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Author Message darkstar01 Intermediate Member Username: darkstar01 Post Number: 109 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 - 5:58 pm:    I just got back from seeing Ornette Coleman's current quartet at Town Hall in NYC. Ornette is still an astoundingly beautiful and genius musician, as well as one of the reasons I play music. The band was Tony Falanga (i think) on upright, Ornette's son Denard on drums, and Al Macdowell on a (surpise) Spoiler with piccolo strings. Tony has some incredible arco chops, definitely a guy that makes you want to practice. I kind of found Denard and Al a little lacking, but nothing can be too bad when Ornette's around. Definitely the greatest musician I've ever seen live, and I've seen a whole lot of them. Al has some crazy electric chops that I think a lot of people around here would probably be into. He had a nice (I think) zebra wood topped spoiler and got a Metheny-esque sound. To sum it all up - Ornette is pretty much god. austin. edwin Advanced Member Username: edwin Post Number: 325 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 9:52 pm:    I loved seeing the band with Al and Chris Walker, who later became a crooner. Chris just tore it up. That was during the Virgin Beauty era. I would have loved to see him with Jamaaladeen Tacuma. That guy can play! Edwin adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1855 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 5:49 am:    Talking about Jamaaladeen - check out Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cornell Rochester Meet the Podium 3 - Live in Koln (1994). Jazz/funk/free from a bunch of people who know how to improvise - there's lots of interplay going on that you can follow perhaps one strand at a time, but the groove never stops anyway. (Message edited by adriaan on April 01, 2008)