AUDIO & VIDEO: Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton & Chris Severin 9/29/16 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf

Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton, Chris Severin, Maple Leaf, New Orleans

Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton & Chris Severin
September 29, 2016 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf
Set Two:
???, People Make The World Go Round [The Stylistics cover] > Old Folks [Kenny Rogers cover] > Band Intros Outro Jam

Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton & Chris Severin
September 29, 2016 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf
Set One – Part 1 of 4:
Improv (without Nicholas Payton) > Straight, No Chaser [Thelonious Monk cover]

Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton & Chris Severin
September 29, 2016 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf
Set One – Part 2 of 4:
Actual Proof [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover], Butterfly [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover]

Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton & Chris Severin
September 29, 2016 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf
Set One – Part 3 of 4:
Improv > (Not Just) Knee Deep [Funkadelic cover], I Just Want 2 B With U [Nicholas Payton]

Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton & Chris Severin
September 29, 2016 New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf
Set One – Part 4 of 4:
Sly [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover], Eight [Nicholas Payton] (cuts, missing last 4+ minutes)

Johnny Vidacovich, Nicholas Payton & Chris Severin
September 29, 2016
New Orleans, LA @ The Maple Leaf

Sony ECM-MS90C stereo mic > Canon XA-20 video camera > 16/48 WAV > Cool Edit Pro (dither to 16/44) > WAV > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC

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Set One:
01. Improv (without Nicholas Payton) >
02. Straight, No Chaser [Thelonious Monk cover]
03. Actual Proof [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover]
04. Butterfly [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover]
05. Improv > (Not Just) Knee Deep [Funkadelic cover]
06. I Just Want 2 B With U [Nicholas Payton] >
07. Sly [Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters cover]
08. Eight [Nicholas Payton] (cuts, missing last 4+ minutes)

Set Two:
01. ???
02. ???
03. People Make The World Go Round [The Stylistics cover] >
04. Old Folks [Kenny Rogers cover] >
05. Band Intros Outro Jam

Johnny Vidacovich – drums, vocals
Nicholas Payton – Fender Rhodes, B3 organ, trumpet, sampler
Chris Severin – bass

Kamasi Washington & Christian Scott discuss music & civil rights at North Sea Jazz Festival 2016

PANEL: MUSIC & CIVIL RIGHTS WITH KAMASI WASHINGTON AND CHRISTIAN SCOTTAshley Kahn (moderator); Kamasi Washington (tenor saxophone); Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (trumpet).

Although the Civil Right movement of the 60s and the anti-apartheid movements of the 80s are seen by many as struggles of the past, discussions about civil right have flared up again. What is the role musicians can have when it comes to social and political issues? Saxophonist Kamasi Washington and trumpeter Christian Scott discuss their experiences and those of fellow musicians.
North Sea Jazz Festival 2016 - Ahoy, Rotterdam

Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands - North Sea Jazz Festival

Kamasi Washington & The Metropole Orkest 7/8/16 North Sea Jazz Festival; Re Run

North Sea Jazz Festival 1976 poster

Kamasi Washington & The Metropole Orkest 7/8/16 North Sea Jazz Festival; Henrietta Our Hero

North Sea Jazz Festival 1977 poster

Christian Scott 7/8/16 North Sea Jazz Festival: Diaspora

North Sea Jazz Festival 1979 poster

Christian Scott 7/8/16 North Sea Jazz Festival: New Heroes

Miles Davis - North Sea Jazz Festival 1985 poster

Erasmusbrug - Rotterdam

Read the full transcript at Jazz Times.

The Creator Ensemble at The Blue Nile – Jazz Fest 2016

Creator Ensemble 2016

The Creator Ensemble:
Cochemea Gastelum
– saxophone, flute, percussion
Alecia Chakour – vocals, percussion
Robert Walter – keyboards
Marco Benevento – piano
Tim LeFebvre – bass
Makaya McCraven – drums

The Creator Ensemble 4/29/15 New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile
Thembi [Pharoah Sanders], The Plum Blossom [Yusef Lateef], The Creator Has A Master Plan [Pharoah Sanders], ??? [?John Coltrane cover?], Home Is Where The Hatred Is [Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson] (end cut), I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free [Nina Simone]

The Creator Ensemble
April 29, 2016
New Orleans, LA @ Blue Nile

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01. Newly-Weds Song [Jim Pepper]
02. Thembi [Pharoah Sanders]
03. The Plum Blossom [Yusef Lateef]
04. The Creator Has A Master Plan [Pharoah Sanders]
05. ??? [?John Coltrane cover?]
06. Home Is Where The Hatred Is [Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson] (end cut)
07. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free [Nina Simone]

The Creator Ensemble:
Cochemea Gastelum
– saxophone, flute, percussion
Alecia Chakour – vocals, percussion
Robert Walter – keyboards
Marco Benevento – piano
Tim LeFebvre – bass
Makaya McCraven – drums

Notes: The end of Home Is Where The Hatred Is is cut/missing because my battery died. Probably missing the last 3 to 5 minutes (which was the highlight of the whole show for me, but now it’s gone forever!)

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