Concerts 2017
What a great thrill to see members of the original Wailers, including Family Man and one of my old favorites, Donald Kinsey on the guitar, both of whom can be seen in some of the photos. See my Peter Tosh posts for photos of Donald with Peter Tosh.
The Cutting Room is a really nice place. Chieli played with Special EFX this time in support of the new Special EFX Album which, as he mentioned, wasn't quite finished.
Chieli played a lot in Ithaca when I started there in the late 70s.
Another time around, TAB at the Cap. A great show to start the weekend.
Slideshow above: Trey Anastasio Band, April 2017.
Photo stack below, followed by additional slideshows..
Slideshow below: TAB at the Cap (tall slides).
Slideshow below: Ciro Baptista on (what some conventionally might call) “percussion,” with Trey Anastasio Band.
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers in the late daylight at Red Rocks.
Below: Umprey’s McGee, later joined by Jennifer Hartswick on vocals.
This was night eight of Phish's Baker's Dozen run at Madison Square Garden and consisted of a jimmies donut theme. The Wind Cries Mary was one of those songs that really grabbed me when I first listened to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and it popped out here as an encore. But it was a very interesting and fantastic show. There is a gallery here of photos I took, from this amazing run of shows.
Squeeze, from the balcony...
Hot Tuna with Steve Kimock joining on guitar.
Steve solos, Jorma smiles...
Was interested to recently see that Harold Mabern released an album from these sessions at Smoke in 2017, and was really pleasantly surprised to see that Ciro Baptista was involved, although not on this night at Smoke.
This is one of several times I saw Jimmy Cobb play recently and, as perhaps the most legendary jazz drummer alive, each time was much appreciated. I had a chance to meet both Jimmy and Harold at the club this night. Harold spoke to me about how the process by which he learned the piano, and suggested trying to play solos and other right hand parts only with your left hand as a practice routine. My piano teacher had mentioned that he liked playing at Smoke probably best of any NY jazz venue. We enjoyed dinner at the club and definitely found Smoke to be quite pleasant and comfortable on this night.
Shots from my seat close to the floor on the back curve.
Some images from the show.
