The Bad Plus - Prog
Happy Apple - Please Refrain from Fronting
Happy Apple - The Space Between Our Companies
Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction
Third night in a row in the company of drummer David King...
Once again I was first in the queue for the evening's extravaganza, which I enjoyed from a front row seat...
The Bad Plus and Happy Apple joined forces to become Bad Apple, for only the second time...
Apologies for the rather makeshift composite above...
The first set was a bonus as, firstly, The Bad Plus took to the stage and played an excellent four song set comprising three older pieces, including an Aphex Twin cover and a brand new song....
Then, Happy Apple played another four songs, once again providing far out (man) jazz entertainment as only they can...
For the second set, the five musicians recreated a night a few years back when they were invited to play at a celebration for Ornette Coleman's birthday in the presence of the man himself...
And so we were treated to 50 minutes or so of Ornette Coleman material...
Mind-blowing, as they say....
As David King announced before the encore, Mr Coleman's music has had much to do with the development of both these bands and so it was fitting that the joint set should comprise his music...
A standing ovation was received from the full house...
One more gig to go before the end of the JazzFest but tomorrow night, it's comedy with Stewart Lee...
Highlight of the Day : Bad Apple...
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