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News 46 for XLVI : Indianapolis Mural Project

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The 46 for XLVI program is a partnership between the Arts Council of Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis. 46 for XLVI was created to elevate the arts and culture of the City in preparation for Super Bowl XLVI. Over the course of the program both local and national artists will create 46 murals around Marion County.  This particular mural was one of two painted by artist Pamela Bliss for this project.   This particular mural featuring legends of the Indianapolis Jazz scene is on the south side of the Musician’s Repair building at 322 N. Capital Avenue, on the near northside of downtown.   Musicians included at this time are David Baker, J. J. Johnson, Freddie Hubbard and Wes Montgomery.  Others will be added in the near future.

     

The other mural is entitled “My Affair with Kurt Vonnegut” and is of course of Indianapolis native and writer Kurt Vonnegut.  This is located on the east side of the Massala Building at 345 Mass Ave.

Live Performances David Baker’s 80th Birthday Celebration!

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David Baker, the legendary musician, composer and Professor of Music at Indiana University was honored during his 80th Birthday Celebration on December 21st.  The black tie celebration took place at the Jazz Kitchen.  The night kicked off with a cocktail party, accompanied by pianist David Linard’s Trio.  As a student of Professor Baker’s for the past three year and this year’s recipient of the Owl Studios “Emerging Jazz Artist Program” (EJAP), expect a lot more to be heard from him in the future!

During a wonderful buffet, we were treated to a solo piano performance by another fine pianist, Zach Lapidus.  Zach was a finalist in the 2011 APA’s Cole Porter Piano Competition and another one to look out for.  Following Zach’s performance, David was presented with the prestigious “Sagamore of the Wabash” award.   An award given by the Governor, past recipients include artists, astronauts, musicians, presidents, politicians and other citizens considered to have contributed greatly to our “Hoosier” heritage.   Finally, the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra took the stage to perform new arrangements of several David Baker’s compositions.  This music is finally available on a newly released recording called “Basically Baker”.  Pianist Monika Herzig was on hand as well.  Monika recently completed a very good book on David’s life called “David Baker: A Legacy in Music”.

 

 

It was a great night and I was happy to be a small part of it.  Certainly a celebration befitting a man with David’s credentials!

There will be another tribute to Professor Baker on the IU campus on January 21, including a panel discussion and several performance.  See more here.

For more on David Baker and his music,  go here  and don’t forget to check out David Brent Johnson’s outstanding Night Lights Program featuring Baker.  Don’t stop there, Night Lights has many wonderful musician profiles and music on the “archive” tab….check them out and support the program if possible.

Live Performances Benny Golson @ the Jazz Showcase

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A standing room only crowd was in attendance at Joe and Wayne Segal’s Jazz Showcase to see a great performance by the legendary musician, writer, composer and story-teller Benny Golson.  At 80+ years old, Benny can still still bring it better than some half his age.  As with most of his performances over the past several years, Benny stuck to the many standards he composed including “I Remember Clifford, Stablemates and Along Came Betty, among a few others.   As usual, Benny shared stories of how these tunes came about.   In addition to Benny on tenor, the rest of the band was comprised of pianist Michael Kocur, bassist Larry Gray and Dana Hall.

 

Live Performances Crispus Attucks: Where it All Began

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This photograph of the great Steve Weakley was made for  a fundraiser I put together with radio personality Chuck Workman to bring some attention to the Crispus Attucks Museum and the scores of great musicians that attended the school from the 1940s through the 1980s.   In addition to Steve’s solo career, he was the guitarist for the late 60s soul-jazz band, Funk Inc.

Some of the musicians that went to Crispus Attucks include J. J. Johnson, Wes Montgomery and his brothers Monk and Buddy, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Spaulding, David Baker, Phil Ranelin, Russell Webster, Pookie Johnson, Jimmy Coe and Bill Penick…..really the list is just too long to mention here.

