NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: The Sun Ra Arkestra Venue: Union Pool , 484 Union Ave ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 8/24/25 Door: Free 3pm The Sun Ra Arkestra Active: 1956 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Lights On A Satellite (In + Out Records, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki   YouTube Led by 101-year-old Marshall Allen, The Sun Ra Arkestra has kept on going since the passing of Sun Ra in 1993.  This is currently, at least by what the website says, 17 active members of the group.  Marshall Allen has been with it since 1958 primarily on Saxophone, but he also brought out an EWI toward the end.  Those electronic wind instruments are crazy looking.  I never saw one before yesterday and while there were 70's prototypes, Akai officially introduced them in 1987.   From the website, there are six other members that joined in Sun Ra's lifetime.  They are Vincent Chancey on French Horn since 1976, Michael Ray on Trumpet since 1978, Knoel Sco...

  Bill: Ron Carter's Great Big Band/April Mae Webb (Charlie Parker Jazz Festival) Venue: Marcus Garvey Park at West 122 St, New York, NY Date: 8/23/25 Door: Free 8pm Ron Carter' s Great Big Band Active: Ron Carter: 1959 (Ferndale, MI) Ron Carter's Great Big Band: 2011 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Ron Carter's Great Big Band (Sunnyside, 2011) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist   AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7pm: April Mae Webb Active: 2017 (New Jersey via Kansas City) Affiliated: Sounds of A&R  (Sounds of April & Randall) Latest Release: " Everybody Ain't Gonna Like You " (Sounds of April & Randall), Questions Left Unanswered (Soaring, 2021) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs   YouTube Somehow in 30-some-odd years in NYC I've never been to a Charlie Parker Jazz Festival show at Tompkins Square Park or have set foot in Marcus Garvey Park at all.  No time like the present since I hadn't seen Ron Carter either.  It was a si...

  Bill: Soft Machine Venue: The Loft at City Winery , New York, NY Date: 9/16/24 Door: $35 (won tickets via DONYC) 7:30pm Soft Machine Active: 1966 (Canterbury, UK) Current Members/Affiliated: John Etheridge (Guitar, 1975-78, 1984, 2015-present, 2nd Vision ,  4 Parts Guitar ,  Ben Crosland Quintet ,  Darryl Way's Wolf ,  Global Village Trucking Co. ,  Icarus (9) ,  Soft Machine ,  Soft Machine Legacy ,  Sweet Chorus (2) ,  The Kennedy Experience ,  The Secret Police ,  Zappatistas ,  Whatever (8) ), Theo Travis (Saxophone, Flute, Piano 2015-present, Bill Nelson And The Gentlemen Rocketeers ,  Cipher (2) ,  Goldbug (2) ,  Gong ,  John Lester Quartet ,  Marshall Travis Wood ,  Moonparticle ,  Recreator ,  Soft Machine ,  Soft Machine Legacy ,  The Tangent ,  Theo Travis Quartet ,  Theo Travis' Double Talk ,  Travis / Beaujolais Quartet ,  Travis & Frip...

  Bill: Guitar Summit 2024  Feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nels Cline, Gilad Hekselman, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Rodney Jones, Anupam Shobhakar, Camila Meza, and Joel Harrison with Jerome Harris (bass), Harvey Sorgen (drums), Ben Perowsky (drums) Venue: Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY Date: 8/24/24 Door: $35 (had +1 guest list) 7:00 Rodney Jones (Guitar)/ Jerome Harris (Bass)/ Harvey Sorgen (Drums) 7:15pm  Kurt Rosenwinkel Active: 1997 (Berlin, Germany via Brooklyn, NY via Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: A Lovesome Thing (with Geri Allen) (Motema/Hardcore Records, 2023) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   AllMusic   Wiki 7:30pm Camila Meza Active: 2007 (Chile) Latest Release: Ambar (Masterworks, 2019) Discogs 7:45pm Gilad Hekselman Active: 2006 (Israel) Latest Release: Far Star (Edition, 2022) Discogs 8:10pm Amupam Shobhakar Active: 2014 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Multiplicity: Leave The Door Open (Whirlwind, 2014) ...