José James celebrates Billie Holiday & John Coltrane – Sept 4, 2015 at Chicago Jazz Fest

Jose James & Leo Genovese at Chicago Jazz Festival

José James 9/4/15 Chicago Jazz Festival
Equinox [John Coltrane cover]:

José James 9/4/15 Chicago Jazz Festival
Tenderly [Billie Holiday cover]:

José James 9/4/15 Chicago Jazz Festival
God Bless The Child [Billie Holiday cover]:

Jose James, Solomon Dorsey & Nate Smith at Chicago Jazz Festival

José James: The Music of Billie Holiday
September 4, 2015
Chicago, IL @ Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park – Chicago Jazz Festival

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01. Good Morning Heartache >
02. Body And Soul
03. José speaks / Equinox Intro
04. Equinox [John Coltrane cover]
05. Tenderly
06. José speaks
07. God Bless The Child

José James – vocals
Leo Genovese – piano, Fender Rhodes
Solomon Dorsey – bass
Nate Smith – drums

Set time was 6pm to 6:55pm. José soundchecked with a guitar but never played it. He posted later that evening on Instagram: Thank you Chicago that was dope!!! I wish I could’ve played longer I didn’t even get to play my guitar!! But you showed love. Thank you for helping to honor the great Billie Holiday, a fearless leader who championed for equal rights + change in the face of brutality #blacklivesmatter https://instagram.com/p/7O0SePxDN0/

The Creator Ensemble: A Celestial Blues Exploration at The Blue Nile – Jazz Fest 2015

Creator Ensemble at Blue Niles

The Creator Ensemble:
Skerik – saxophone, percussion
Cochemea Gastelum – flute, saxophone, percussion
Joe Russo – drums
John Medeski – piano, organ, keys, percussion
Robert Walter – piano, organ, keys
James Singleton – bass
Alecia Chakour – vocals, percussion

“A celestial blues exploration celebrating the music of Sun Ra, Pharaoh Sanders, Nina Simone, Gary Bartz, Yusef Lateef, Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Jim Pepper and Alica Coltrane”

The Creator Ensemble 4/29/15 New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Part 1 of 3:
Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah [Pharoah Sanders], Celestial Blues [Andy Bey / Gary Bartz]

The Creator Ensemble 4/29/15 New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Part 2 of 3:
A Love Supreme [John Coltrane], I’ve Known Rivers [Gary Bartz]

The Creator Ensemble 4/29/15 New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Part 3 of 3:
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free [Nina Simone], Newly-Weds Song [Jim Pepper], The Creator Has A Master Plan [Pharoah Sanders]

Creator Ensemble: John Medeski, Skerik, Joe Russo, James Singleton - A Love Supreme

The Creator Ensemble
April 29, 2015
New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile

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01. Colors [Pharoah Sanders]
02. Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah [Pharoah Sanders]
03. Celestial Blues [Andy Bey / Gary Bartz]
04. Ballad For A Child [Archie Shepp cover]
05. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free [Nina Simone]
06. A Love Supreme [John Coltrane]
07. I’ve Known Rivers [Gary Bartz]
08. Shiva-Loka [Alice Coltrane]
09. Newly-Weds Song [Jim Pepper]
10. The Creator Has A Master Plan [Pharoah Sanders]

The Creator Ensemble:
Skerik – saxophone, percussion
Cochemea Gastelum – flute, saxophone, percussion
Joe Russo – drums
John Medeski – piano, organ, keys, percussion
Robert Walter – piano, organ, keys
James Singleton – bass
Alecia Chakour – vocals, percussion

The Creator Ensemble at Blue Nile

Skerik’s Bandalabra, The Mike Dillon Band & The Dead Kenny G’s – Live at Cosmic Charlies

Skerik’s Bandalabra
September 18, 2012 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlies

Charlie Don’t Like It, A Love Supreme (John Coltrane cover), ???, Equinox (John Coltrane cover), ?Freeborn?:

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The Dead Kenny G’s
May 27, 2012 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlies

PART 1:
Black Truman (Harry The Hottentot), Birther Blues, ???, ???, Gazzelloni [Eric Dolphy cover]

The Dead Kenny G’s
May 27, 2012 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlies

PART 2:
Punk Rock Girlfriend > Like A Rhinestone Cowboy, Gorelick, Daddy Issues (Skerik on guitar), Beer (Skerik on guitar), Trivial Assault, Kill The Poor [Dead Kennedy‘s cover] > ?Jam? (announced as “I Love Old Man Magoo”)

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Mike Dillon Band
August 11, 2012 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlies

SET ONE:
???, Harris County, DVS, ???, GoGo’s Theme, Leather On, Fat Redneck Gangster > Percussion Outro

Mike Dillon Band
August 11, 2012 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlies

Set TWO:
???, “The Rainbow Is Missing A Stripe”, Saturn Returns, River Is Burning, Bullsnake, Iphone/Android > “The Gangsta’s Can’t Keep Us Down” > Old Rock Star, Your Mother Was My Teacher, Flourescent Sunburn, Out Demons, Surfin With You, Cedar, Yeah It’s Christmas (So You Went and Shot Some Dope)

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