Crispus Attucks alumni performing during this event were tenor player Bill Penick, bassist Rudy Finnell, pianist Carl Hines, guitarist Steve Weakley, trumpeter Clifford Ratliff and the youngest of them, drummer Kenny Phelps. During the 90 minute performance, each of the musicians had a chance to share some memories of attending the school.  An award was also given to Gilbert Taylor, the founder of the museum.

 

In addition to the performance, I donated photographs of each of the musicians to the museum for their permanent collection.

If you get a chance, please pay a visit to to The Crispus Attucks Museum, Monday through Saturday.

 

 

Live Performances Jeremy Pelt Quintet @ the Jazz Showcase

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Live Performances The 5th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Fest

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I had a great time at the 5th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Fest on the south side of Chicago.  Despite a little rain on Sunday morning, the festival managed to attract over 25,000 jazz fans over the two-day event.  With thirteen venues/stages in place,  a lot of the shows overlapped to some degree, though I still managed to catch eight shows over the two days.

First up on Saturday was a Tomeka Reid Trio, comprised of Tomeka on cello, Josh Abrams on bass and an unknown guitarist.   This set took place at the Oriental Institute and was of my favorite sets but at 30 minutes, too short!  I’ve seen Tomeka is several setting and none of them dissapoint.  The trio did play a second set an hour or so later but I was on the move to my second performance, this time on the Midway Plaisance…featuring “Rhythms of Thunder” featuring drummers Dana Hall, Charles Heath and Ernie Adams.   Rarely do you see a band with 3 drummers playing at once but here you have it.   Certainly a high energy show…at times I thought Dana Hall was going to fly off his stool…..the crowd loved this show!!!  Probably my favorite young bassist in Chicago, Junius Paul was on bass.

I then went over to the International House to catch a trio with guitarist Fareed Haque, the very excitable B3 organist  Tony Monaco and a drummer that I don’t recall his name.  I’m a huge fan of B3 trios so I really liked this set.  From here, it was over to Mandel Hall to catch probably my favorite show of the festival….the Don Byron “New Gospel Quartet” with the amazing vocalist DK Dyson.  I had seen Byron on another occasion and was not that thrilled…this was another thing altogether.  Byron, animated and talkative was outstanding on both clarinet and tenor saxophone and Dyson’s performance was great!  Bassist Brad Jones, pianist Xavier David and drummer Pheeroan akLaff rounded out the quartet…really loved Xavier’s playing.  At one point Dyson left the stage and walked around the room singing.  When I looked back at the stage, akLaff was gone and Byron was playing drums.  Minutes later, akLaff came back on stage in his boxer shorts and nothing else.  I don’t know exactly what happened and I won’t speculate…I’ll leave it at that!

Next up was the Everett Greene Quartet.  Being from Indianapolis, it was great to see my  good friends and fellow hoosiers up on stage in the beautiful Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.  Not sure how many people this place holds but it was packed to the rafters to see a truly amazing vocalist backed by drummer Kenny Phelps, bassist Frank Smith and pianist Craig Hicks.  The chapel is huge with ceilings that look two hundred feet high….the place is cavernous but I thought the sound was very good.  Staying put in the chapel, it was time for the headliner for this night, The 3 Ellas, featuring vocalists Frieda Lee, Spider Saloff and Dee Alexander, a Chicago favorite!  This was a fun performance as each of the women took turns paying tribute to the great Ella Fitzgerald.  Backing the 3 Ellas tonight, Jeremy Kahn on piano, Jim Cox on bass and Charles Heath on drums.  I think half the shows I went to had Heath sitting in on drums…the guy is everywhere!

The final performance of the night, a jam session, returned to Mandel Hall.  This was hosted by Dee Alexander and started about 12:30 a.m.  Featuring many of the musicians that performed during the day and some that didn’t.  I think this ended about 1:30-2:00 a.m…..I was beat!

I only caught one show at the festival on Sunday….but it was fantastic.  Bassist Tatsu Aoki and his Miyumi Project performed at the Midway Plaisance,  raining throughout…maybe 30 people in seats and umbrellas out, these folks got to see a great show.  Featuring Tatsu on bass, Ed Wilkerson and Jeff Chan on tenor, Amy Homma on drums, Coco Elyesses on congas and Mwata Bowden on many things…this show was a highlight for me.

