Fly

I went to see Mark Turner's trio, Fly last sunday. it was an extremely profound demonstration of how mature jazz as an art form can be. they only played one swing tune, and everything was completely soaked with a huge array of musical influences and the highly developed language of Mark Turner combined with the couldn't-fuck-up-if-he-tried time feel of jeff ballard. and then there's Larry Grenadier who, in my mind, was made a superstar with his work on Mehldau's Art of the Trio 4 record. he delivered one of his trademark groove-like-maceo solos and played some ridiculous poly-things all over the place. it was a trully elevated listening experience for me, as if i wasn't listening to music so much as i was experiencing art on a purely vibrational level.
Tonight i'm going to see John Scofield with his en route band, steve swallow and bill stewart. pretty excited about that one, too.