Posts Tagged ‘le Poisson Rouge’
Meshell Ndegeocello @ le Poisson Rouge
This time – entitled Built by MeanRed- was kind of intriguing because there was Jason Moran in the band. In the beginning there was a rather confusing 45minute wait with nice grooves from DJScribe (I Love Vinyl). Then Jason Moran’s solo piano warmup performance, which actually was quite unexpected for most of the crowd.. Some of it was actually really interesting modern jazz piano, but was difficult to get into it at that point. He also played along with the DJ a bit, which somehow also seemed a bit confusing at that particular time and place and the way things progressed seemed totally random. And anyway, everybody was expecting.. Meshell……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Was great to see Meshell again, and hear her voice, which is just mesmerizing even when just talking, about anything. Jason Moran in the band didn’t get highlighted that much, which was a pity, because some of the things they did together were the most interesting part of the show, for me. But otherwise, I didn’t really dig the punk rock direction that they had with some of the newer tunes. The drummer had more like a rock/punk sound and I thought the groove wasn’t very soulful. Meshell played quite a lot of bass, which sounded really great.
It was great to see the fans – all races, gay and straight, from all walks of life, singing along to old hits like “Faithful” and “Satisfy”.
An Evening with Sussan Deyhim @ Le Poisson Rouge
Doors were supposed to open @ 11 and the show was to start at 1130, but for some reason, they opened doors at 12 the concert starting just 10 minutes after. Which was good for me – I was right on time, meeting my role-model for the second time for more music and a couple of drinks 🙂
An Evening with Sussan Deyhim w/ Richard Horowitz, Karsh Kale, Alan Kushan, Hernan Romero (acoustic guitar), Eve Ensler, DJ Payam, special guests , Babak Khiavchi , Hassan Hakmoun and Salman Ahmad. Well that was something! Sussan Deyhim has the most expressive voice, it was incredible. Great musicians, and very touching music. But the night involved a lot of guest artists giving long political talks about Iran (in the middle of the concert), which kind of killed the energy of the show itself. Playwright and women’s rights activist Eve Ensler‘s (apparently the author of the Vagina monologues as well) performance was quite interesting, though. Never seen that kind of thing actually. Read the rest of this entry »
Rudder @ le Poisson Rouge, New York
One of the hippest experimental/indiejazz/electronica bands in New York – Rudder @ Le Poisson Rouge, Bleecker Street. Chris Cheek on tenor, Henry Hey on keyboards, Tim Lefebvre on bass and Shawn Pelton on drums, subbing for Keith Carlock who is on tour with Steely Dan. Yeah, incredible band indeed, combining excellent musicianship, brilliant ideas, sound explorations, intriguing compositions, really great groove and the energy of a rock concert. They did songs off of their two records, of which the latest one Matorning (Nineteen Eight Records) just came out recently.
Kuues päev: Arvo Pärt @ le Poisson Rouge, New York Premiere
Pühapäevaks olin juba päris väsinud – mõtlesin, et puhkan veidi ja jään koju… Aga – ei tulnud välja. Sirvisin viimast ajalehte Village Voice ja avastasin põneva ürituse – Arvo Pärdi Symphony No4 (“Los Angeles”) (2008) esmaettekanne Idarannikul ühes Greenwich Village’i klubis (Bleecker St) nimega le Poisson Rouge. Nende hüüdlause: Serving Art and Alcohol. Ma ei saanud minemata jätta…
Ilm oli tuuline ja jahe. Tulin metroost välja liiga kauges peatuses ja kõndisin pikalt alla mööda Bleecker Streeti, mis on väga kena tänav, kus asub palju moeärisid, kohvikuid, baare. Klubi on uus versioon legendaarsest Village Gate’ist, kus mängiti väga erinevat muusikat: Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, John Cage, Schönberg, Stravinsky jpt. Praegune klubi on tunduvalt viisakam kui endine (mis asus keldris), aga idee poolest võiks seda endiselt nimetada erinevate maailmade kohtumispaigaks, kus saab muuhulgas nautida head klassikalist muusikat tavalisest vabamas keskkonnas (absindiklaasi taga).
Kontserdi esimeses pooles tulid ettekandmisele vanemad teosed keelpillikvartetile Da Pacem Domine (2004), Psalom (1985), Summa (1977), Fratres (1977), Es sang vor langen Jahren (1984), kus ühe viiuli asemel liitus sopran. Pärdi muusika on tõesti erakordne. Ilus ja võimas nagu loodus. Ehkki muusika on ajaline kunst, tundub Pärdi muusika minevat ajast välja, kuulajal tekib ajatuse ja sügava sisemise rahu tunne. Ma kujutan ette, et selline võiks olla loodus siis, kui ei ole kõrvaltvaatajaid – avameri, mis elab enda väes ja rütmis ka siis, kui ole kedagi seda tunnistamas. Uskumatu, mida võib teha ainult kahe, kolme, nelja häälega!
Symphony No.4 keelpilliorkestrile, harfile, timpanile ja löökpillidele – orkestriks oli kuulus The Wordless Music Orchestra Jeff Milarsky juhatusel. Teos oli väga mitmekesine ja huvitavate kõlapiltidega, orkestratsioon tekitas nii laia ruumilise helide spektri, et tundus nagu oleksid vaheldunud erinevad ajad ja ruumid. Ma pean tunnistama, et selles baari õhkkonnas (mulle osteti seal jälle õlut) oli raske muusikasse päris vääriliselt süveneda ja mina eelistaksin Pärti kuulata siiski natuke lugupidavamalt, vana-kooli moodi. Ehkki tõesti lahe koht oli, mõtlesin isegi mailing-listiiga liituda.
Veel üks tähelepanek: Arvo Pärt on siin muidugi kuum nimi ja sellisel üritusel öelda, et oled eestlane tähendab kohe erilist staatust – eestlane olla oleks nagu midagi müstilist. Ja nii erilist, sügavat, poeetilist muusikat muidugi tõesti ükski ameeriklane ei suudaks luua? 😀 Jajaa, see on niisama spekuleerimise mõttes öeldud… 🙂 Igatahes eriti uhke tunne eestlane olla on minu meelest just Arvo Pärdi kontserdil. Ma hakkan nüüd alati käima, kui võimalus avaneb.
Metroos mängis üks päris hea vibrafonimängija ilusat unistavat muusikat. Rongi oodata oli päris mõnus.