While I mentioned only a few of the venues, there were 13 in all….the primary stage is the James W. Wagner stage on the Midway Plaisance, the Court Theater, the beautiful DuSable Museum, Frank Lloyd’s Robie House, the Hyde Park Art Center, the Hyde Park Bank, the Hyde Park Union Church, the International House, the Little Black Pearl, Mandel Hall, the Oriental Institute, the amazing Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and the Smart Museum of Art.

One thing I forgot to mention is that saxophonist Geof Bradfield was this years artist-in-residence.  Despite playing several time, I managed to not see him at all which is very disapointing!   My other dissapointment was missing the Ben Patterson Trio @ the Black Pearl.  I was basically walking venue to venue and lugging too much equipment around, bad timing prevented me from making it to the show….hope to catch up to him soon….very soulful guy on the B3.

 

Live Performances Indy Jazz Fest

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Live Performances Chicago Jazz Festival

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News Paul Weeden

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The great guitarist Paul Weeden passed away recently in his home town of Oslo, Norway.  Paul was born in Indianapolis and grew up along side another guitarist you may have heard of, Wes Montgomery.  This photo was made at the Indy Jazz Fest around 1997.  While probably not as well known as he may have been had he remained in the United States, Paul joined the Basie Band upon the death of Freddie Green.  I knew his playing best with organist Don Patterson and altoist Sonny Stitt.

 

 

Live Performances Vision Festival XVI

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I’m back from the 16th installment of the Vision Festival in NYC.  I had a great time running around the city all day and photographing all night.  It was exhausting as usual.  I arrived in New York on Wednesday, grabbed something to eat and headed to the Abrons Art Center for the first of four nights. Wednesday night’s performances which were called “Peter Brotzmann: A Lifetime of Achievement”, included four shows, three of them featuring Brotzmann with different bands.  The first set was with his quartet including Joe McPhee on sax & trumpet and two bass players….Eric Revis and William Parker.   Following this set, Brotzmann returned to perform as part of a duo with Chicago vibist Jason Adasiewicz which I found to be my favorite performance of the evening.  The 3rd set of the night was called “Pulverize the Sound” and the name says it all!  Peter Evans on trumpet, Mike Pride on drums and Tim Dahl on electric bass.  The final performance of the night brought back Brotzmann, this time with his Quintet featuring Chicago based musicians Ken Vandermark and Mars Williams, both on sax, an amazing Kent Kessler on double bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums.

 

Peter Brotzmann © 2011 Mark Sheldon

 

Thursday June 9th

I got up early and headed to the International Center of Photography (ICP) @ 43rd and Avenue of the Americas to see two exhibits.  The first was an amazing exhibit by Elliott Erwitt.  I have been a fan of his for many years and it was great to see his prints up close. The second was by a photojournalist I knew very little about…Ruth Gruber.  An amazing story, amazing photographs and an amazing person.  Read more about Ruth here.  Always a joy to spend some time in the ICP book store/gift shop.  Hundreds of books, in this case I picked up a book on Erwitt, featuring the prints from the exhibit.

Prior to the evening shows, I hooked up with tenor player & composer Ellery Eskelin for a photo-shoot.  I saw him performing from a distance last year and loved the look of the guy, couldn’t wait for the chance to photograph him.  Photos took place at his residence in mid-town.  We made some photographs inside and on a third floor roof of the building. Had a great time while I was there, talking about his music, his career, his mother, who was also a fine musician, photography, the great photographer Lee Friedlander and Ellery’s hat collection is amazing!!!  Check out his web site, including his very nice blog “musings from a saxophonist…”.  Picked up a couple copies of his new cd “Trio New York” with Gerald Cleaver/Gary Versace, very nice!!!  These one-on-one shoots/conversations with the musicians are generally  the highlights of being in NYC….this was no exception.

