I got home from Day 2 at about 2 a.m. on June 25, and at 9 p.m. the same day I was back for more music, still in Brooklyn, but this time even closer to my house. I like this trend and would recommend that all future jazz festivals occur in Sunset Park.
Here’s my recap of the evening in photos and tweets. (You can follow my live tweets from the festival — and on other days, too — at http://twitter.com/jasondcrane and http://twitter.com/jazzsesh. This is a selection of the photos I took. The full album is here. And by the way, if you’re enjoying these recaps, The Jazz Session could use your help.
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman: post-apocalyptic chamber music.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Matt Wilson’s drums, pre-magic”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“@mattwilsonjazz delivers his promised ‘erotic press rolls'”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Skate park love with @mattwilsonjazz”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Devotion”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Matt Wilson is easily one of the deepest, most soulful musicians I’ve ever heard.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Darius Jones bringing the cosmic soul to Littlefield”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Darius Jones Trio now sounding like the vanguard of the armies of Mordor”
“Adam Lane is a badass.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“This is like the soundtrack to Shaft Vs. Cthulu”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Darius just dedicated this tune to ‘Billy.’ Holiday? Hart? Drummond? Bragg? (I’m kinda hoping for the last one.)”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Elliot Sharp performing … or leading a meditation retreat.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Dean Bowman giving a solo gospel clinic in a darkened skate park. A sentence I never thought I’d type.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Dean Bowman now whistling more than one pitch at a time. Throat whistling?”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“30 seconds in and I already love this bouncing, joyful performance by Anthony Coleman”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Satoshi Takeshi looks like he’s playing his drums in zero gravity”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“If Monk had written tunes while falling down a spiral staircase, they’d sound like Anthony Coleman’s music. Really digging it.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Electro-acoustic happy trance music from Mountains. Nice. Way too loud.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“David S Ware starting with a declamatory sopranino call. Darius Jones listens from a few feet away.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“The #UndeadJazz Fest: For Anyone Who’s Ever Wanted To See David S Ware Play Solo In A Skate Park By Candlelight.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“You got your jazz in my dub! You got your dub in my jazz! Jamie Saft at Littlefield”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“RT @darylshawn Wasn’t expecting to see Larry Grenadier tonight (w/Jamie Saft and his beard) #undeadjazz / Me either. He sounds great.”
“On second thought, it’s not that surprising to see Larry Grenadier playing dub music. After all, he lives in Kingston.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Never heard – or heard of – drummer Craig Santiago. He’s the bomb. Dub drumming ain’t easy, but he makes it sound that way.”
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| From Undead Jazz Fest – Day 3 – June 25, 2011 |
“Jeff Lederer now joining Jamie Saft’s New Zion Trio. Saft: ‘It’s in E-flat.’ Lederer: ‘Let’s do it.'”
