Friday 26 February 2016

Patrick Cornelius - 606 AA Milne

Patrick Cornelius
Nick Vayenas
Patrick Cornelius - saxophone
Nick Vayenas - trombone
Alex Garnett - sax/clarinet
Andre Canniere - trumpet
Phil Robson - guitar
Steve Hamilton - piano
Andrew Bain - drums
Michael Janisch - bass.

Andre Canniere
Date - 8th February 2016
Venue - 606 Club, London
Current Album - While We're Still Young




 
The UK CD launch of Patrick  Cornelius' "While We're Still Young," his suite for octet with songs inspired by the children's poetry of A.A. Milne, performed by a Anglo-American 8 piece band.

Cornelius' latest project is inspired by the book “When We Were Very Young” a collection of poetry written by AA Milne, the English author best known for the beloved children’s book “Winnie the Pooh”. The title of the project is “While We’re Still Young”, a title that, while similar, evokes a  bittersweet flavour.

Michael Janisch
Patrick Cornelius originally thought that he was going to be writing this suite for his children. He regularly read to his daughter Isabella from "When We Were Very Young". He assumed perhaps with unrealistic altruism that this project would be a musical homage that Isabella and her brother would someday listen to with wonder and appreciation, but as he got into the actual writing, he realized that the idea of creating this music for his kids was a vain fantasy.
 
Phil Robson

Cornelius said, "I wrote for my own childhood; remembering the wonder and spectacle of exploring our big, scary, beautiful world through new eyes. I also wrote for my music influences. For Ellington, Debussy, Evans, and Shorter, yes, but also for my peers; the wealth of talent that exists in the creative music world today, many of which I actually hired to record the music with me." Patrick Cornelius

Andrew Bain
He revels in the bittersweet step between innocence and wisdom. Despite having left the magic and fury of youth in his wake, both personally and musically, Patrick Cornelius finds himself as a parent discovering AA Milne's work again and igniting that spark of that wonder. The message of "While We're Still Young" is that we should all search for that flame of innocent joy in our own lives, remember that feeling of wonder, and try to nurture it as best we can, no matter what our age or life circumstance. 

Alex Garnett





"While We're Still Young" swells the belly in a very English affair, epitomised by 'The Invaders' which is as ripe and dripping as a Vale Of Evesham orchard. It is the rich stain of a summer pudding, the cheap white bread on the outside is slowly discoloured by the rising pink of burgeoning fruit. As the seeping fruit paints its shades of chapped hands to rope burns it finally rests on the lurid bleed of unforgettable sunsets. Don't forget the cream, the double cream, so pure and rich that it can only be balanced by the smarting twang of sour currants, reminding us of the mercurial English summer.

AL.

Steve Hamilton



 

Friday 19 February 2016

They Might Be Giants - Grapple

John Linnell
They Might Be Giants
John Flansburgh - vocals, guitars, bass, harmonica, programming
John Linnell - vocals, accordion, keyboards, saxophones, programming
Dan Miller - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Danny Weinkauf - bass
Marty Beller - drums

 

Dan Miller
Date - 4th February 2016
Venue - Electric Ballroom, Camden
Current Album - 
Why?
 
Upcoming shows/gigs
BALTIMORE March 17 http://bit.ly/1kbrl0f
CINCINNATTI March 18 http://bit.ly/1GxvMwU
MILWAUKEE March 19 http://bit.ly/20aLvIB
CHICAGO SOLD OUT
OMAHA March 22 
http://bit.ly/1O86Gr0
DENVER March 23 http://bit.ly/1PRuNKY
BERKELEY March 25 http://bit.ly/1P5n2yp GOING FAST
LOS ANGELES SOLD OUT
SAN DIEGO March 27 http://bit.ly/1kbrKQn GOING FAST
TUCSON March 29 
http://bit.ly/20aLF2E
AUSTIN Flood Show March 31 http://bit.ly/1RBWpRD
HOUSTON April 1 http://bit.ly/1N8StJ9
NEW ORLEANS April 2 http://bit.ly/1XzqKEm
PENSACOLA April 3 http://bit.ly/1S9RxUI
TAMPA April 5 http://bit.ly/1kbs5CG
ORLANDO April 6 http://bitly/1MtIoaM
ASHEVILLE April 7 
http://bit.ly/1iiW6ix
ATLANTA April 8 http://bit.ly/1Hc2jTU GOING FAST
CARRBORO SOLD OUT
PHILADELPHIA April 10 
http://bit.ly/1Hc2oHq 
 

Danny Weinkauf
Brooklyn’s very own perpetual-motion machine, They Might Be Giants are releasing their  eagerly awaited follow up to their Grammy-winning Here Come the 123s and the Grammy-nominated Here Comes Science. The idiosyncratic fivesome return to the world of kids stuff with Why? which features a collection of new songs on their 2015 Dial-A-Song re-launch.
 

John Flansburgh
Found Review
(Found in London Evening Standard, 4th February 2016, Page 19, Law student grapples with 'big guys' after laptop is stolen)
 

Grapple with Big Guys

Chased by the throat into adrenaline kick backs
I stood in front of them with my arms stretched wide open
There was just me and the big guys
and around me they drank classics for beer
 

Friday 12 February 2016

Benet Mclean - Hand for crop

Benet Mclean
Benet Mclean - violin
Julian Joseph - piano
Duncan Eagles - saxophone
Dan Casimir - bass
Clark Tracey - drums


Dan Casimir
Date - 14th January 2016
Venue - 606 Jazz Club, London
Current Album - (playing violin) Partikel - String Theory

Duncan Eagles
Live dates
with Partikel
February 17, 2016 - The Garrick Theatre, London
March 2, 2016 - The Bull's Head, Barnes
March 18, 2016 - Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
Mar 24, 2016 - The Castle Theatre, Wellingborough
April 3, 2016 - Hotel Hatfield, Lowestoft
Apr 7, 2016 - Ronnie Scott's, London
April 12, 2016 - Dempsey's, Cardiff
April 15, 2016 - Bradford Jazz Club
Apr 26, 2016 - Schmazz, Newcastle
April 27, 2016 - Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
April 29, 2016 - Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Apr 30, 2016 - Tolbooth Arts Centre
 May 14, 2016 - The Lighthouse, Deal, Kent
May 29, 2016 - The Hen and Chicken, Bristol
Saturday, July 2, 2016 - Love Supreme Festival

The words of this review come from the Evening Standard, Page 32, January 14th 2016

Julian Joseph
Play the love (viral)

Lover all things deft
Hand for crop, himself faultless

There he is, eyes hooded, chin dropped
cuts himself
A grin with a single candle
He wields a razor, pressing cherubic

Punctured.


Clark Tracey