Don't miss! The best thing for your Tuesday night. Very interesting grouping here in the mellowest mid week listening room in town. The music will be raucous and refined.
Stephanie Nilles-keys
James Singleton-bass
Playing tonight a Open Ears. Power quartet! The show is above the blue Nile on Frenchmen st. Starts around 10:15pm.
james singleton-bass
doug garrison-drums
ray Moore- Woodwinds
jonathan Freilich- guitar.
premier of a new piece tonight too!
You can catch the orchestra 4 times this month.
3 shows at The Old U.S. Mint on Friday 10th, 17th, and 24th of July from 2-3pm.
1 Show at Snug Harbor on Sunday 12th of July.
It's going to be fascinating and entertaining no matter what.
New Naked Orchestra website coming soon!
This is one to see and hear.
Jonathan Freilich-guitar
James Singleton-bass
Doug Belote- drums
Just had a great recording session with James too. Looking forward to seeing how that comes out.
Why tell you late? Because it is a nice scene for playing really acoustic music that I didn't know about. You might find out about one of them here...
Anyway, the Tom Paines made their first appearance in years, and I enjoyed it. The shrimp etoufee also rocked.
That record is still available by the way. get it on Alex Mcmurray's website...
And while you are here, have a sample...
Have two interesting hits this week:
Tonight with a Trio at Yuki on Frenchmen St at 8pm.
Joe Cabral-bass/vocals
Jonathan Freilich- guitar
Doug Garrison- drums
Expect a Jackal-ish guest and then expect the unexpected...
Friday will be at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak St in Uptown New Orleans. Show starts @10pm.
Mike Dillon is a fascinating multi instrumentalism who has some unbelievably exciting approaches to things like vibraphones and Marimbas. There's a punk thing, a surf thing, a Jazz thang, a Metal thing, a Funk thang, a surf thing. Lot's of things and thangs. A good deal of tings, dings, damns and dangs.
Our 2015 Jazzfest performance was written about by David Fricke over at Rolling Stone magazine.
Very positive stuff and mentions "the Yiddish Meters" tunes. Working title for a bunch of material I cooked up a little while ago that is on the way to being an album. Those downloads mentioned are on the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars website or Soundcloud. Or, how about I just put them here too.
New directions from the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars' slamming rhythm section.
The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars rhythm section headed into the unknown. Mean Willie Greenstein- drums Joe Cabral- bass Glenn Hartman- Hammond B3 Organ Jonathan Freilich- guitar
Incidentally, that grocery store pic is of my grandfather's grocery store before he went into the plastic bag business. Check the apron- "Freilich's pure foods"
Tonight 7-10pm: Afro-Cuban music and other musical cousins. What a band for it-
James Singleton-bass
Hector Gallardo- percussion
Eric Lucero-trumpet
Jonathan Freilich-guitar
The band knows what they are doing and the food is good! Come out. Casa Borrega is a wonderful venue across the street from Zeitgeist at 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
See you there for a fine rhythmic time.
We played a slamming show at Zeitgeist last Friday and this will be a repeat. If you've had enough of the same old same old you need to make this. It's a fascinating art space also. Last week the drummer was different- the great, (that's what I'll call him now that i've played with him) Bruce Golden. This time the lineup is:
Rex Gregory- woodwinds
Brad Walker- saxes
Jonathan Freilich-guitar
James Singleton- Bass
Justin Peake- drums
Mark Southerland- odd tubing somehow related to the old instruments in a scary way.
James tunes are something else and here he has them approached in quite a different way.
Don't be a square, get over there. There's too much zombie conformity around the fest these days. Come out. We have the fucking antidote!
And this is... now-NOW- TODAY!!!
What is SONO? If you are interested in music you need to know.
After a great weekend of playing interesting music at an interesting musical time of year, it is time for me to announce the most important musical event of the week for you to support...
The Naked Orchestra and some others including Brian Coogan(Pretty Lights) and Zoe Boekbinder will be at 3405 Royal St for the Naked in Wonderland event. Glenn Hartman of The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars will do a solo Accordion Set from atop the trees.
The Orchestra will play at 7:30 but there is much fine entertainment and crawfish with the price of admission before that. Click that SONO link above for more information and ticketing.
The best bartenders in NOLA will be serving.
We all demand your fun and free, embodied, spirits in attendance.
Jimbo Walsh- conductor
Old winds
Janna Saslaw-flute, piccolo
Chris Kohl
Steve Bertram-bassoon
Saxes
Martin Krusche-(magnetic ear)
Ray Moore
Rex Gregory
Skerik
Joe Cabral
Dan Oestreicher
Brad Walker
Brass
Jeff Albert-trombone
Steve Bernstein-trumpet
Devon Taylor-tuba
Strings
Jonathan Freilich-guitar/bandleader
Carl Leblanc-guitar
Robin Sherman-bass
Drums
Dave Capello
Doug Garrison
It has been hard over the couple decades or more, since arriving in New Orleans, to find much if any dialogue about what is new and most up to date in contemporary music thinking, let alone having that dialogue opened up to the freshest minds around town. It was invigorating this weekend to catch up on what Yotam Haber and Henry Griffin and others had been putting together for student composers at UNO.
