Julian Lage - Village Vanguard!

**marcwhy** · 07-28-2023, 07:05 PM

Anyone been in NYC this week to see Julian at the Village?! Billy Hart is on drums!

**jameslovestal** · 07-28-2023, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by marcwhy

Anyone been in NYC this week to see Julian at the Village?! Billy Hart is on drums!

Wow, 83 and still pounding the skins. Impressive.

**BreckerFan** · 07-28-2023, 10:11 PM

Not with Julian Lage, but I saw Billy Hart with Yotam Silberstein at Mezzrow about a year ago and it was incredible. He's absolutely still got it.

**pamosmusic** · 07-28-2023, 10:38 PM

I saw Billy Hart quartet a few times and it was awesome.

**jmbmusic** · 07-31-2023, 04:26 AM

Yes, I made the trip to NYC specifically for the show! Was able to see the first two shows (back to back on Tuesday). Showed up 90min early and got to be front row (had to restrain myself from trying to touch Julian's Nacho tele hoping the magic would rub off on me). Julian was outstanding as always! I'm relatively new to jazz so hadn't heard of the drummer but was impressed having reviewed his bio and by his playing. So great to see the younger and older generations intertwined. The sets had a few more standards than Julian typically plays, but I only think they repeated one song between the two sets. Highlight for me was during the first set when they played one of Julian's songs, Day and Age, but Billy sped up the drums a bit in the middle leading into a fiery jam. Although I prefer the trio shows, looking forward to catching a couple of Julian's solo shows this fall. I sure wish they recorded these shows!

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**Rob MacKillop** · 07-31-2023, 05:22 AM

What an iconic venue!

**pamosmusic** · 07-31-2023, 07:28 AM

Jackpot!

**ccroft** · 07-31-2023, 08:20 PM

Hey... don't forget Jorge! Great bass player. I really dig Julian, and I'd love to hear what these guys do with the standards.

**bluejaybill** · 08-02-2023, 04:54 PM

I have tickets to two shows on consecutive nights at SF Jazz.

The first night is dedicated to Keith Jarrett, the second to Jim Hall.

Should be interesting!

**Paulie2** · 08-03-2023, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by ccroft

Hey... don't forget Jorge! Great bass player. I really dig Julian, and I'd love to hear what these guys do with the standards.

I am seeing them perform as a duo next week. Can't wait to hear them in that stripped down format

**Rob MacKillop** · 08-03-2023, 06:46 PM

Tell us about it, Paulie!

**Paulie2** · 08-14-2023, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop

Tell us about it, Paulie!

Reporting back - what an incredible performance. Julian played acoustic guitar the entire time. They played some new tunes off an upcoming record, which interestingly was described as being a larger ensemble, as well as a lot of tunes off of View with a Room and Squint I believe.

**Rob MacKillop** · 08-14-2023, 11:05 AM

Brilliant. Charlie Christian is beaming!

**ccroft** · 08-14-2023, 09:01 PM

Damn... those guys are so good together! I loved Blues Connotation when I saw them. Christian/Goodman to Ornette, anything in between, a bunch of other stuff after, and always sounding great and havin a ball.

Couldn't make out his guitar. You know what he was playing? Flat-top? Idle curiosity on my part.

S.O.B can do anything :-)

**Paulie2** · 08-15-2023, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by ccroft

Damn... those guys are so good together! I loved Blues Connotation when I saw them. Christian/Goodman to Ornette, anything in between, a bunch of other stuff after, and always sounding great and havin a ball.

Couldn't make out his guitar. You know what he was playing? Flat-top? Idle curiosity on my part.

S.O.B can do anything :-)

It was definitely a flat top, I was not close enough to see if it was his Collings or Martin but I was assuming the Collings