music notes
My music week was dominated by attending the Long Play Festival in Brooklyn, put on by the new music collective Bang on a Can that has become such an important.
I saw two excellent shows last week. I finally saw the great Rodney Crowell, at the Narrows Center in Fall River. I'm not sure why I had never seen him,.
I had the privilege of seeing Tomeka Reid's A Tribute to Ellington project last week at Firehouse 12 in New Haven. The great (genius, one might say) cellist was commissioned.
I was in Chicago last weekend for a conference and so naturally, there was music to see. In Chicago, there's always amazing music to see. Wish I had lived there.
So it's extremely unusual that I don't pick the shows I am going to see. My wife is not a huge music person. She has her favorites and that's why.
I saw the great Jason Moran last weekend at the Berkelee School of Music, performing his Duke Ellington repertoire, which you can read a bit about here. It was astoundingly.
I saw Bill Frisell play last week at the Narrows Center in Fall River. It was my 7th Frisell show over the last 30 years and one of the best.
Shows! Shows! Shows! After a long time without seeing a show because I was in Mexico, I've seen three in a week in a half. The most important to me.