Wonderful jazz concert at CSO yesterday in
classic double-header plus intermission format. First up was
Branford Marsalis (ss,ts) with his
quartet featuring
Joey Calderazzo (p),
Eric Revis (b) and
Justin Faulkner (dr) and they
simply blew the roof off the place. Best set I heard in a while: dynamic, joyful, playful, modern, whathaveyou. Really
really nice. The second set was the
Terence Blanchard (tp) quintet featuring
Brice Winston (ts),
Fabian Almazan (p),
Joe Sanders (b) and
Kendrick Scott (dr) who also played a nice set, but as far as I am concerned did not
gel as a much as the spectacular first set. Great evening.
