Yesterday I went to the Village Vanguard, my favorite jazz club in New York, to hear the Bill Frisell Trio. The trio featured violinists Eyvind Kang and drummer Rudy Royston. It was a great concert.
It felt like a cinematographic experience, where each tune connected to the following, in a very natural and spontaneous way. The trio sounded sometimes like an acoustic trio and simultaneously like a rock band in a huge stadium…the violin was not only a violin, the guitar was a whole world of sounds and ambiances and the drums completed the whole band concept. I couldn’t tell who was who- it was the complete symbiosis. No ego on stage, not distractions, just the music. I loved it.
Here’s a short video about the Vanguard…75 years of life, without interruptions. The Vanguard is really an incredible venue.