Ellery Eskelin ©2011 Mark Sheldon

I photographed four more shows on Thursday night, the first featuring a band called AFRAZZ who was originally scheduled to perform outdoors but was moved inside due to a big thunderstorm..   Next up on the Abron main stage was the Dick Griffin String Quartet “Moving Out”.  The music performed was actually commissioned by Max Roach.  I think this is the first time it had been performed publicly.  This was another performance that I really liked.  Dick Griffin on trombone, Mazz Swift & Charles Burnham on violin, Judith Insell on viola, Akua Dixon on Cello and Warren Smith on percussion.

Following Griffin was Kidd Jordan’s Quintet.  I’ve know Kidd for several years and always look forward to catching up on what’s going on back home in New Orleans and of course hearing him perform. Kidd’s quintet included the great Dave Burrell on piano, Hamiet Bluiett on sax/clarinet, William Parker on bass and William Hooker on drums.  The final performance of the night was a duo featuring pianist Matthew Shipp and Evan Parker on saxophone.

Friday June 10th

Friday night started off with Emily Coates’s Dancers, actually featuring one dancer and violinist Charles Burnham.  The next band was called “Paradoxical Frog”….strange name, very good performance showcasing front-person Ingrid Laubrock on tenor along with Kris Davis on piano, Mat Maneri on violin & viola and a very good Tyshawn Sorey on drums.  Next up…”Planetary Unknown” featuring the amazing David S. Ware on tenor, William Parker once again on bass, the multi, multi instrumentalist Cooper-Moore on piano and Muhammad Ali on Drum.  Amazing how much Muhammad looks like  his father, the late, great Rashied Ali.  Loved Mohammad’s playing, full of energy and joy!!!  The final performance of the night was a duo featuring master-bassist/violinist Henry Grimes and guitarist Marc Ribot.  Very nice performance, went back stage afterwards to photograph Henry and Marc.

Henry Grimes & Marc Ribot ©2011 Mark Sheldon

Saturday June 11th

The final night arrives with five  shows on tap.  First up was Reut Regev’s “R*Time Special Addition” with Reut on trombone, Burton Greene on piano, Adam Lane on bass and Igal Foni on drums. Pianist Connie Crothers Quartet with Richard Tabnik on alto, bassist Ken Filiano and Roger Mancuso on drums.  One show everyone in attendance was waiting for was the “All-Star-Mystery Collective” showcasing Cooper-Moore on piano, Rob Brown on alto, Roy Campbell on trumpet, violinist Jason Kao-Hwang, William Parker on bass, Gerald Cleaver on drums and Patricia Parker performing dance throughout.  The show I was waiting for was legendary saxophonist Sonny Simmons with pianist Francois Tusques.  I enjoyed this show but apparently Sonny didn’t as he apologized at the end, saying he was not at this best and promised to do better the next time.

The final performance of the night was “Mystery of Mekong” a tribute to violinist Billy Bang who passed away a short time before this year’s festival.  This was a big band under the leadership of William Parker and featured a 25 piece string section (Henry Grimes, Mazz Swift, Charles Burnham, Jason Hwang) as well as some special guests such as Roy Campbell and James Spaulding.

Sonny Simmons ©2011 Mark Sheldon

 

I was given the opportunity to show several photographs at this year’s Vision Fest in NYC.  I chose to feature five photographs of musicians that were born in Chicago or have long ties with the city.  First and foremost, I chose an image of the late, great Fred Anderson.  Fred was a wonderful person and musician.  As the owner of the famed Velvet Lounge on the near South side of Chicago, Fred spent a lot of time at the club either playing or tending bar.  Over the past several years of his life, I managed to see him play many times and had the chance to spend some time with him talking about music.  Fred passed away on the day he was scheduled to play at the 2010 Vision  Festival.  I thought it was only fitting to include an image of Fred in the exhibit.

Other musicians I included in the exhibit are Muhal Richard Abrams, the great bassist Harrison Bankhead,  AEC members Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell.

Hopefully some of you will have the chance to attend the festival….the organizers of the festival, led by Patricia Parker once again did a wonderful job pulling it together.  If you’re into avant music, the Vision Fest should be on your bucket list!