about on my own blog today- Liberation Blues by Orrin Evans, recorded at Smoke last year, I hope to visit there to catch a gig some time. http://downwithit.info/2015/02/15/liberation-blues-orrin-evans/

By: Kev Wood

Kev Wood — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:19:37 +0000

A delightful post. At the start of last year, one of my resolutions was to see more live jazz and write about it on my blog. Although I was sceptical about the quality of what I would encounter here in London, I needn’t have been. I didn’t see one bad gig as things turned out and much that I did witness blew my socks off. It was also great to hear that your partner was up for a change of plans. The movies have their place but witnessing a great live performance is in a different league. It sounds as though Smoke will be a regular stopping off point for you.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:17:38 +0000

haven’t been to Smoke in at least a decade, but I remember some enjoyable sets there.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:46:11 +0000

Speaking of NYC jazz,this seems a good place to mention the Charlie Haden tribute concert(free)at Town Hall on Tues.1/13. A beautiful cat! See link for info-hope all local folks can make it:

http://blog.calarts.edu/2015/01/07/jazz-musicians-friends-and-family-gather-in-nyc-for-charlie-haden-tribute/

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 16:38:08 +0000

i saw billy harper play there about three years ago. it was superb. i also saw pharaoh at birdland.

have yet to go to the village vanguard, yet though.

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:31:19 +0000

P.S. – Great seats Al !!!

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:28:40 +0000

Thanks for sharing that one with us Al. That is what I love about the live Jazz scene in NYC, every night out is pure magic I swear !

Great call on that particular set as well. Any chance one gets to catch Al Foster live, should not be missed !!! He is a national Jazz treasure, and one hell of a great cat. I caught him the last time he was at the Village Vanguard, and after his set he took time out to chat with my wife and I, sign my copy of (Coincidentally enough… An album just mentioned in your last post) The Thing To Do on Blue Note 4176, and take a photo with us… After a lengthy conversation, he paused for a moment, then asked us to wait while he wandered back to his drum kit and came back with a pair of his sticks, which he graciously offered us ! Needless to say, we were completely enamored by the phenomenal performance we had the privledge of witnessing within a legendary venue and then spending time with the legend himself afterwards ! (This is why I love NYC)