playing tonight 7/17-stellar lineup at Cafe Istanbul, NOLA 10pm

Tonight 7/17 will be a special Naked On The Floor show at Cafe Istanbul-  in the Marigny.

The lineup will be- 

Rick Trolsen- Trombone
Jeff Albert- Bass Trombone
Tim Green- Tenor Sax
James Singleton-Bass
Jonathan Freilich Guitar
Paul Thibodeaux- drums

   New arrangements, compositions, and band personnel.   

   Support for this great varietal of improvised, sociable music is critical and your presence is the provider. The playing will be spiked with musical titillation to show our gratitude for your attention.  

   You also get to be helping, by default, a great club that is showcasing many more varieties of worthy, novel , soulful expression.

Bacchanal gig tonight! Very interesting lineup

Join us tonight for a Pan-Amero-Caribbean Ecstatic Naked Dithyramb at the bar named for the God of all that...Bacchanal in New Orleans from 7:30-10:30pm. Corner of Chartres and Poland.

Tim Green-saxophone
James Singleton-bass
Hector Gallardo-Cuban percussion systems
Jonathan Freilich-guitar

You'd be crazy to miss! Interesting music, great food, possible sacrifices varying from blood to the extremely symbolic and unknowingly abstract.

See you there

Naked on the Floor rides again

James Singleton-Bass
Dan Oestreicher-Bari sax
Rex Gregory-Tenor Sax
Rick Trolsen-Trombone
Paul Thibodeaux-Drums
Jonathan Freilich-Guitar

What an interesting and strong lineup for a concert at the Circle Bar (Lee Circle, New Orleans).

New arrangements and I guarantee as yet unknown and exciting exploration. Heights of sociable music.

Oestreicher, saxophonist with Trombone Shorty is also interviewed on this site- poke around and get a listen on the audio page. Look for Rex Gregory's while you're there.

See you tomorrow!

Monday June 3rd at cafe Istanbul

Monday nights show at cafe Istanbul with James Singleton(bass), Tim Green(sax), and Mike Dillon(drums, vibes) was a vast pleasure. It was perhaps the fourth time playing on this configuration and each has been successful and completely different. One of the great factors was the quiet listening of the audience- so quiet that the miraculous happened- I was able to take an extended guitar solo on a flat body telecaster without amplification.
What a crowd! What a club!

Jonathan Freilich Trio

Looking forward to this lineup tomorrow (saturday) at Three Muses on Frenchmen St.

Doug Belote-drums

James Singleton- Bass

Jonathan Freilich- Guitar

6-9pm

Naked On The Floor rides again at Snug Harbor this Sunday

...and with the old majestic lineup (we have been playing since 1995) but with the addition of one very esteemed guest, Mr. Johnny Vidacovich.

so, Naked On The Floor will be...

Jonathan Freilich- guitar

James Singleton- bass

Johnny Vidacovich- Drums

Tim Green- saxophone

Rick Trolsen- Trombone

 

All the music is original, and some very recently composed and, most of all, it will be exciting.

There are two shows at Snug Harbor, 8 & 10.

Part 2 of Interview with saxophonist, Dan Oestreicher

Here is Part 2 of a very coherent interview with one of the hardest working horn players currently in New Orleans (or mostly out of it right now since he has been with the meteorically rising, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue.)

Dan Oestreicher first hit the radar for this writer when he presented himself at a Naked Orchestra show at the Mermaid lounge and made clear that he should be playing with the group.  He did that for the rest of that evening and for a long time afterward.  

He played with many of the most forward thinking New Orleans musicians and frequently he is there right when they are looking the most forward.  This includes the The Other Planets, The Magnetic Ear, 3 now 4, James Singleton, Irvin Mayfield's New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Roger Lewis's Baritone quintet (where Dan is playing Bass sax instead of his more heard, Bari sax,) The Naked Orchestra, The Jonathan Freilich group, his own group- The Diesel Combustion Orchestra, and more.  He is seen playing some tuba and really tends to go very deep when he is exploring anything, but especially music.  He also knows a good deal about saxophone lore and trade as well as the other end of the spectrum, analog synthesis.

He is in Trombone Shorty's band, touring constantly, and because of this he is in a unique position to discuss the meaning of New Orleans music (if there is really such a thing at all) and improvisation as it stands in the world outside of New Orleans. His perspectives are well informed and if nothing at all show a blazing mind for inquiry and a fearless and healthy statement of opinion.  He could go anywhere from here.  If you were into horse racing you might see him listed in the racing form as one to watch.

The interviews are still available as a podcast on itunes or from the interviews page here...

Great lineup for tomorrow's show at the Bacchanal

Playing at Bacchanal tomorrow (Monday) night at 7:30 pm. Stellar lineup, why would you miss it??

James Singleton- bass

Rick Trolsen- Trombone (pictured)

Doug Garrison- drums

Jonathan Freilich- guitar

March Open Ears live performance posted

Check out the complete recent at the open ears music series performance of Jonathan Freilich & The Peaceful Revolution.

Jonathan Freilich- guitar

Aurora Nealand- Alto/ soprano sax

Dan Oestreicher- Baritone sax

Jeff Albert- Trombone

James Singleton- Bass

Doug garrison- Drums

Featuring all original compositions by Jonathan Freilich