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wonderful avant-garde performance, one series of songs blended together for non-stop music for an hour, all the musicians were stellar, the food was delectable and the staff friendly and accommodating.
This was another stellar performance by this amazing Bill Frisell Trio including an excellent bassist and drummer. Bravo!!! Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club is the perfect venue.
My date and I left after the third number. We were not expecting a quartet, but were fine with that change (the ticket, when sold, just said "Bill Frisell." What we were not ok with was the music they performed. It was not the sort of music that lead us to get tickets. It was more of an avant-garde jazz performance. Not our thing. From the number of people who left before us during the first 3 pieces, it seems like others were also disappointed.
Bill Frisell suffuses so much beauty into every melody he plays. He was a joy to hear
I'm a fan of bills work and have several of his cd's. I found this performance a bit repetitive. There wasn't any change in pace from song to song. The band was tight but his format for each song was the same. He laid down a rhythm track which repeated then played lead to it.
Superb musicians, beautiful concert theatre, the best acoustics, great seats at a reasonable price. I think I paid for parking when I bought my ticket but was not given notice of where it was. I won't purchase parking again when I buy my concert ticket.
Bill Frisell is one of the rare performers I've seen who barely said a word to the audience, yet connected, purely through his music. I had not seen Julian Lage before, but he would seem to be one of the next generation of guitarists ready to carry the torch. Seeing the two of them together, interacting, focused solely on each other's playing, yet engaging the audience completely was pure musical magic. I've never seen a show where there was so much laughter, purely at the way certain passages were played. See them together, if you can!
2 great guitar players in a wonderful venue. It was a fun night.
Didn't know a lot about this artist but as a guitarist who regularly goes to top level guitar concerts, I found this show to be lacking any excitement and any significant acknowledgment of the audience presence. I was ready to leave after two or three songs.
Five incredibly talented musicians have formed a quintet to record and perform live the album 'When You Wish Upon A Star' which is composed of classic movie soundtrack music. I've always loved Bill's playing style and adaptability to most any type of music. Petra's voice was sweet and girlish but powerful and dead accurate as always. Eyvind Kang can do virtually anything with the viola and Thomas Morgan supported the group with excellent string bass work. A different but consummate percussionist (whose name I unfortunately can't remember) filled in for Rudy Royston at this venue. The Ballroom at the Taft Theatre In Cincinnati was a very intimate venue, about 3000 square feet with probably around 200 seats so even the back row would have been great seating. I would venture to say those who have seen them in larger venues such as Lincoln Center would have given their right arm to see the performance up this close and personal. The show was two solid hours of wonderful entertainment with encore. My only complaint was the rather upright and uncomfortable seats.