Professor Yotam Haber is a very interesting composer who gets novel and beautiful compositions played all over the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcX1lfASmKc. It is a great thing that UNO has a fellow of this capacity in its music program- which, especially on the jazz side has been excellent- but Yotam Haber offers things for a whole other musical direction to be available to a city that has not often seen the possibility of training or even exposure to things in these directions. His enthusiasm and vitality for the subject is palpable, and clearly inspiring for the students whom he champions in a great way.
On Friday we played the film scores composed by Yotam Haber's students, live, along with silent movies selected by Henry Griffin and Laura Medina. Griffin is massively knowledgeable about film and had selected some of very wonderful key films from the silent era for the students to score. A great deal of effort went in to getting these pieces played with a good degree of finesse, and that is a great opportunity for young composers- and essential if they are to keep developing or gain confidence to keep writing. It was clear that they had been given exposure to a plethora of interesting techniques and had made their own choices about what to use and, some of the results were quite interesting.
Saturday evening there was a concert of pieces by the students and also by Yotam Haber and another faculty member from Tulane.
I was called in to play guitar with the Contemporaneous ensemble that Professor Haber had brought in from New York. I have little experience or comfort in playing in such ensembles so it was humbling to be treated so well despite my own short comings, and I must add that the young players in contemporaneous, including their conductor, David Bloom, were also extremely generous in giving me pointers to help the event go off smoothly. Not to mention larger picture issues from my old friend, bassist Doug Therrion. It was all very interesting especially because I am usually in the composer's seat having a piece played, not usually doing the playing. My strengths as a player are often in other directions, but it was nice to be given an opportunity try to find some way to contribute, given my limitations. Fresh challenges in music are a good thing.
It seems that with all this going on we might see a healthy crop of fine composers develop out of New Orleans which is something that has been in short supply here, and something that could make a fascinating musical town, even more so.
Much interesting music lined up for you tonight with:
Joe Cabral- bass/vocals
Doug Garrison-drums
Come on over. We know what to do. The food is great and there's a great Sake selection. The movies on the wall are really something too!
Another shot with the talented crew that killed at the Maple Leaf a little while back.
Mike Dillon-drums,vibes,tablas,timbales, madness,etc
Derrick Freeman-vocals,drums etc.
Jonathan Freilich-guitar
also:
Ron Johnson
Donald Surtain
and
Nigel Hall
The Naked Orchestra coming to you in all its singular splendor. Come out Tuesday night for the band filled with great and unusual voices from New Orleans music. 18 musicians actually. Where else will you find that? Original charts. New offerings.
You may have heard of the recent onslaught of cover bands. Apparently it's a noble calling so we will get involved.
We will be covering ourselves... well...
...with fig leaves, well placed to drop innocently, and enticing ideas, sensual musical ribbons tossed freely to wrap around your embodiment. All that sort of thing, for the spring...come on over in groups, and let the orchestra set your energies spinning.
Here is the lineup:
Jimbo Walsh- conduction
Alex Mcmurray-vocals
Janna Saslaw-flute
Chris Kohl-clarinet
Steve Bertram-bassoon
Martin Krusche-soprano saxophone
Ray Moore-saxes
Rex Gregory-saxes
Joe Cabral-baritone sax
Mike Fulton-trumpet
Jeff Albert-trombone
Devon Taylor-tuba
Helen Gillet-cello
Nobu Ozaki-bass
Jonathan Freilich-guitar
Carl Leblanc-guitar
Doug Garrison-drums
Marcello Bennetti-drums
The right idea...
Here is a clip that Reynard Rochon posted to FB.
Ugly Beauty by Thelonious Monk. Was a pleasure of an evening...
James Singleton-bass
Justin Peake-drums/Electronics
Brad Walker-saxes
Rex Gregory-reeds
Playing with a great little combo at casa borrega tonight.
Joe Cabral-sax
Andrew Wolf-bass
Hector Gallardo-percussion
Jonathan Freilich-guitar
Plenty more about those folk if you poke around this website.
The Wolf calls this
Johnnie "Guitar" Mambo and the Hot Latin Combo.
We are not averse
For anybody who remembers when latin music ruled Frenchmen street. Fans of Mas Mamones, Los Vecinos, The Iguanas, The Three Amigos, The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, etc. anything could happen tonight with a real driving beat and infectious syncopation. And, you can eat. And, I'll be back with another interesting project next month.
Happy to be joining Derrick Freeman and Mike Dillon for one night of Derrick's month long residency at the Maple Leaf bar. Come check it out.
mike dillon
Get down to St. Claude for this one-- after Bacchus.
The full Naked Orchestra and the full New Orleans Klezmer All Stars. Fly down or drive down!
Hi Ho lounge. 10pm.
Be there- or you will find yourself to be square-ing up. Mcmurray will vocalize with the orchestra in the runoff to valparaiso at Saturn the following eve.
Playing Tuesday 10th of February at Open Ears with Dan Oestreicher's outfit. Groove creative under the fiery drive of Dan- in town for a bit from endless touring with Trombone shorty. Dan has put together a group some of the most interesting and distinguished musicians from across a couple of scenes.
The lineup is:
Dan Oestreicher- bass and bari saxophones (trombone shorty)
Roger Lewis-Baritone, soprano saxes
Steve Glenn-Tuba
Oops-Bass drum(soul rebels)
Doug Garrison-drums/percussion
Jonathan Freilich-guitar
The show is upstairs at the Blue Nile. For more info on the open ears music series...
I'm looking forward to this greatly! You'd be nuts to miss this, one week out from carnival and all that!
