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Nogbad_The_Bad 
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 Topic: Big Ears Festival Mar 22Posted: September 14 2021 at 12:08 |
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Line Up Announcement made today, presale started today.
KNOXVILLE, TN · USA // 3.24.22-3.27.22
Vaccination required: "The health and safety of everyone who attends Big Ears is our number one priority. With the rise of COVID cases due to the Delta variant, we are now mandating that all staff, artists, and audience members be fully vaccinated in order to participate in ticketed activities presented by Big Ears. In the coming months, we’ll describe the steps we intend to take to verify the vaccination status of audience members. As we continue to observe the situation, we reserve the right to institute other COVID-related safety measures in advance of the festival. To be considered fully vaccinated for attendance at the 2022 Big Ears Festival, you must have received your second dose in a 2-dose series (Pfizer or Moderna) or a single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) on or before Wednesday, March 9, 2022." JOHN ZORN SPARKS MEREDITH MONK MOSES SUMNEY KIM GORDON ANIMAL COLLECTIVE YVES TUMOR LOW ANNETTE PEACOCK KRONOS QUARTET BILL FRISELL SONS OF KEMET JASON MORAN BILL CALLAHAN PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND MARC RIBOT CAROLINE SHAW JOE HENRY EFTERKLANG MDOU MOCTAR AROOJ AFTAB & THE VULTURE PRINCE ENSEMBLE GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS ANDREW CYRILLE TERRY ALLEN & THE PANHANDLE MYSTERY BAND RON MILES QUINTET SŌ PERCUSSION NATHALIE JOACHIM NUBYA GARCIA SHABAKA HUTCHINGS KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DAWN RICHARD SAUL WILLIAMS 75 DOLLAR BILL 79RS GANG JOSHUA ABRAMS & NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY ARENI AGBABIAN AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE ATTACCA QUARTET BALÚN JAIMIE BRANCH FLY OR DIE JOSEPH BRANCIFORTE & THEO BLECKMANN THEON CROSS SARAH DAVACHI KRIS DAVIS’ DIATOM RIBBONS ANGEL BAT DAWID & SISTAZZ OF THE NITTY GRITTY BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN ALABASTER DEPLUME DOS SANTOS FENNESZ HARRIET TUBMAN JOHN HOLLENBECK VAL JEANTY CASSANDRA JENKINS L’RAIN LAKOU MIZIK MARY LATTIMORE DAMON LOCKS’ BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE LISEL ELLIS LUDWIG-LEONE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP LEYLA MCCALLA JAMES MCVINNIE MYRA MELFORD’S SNOWY EGRET MSSV AURORA NEALAND & THE ROYAL ROSES ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN JEFF PARKER & THE NEW BREED TRISTAN PERICH LIDO PIMIENTA DAFNIS PRIETO’S SÍ O SÍ QUARTET RAM ELLEN REID SOUNDWALK ENSEMBLE GYAN RILEY ELIXIR CHRISTIAN SCOTT ATUNDE ADJUAH ANDY SHAUF CHES SMITH WE ALL BREAK SPEKTRAL QUARTET SPORTY’S BRASS BAND SUDAN ARCHIVES CRAIG TABORN WILLIAM TYLER DAN WEISS STAREBABY AND MANY MORE! THE MUSIC OF JOHN ZORN BILL FRISELL STEPHEN GOSLING KENNY GROHOWSKI PETRA HADEN SAE HASHIMOTO MATT HOLLENBERG JESSE HARRIS JULIAN LAGE BRIAN MARSELLA JOHN MEDESKI GYAN RILEY JORGE ROEDER CHES SMITH KENNY WOLLESEN NEW ORLEANS / HAITI AND BEYOND FEATURING BIG EARS’ FIRST-EVER KREWE DU KANAVAL CURATED BY PRESERVATION HALL’S BEN JAFFE |
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Posted: September 14 2021 at 12:08 |
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VIP ticket bought
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Posted: September 14 2021 at 14:36 |
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One day I might do this. But today is not that day. Some nice names in there though, and I'm very curious about all that Zorn stuff.
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Posted: September 15 2021 at 10:13 |
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Nice to see the Sparks involved.
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Posted: September 15 2021 at 10:44 |
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Looking forward to all of these
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SPARKS KRONOS QUARTET SONS OF KEMET NUBYA GARCIA SHABAKA HUTCHINGS THEON CROSS JOHN HOLLENBECK DAN WEISS STAREBABY Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - September 15 2021 at 10:45 |
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Posted: March 25 2022 at 07:53 |
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Day 1 review
Leisurely start to the day given the first show is 4pm, light taco lunch with 'the boys'. First show was Kronos Quartet, placed was packed as the only gig on, played in an open air amphitheater (had a passing train accompaniment at one stage). Short set, only 30 minutes, very nice string quartet with the last track spoilt a bit by midi/backing tape too dominant. Second up Tomeka Reid and Nicky Finney, female black poet telling stories of her life accompanied by solo cello. Really very good. 75 Dollar Bill were excellent psyche, droney, Krautrock style groove really very good, sight line issues with such a big band at the Standard and the VIP seating area. Starebaby were must see for me, managed to sit on the box with great sight lines. Dan Weiss, Ben Monder, Craig Taborn, Matt Mitchell & Trevor Dunn is an all star line up and they tore it up with heavy avant jazz metal. Loved every minute. Half the audience left halfway through to go to Sparks. Got into Sparks 30 minutes into their set, stayed for 30 minutes, 80s synth pop trying to be quirky, was annoyed that the bulk of the band were hidden by smoke and backlighting, looked like just the brothers up front. Not for me. Grabbed a couple of tracks of mssv, fusion trio with heavy rhythm section and stunt guitarist. Sounded fun but needed to move on to Low, heavy, distorted, sludgey slowcore, band very much in the Dark with very bright video behind them. Very atmospheric and loud, very enjoyable. Left an hour in exhausted. 7 bands and 8 miles walked, tired and sore but man I'm glad to be back, wonderful. |
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Posted: March 25 2022 at 09:34 |
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Seems like a very good music festival.
