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!)

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

AUDIO: Christian Scott Octet 4/30/15 New Orleans, LA @ Snug Harbor – early set

Christian Scott Octet
April 30, 2015
New Orleans, LA @ Snug Harbor – 9PM early set

Sony ECM-MS908C stereo mic > Canon G20 > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > CD Wave Editor > FLAC
Location: on the floor of the balcony near the front/rail

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01. Introduction
02. ???
03. banter
04. West Of The West
05. ???
06. The Eye Of The Hurricane [Herbie Hancock cover]
07. banter
08. The One That Got Away (with Isadora Scott)
09. ???

Christian Scott Octet:
Elena Pinderhughes
– flute
Braxton Cook – alto sax
Stephen Gladney – tenor sax
Lawrence Fields – piano
Kris Funn – bass
Dominic Minix – guitar
Corey Fonville – Drums/SPDSX
Joe Dyson – Pan Afro Kit

Special Guest:
Isadora Scott
– vocals

Some instagram video clips:
https://instagram.com/p/2H049NzCOt/
https://instagram.com/p/2H3QSbTCCb/
https://instagram.com/p/2IJDaJTCKh/

Christian Scott Octet - Snug Harbor New Orleans

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