Category Archives: music

A couple of weekends ago my parents and I went to the Newport Jazz Festival, also known as the JVC Jazz Festival Newport. Here are the schedules for saturday and sunday if you want to follow along. It was very … Continue reading →

Last night Matt and I went out the Flux Factory in Queens to check out Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society. The flux factory is apparently in the middle of nowhere in Queens, but luckily it wasn’t too long a ride … Continue reading →

Adrian was in town this week and in addition to going to Hallo Berlin with him and jwerberg and perlick and liz and qwdigbo we also went to see Jens Lekman play in Williamsburg. The set was just Jens playing … Continue reading →

I was thinking about taking some sax lessons in New York with Sean Nowell. If I’m going to go as far as to drag someone else into this endeavor, I figured I should make a list of what I want … Continue reading →

Last night Matt and I went to see Justin Mullens’ Delphian Jazz Orchestra at the Bowery Poetry club. It was an awesome show, I wish I hadn’t missed the first two numbers. It’s a traditional big band setup, but they … Continue reading →

Thusday night I caught the late set of Joe Lovano’s Extended ensemble or some such title. The sax section was hot: Steve Slagle on flute and soprano, Ralph Lalama on tenor, George Garzone on tenor, and Gary Smulyan on bari. … Continue reading →

On Wednesday my dad took me to see Cream play the last of their three reunion shows at Madison Square Gardens. It was an awesome, if slightly unlikely experience. Why, 37 years after breaking up, are they playing reunion shows? … Continue reading →