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Posted: March 25 2022 at 14:01 |
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Good lineup, I will try to get to this someday, maybe next year.
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Posted: March 25 2022 at 15:13 |
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A lot of names I don’t know, but from those I do, I’d particularly love to see the following:
JOHN ZORN ANNETTE PEACOCK SONS OF KEMET EFTERKLANG BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS NUBYA GARCIA SHABAKA HUTCHINGS MARY LATTIMORE and THE MUSIC OF JOHN ZORN |
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Posted: March 25 2022 at 15:27 |
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All of those except Lattimore are on my list.
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Posted: March 26 2022 at 08:25 |
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Day 2 Friday
Craig Taborn Trio with Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith, piano & keyboards, cello, drums, percussion and effects. Instrumental experimental avant jazz, very enjoyable Harriet Tubman, NY based fusion trio, playing pretty slow atmospheric fusion, drummer rock solid, guitarist, interesting aural landscapes, bassist was in love with volume and distortion, enjoyed the show once I realized that was the sound he was going for. Jeff Parker and the New Breed, got enticed to this one with post rock and Tortoise references, it was pretty much straight contemporary jazz very nicely played and enjoyable but nothing to get the juices flowing. Sons of Kemet, Shabaka Hutchins, saxophone, Theon Cross, Tuba and 2 drummers, afrobeat jazz with masses of energy, place was bouncing, tore it up for over an hour. Best show of the festival so far. Marc Ribot Ceramic Dog, experimental guitar 'rock' when they rocked were great, I'm less a fan of the bleeps and squawks. Let after 40 minutes to catch the next show Animal Collective, electronic pop, apparently cutting edge back in the day, quite mainstream to my ears, not for me. Mind Maintenance, Joshua Abrams on 3 stringed African bass lute and Chad Taylor on a thumb piano, beautiful minimalist patterns perfect for that time of night, great stuff. 7 miles and 7 bands Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - March 26 2022 at 08:26 |
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Posted: March 26 2022 at 08:34 |
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Thanks for the updates. If Craig Taborn is performing next year, that may be the catalyst to get me there.
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Posted: March 27 2022 at 07:55 |
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Saturday Day 3
First 2 up Mary Lattimore and William Tyler play soundscape guitar, harp and Electronica over a Tennessee documentary. Very restful left early to get to Zorn Zorns Meditations on the Tarot, downtown (?) Jazz featuring Brian Marsella, Trevor Dunn and Kenny Wollesen. Manic piano with tight drums and bass. Very good. Ches Smith We All Break, Haitian world music with lots of drums and creole vocals, not for me Zorn Songs for Petra, song based jazz with all star band including Julian Lage, guitar, Petra Haden, vocals and Jorge Roeder, bass. Outstanding set. Nubya Garcia, English/Caribbean jazz saxophonist with keys, double bass and drums. Pretty straight forward jazz but I like all her stuff and was a must see for me. First big miss of the weekend was not seeing Zorn Simulacrum that clashed with Garcia Jason Moran, solo piano, very nice stuff left early to get to next show Jamie Branch Fly or Die, angry punk jazz with trumpet lead, had as much rap/rant style vocals as trumpet, outstanding. Annette Peacock solo piano voice and Electronica, not very good to my ears,, beat a retreat to another show. Last band of the night, Efterklang, art pop with some proggy touches with a vocalist who's a Chris Martin fan, seeing the post rock references got me there but theyve dropped that entirely. Don't really need a singer sitting on the front of the stage singing directly at you. Left after 4 songs. 9 bands 5 miles. |
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Posted: March 28 2022 at 09:25 |
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Sunday day 4
Sarah Davachi, very very slow ambient electronics, lasted 30 minutes Alabaster DePlume London based street poet sax player, the huge plus was he was backed by Jamie Branchs Fly Or Die, pretty good Zorns Chaos Magick, brutal heavy metal jazz with Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg, John Medeski, Brian Marsella, mind blowingly crushingly superb Bill Frissell Trio, electric guitar led experimental jazz, excellent Zorn Heaven & Earth Magic, fully composed piano and vibes, fully improvised bass and drums. Really rather good. Zorns New Masada with John Zorn saxophone, Julian Lage guitar, Jorge Roeder bass, Kenny Wollesen drums. Outstanding. Last band of the festival, Electric Masada, John Zorn, Julian Lage, Bill Frissell, Trevor Dunn, Ches Smith, Kenny Wollesen, Kenny Grohowski, John Medeski, Brian Marsella. Absolutely crushing it with brutal jazz metal. Fantastic. Really great weekend, wonderful to be at concerts and chat music with friends. All the Zorn stuff was good to mindblowingly stupendous. Plenty of other highlights, Starebaby, Sons Of Kemet and Fly or Die spring to mind. |
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Posted: March 28 2022 at 15:24 |
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When you listed the line-up I hoped you'd review Marc Ribot and Annette Peacock, nice you did it even if not fully convinced. I have loved some of their stuff in the past and would for sure see them live near my place; should also check out what they did recently. Thanks for keeping us updated!
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Posted: March 28 2022 at 21:58 |
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Methinks I need to dig into some John Zorn as well as some of those other bands. They all sound really amazing!
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Man that Electric Masada sounds amazing. Hopefully that continues to exist past this past weekend.
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