In a word, WOW!
the only shot I got with all five musicians
This evening’s extraordinary concert consisted of four bass geniuses and a drummer. Whoever thinks that it would have been a boring show would be quite wrong.
The four bassists were Victor Wooten, who made his name with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones; Steve Bailey, the chair of the bass department at the Berklee College of Music; John Patitucci, who made his name with Chick Corea’s Electric Band; and Victor Bailey, who replaced Jaco Pastorius in Weather Report. Read the rest of this entry
The day was filled with wonderful live performances – theatre, though, not music (although there was a little music thrown into the mix)!
The day started when I got on line (I’m from New York – we get on line, not in line) at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts at 9:05 a.m. in order to score one of a maximum of $25 standing room tickets for the matinee performance of “All The Way”, a world premiere of a play by Robert Schenkkan about the first year of LBJ’s accidental presidency. I was the third person there, so I felt confident that I’d be able to buy one of the prized tickets.
Friday is generally the day of the week when most new concerts go on sale, and today was no exception.
One of my favorite performers, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, is finally going to be back in Boston doing a headlining show! He’s at House of Blues on January 18,2014. Yes, my first concert tickets for 2014 are now in my hands!
A new favorite, The New Orleans Suspects, is going to be at my favorite small venue, Johnny D’s, on Thursday, November 14. The band is composed of members of The Radiators and Dirty Dozen Brass Band, to name a few, and they are awesome performers. I was introduced to them at a New Orleans music festival last summer and hoped they would add a Boston area show to their fall tour.
These are two amazing New Orleans based acts that you should see! Maybe I’ll see you at the shows!
Sep 25
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What a wonderful evening of music at the Citi Center (a/k/a the Wang Theatre)! I’d never seen Steely Dan so I was particularly excited about this show. The opening act was Deep Blue Organ Trio and they are terrific! The trio consists of organ (obviously), drums and guitar. They only played three numbers for 15 […]
friday was a lovely late-summer day – in the high 70s, maybe low 80s – and a clear sky. it was a perfect day to go for a sunset sail on the roseway.
She is a tall ship that was built in essex, massachusetts (where i happened to eat some incredible fried clams a couple of weeks ago at woodman’s of essex) in 1925.
Sep 21
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i was not familiar with the wonderful country singer suzy bogguss before this night, but a friend whose opinion i trust suggested we go to the show… i had no conflicts so i thought i’d continue expanding my music horizon. she is an excellent performer! she relates to the audience with stories – not too […]
i’ve been meaning to start a blog for a while… i enjoy sharing my arts escapades with my friends, and have been encouraged to make my photos and opinions more widely available. what better way than a blog! so here goes… i welcome comments and sharing, but mostly i hope to encourage people to indulge their passions, whatever those passions may be. enjoying the arts helped keep me sane during some tough times and maybe it can do the same for you!
suze reviews the blues 