Rick McLaughlin » Performances http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog Bassist Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:07:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 E/O @ Chicago Jazz Festival 2010 http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2010/09/06/eo-chicago-jazz-festival-2010/ http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2010/09/06/eo-chicago-jazz-festival-2010/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:07:37 +0000 Rick McLaughlin http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/?p=688 Hey everyone,

Just back from an amazing time at the Chicago Jazz Festival…really, really amazing.  Here’s a clip:

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Enjoy, R.

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A really great concert…

Best, R.

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Rick McLaughlin Sextet debut concert
August 4, 2010, 8pm – midnight
Beehive, 541 Tremont Street, Boston
For more, visit.

This is going to be great!  The band is amazing:

Allan Chase – alto saxophone
Phil Grenadier – trumpet
Jamie Stewardson – guitar
David Zoffer – piano
RM – bass
Pablo Bencid – drums

The music will be a mix of originals and, um, well, I’m really interested in what happens when the music of Freddie Hubbard and Cannonball Adderley meets the music of Bjork and Kate Bush.  So, that’s what it will sound like.

Hope to see you there!

Best, R.

]]> http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2010/08/02/rick-mclaughlin-sextet-debut-concert/feed/ 0 Glastonbury 2008 and Paris 2006 http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2010/03/05/glastonbury-2008-and-paris-2006/ http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2010/03/05/glastonbury-2008-and-paris-2006/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:03:02 +0000 Rick McLaughlin http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/?p=563 The Ethiopiques gig (Either/Orchestra with Mahmoud Ahmed, Mulatu Astatke, Alemahyu Eshete, and Getachew Merkurya) was broadcast on BBC television.  But you already know that.  Well, here are a couple of examples of the show (starring some nice shots of the AlterEGO): 

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E/O and Mulatu Astatke, “Munaye” – Mulatu has a new CD coming out, featuring the E/O.  Some fancy tuning at 5:12.

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E/O and Mahmoud Ahmed, “Bemen Sebab Letlash”

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E/O and Mahmoud Ahmed, “Atawarulegn Lela” – I love this one!

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E/O and Mahmoud Ahmed, “Ashkaru”

When we recorded the “EthioGroove” DVD in Paris (April, 2006), we did a second gig at a local club.  I think this footage comes from that gig:

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Man, those were great gigs.

Best, R.

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And on Youtube, a series of audience videos:

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Part 1

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Part 2

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Part 3

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Part 4

Nifty, eh?

Best, R.

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Audience footage of E/O w/Mulatu Astatke playing “The Broken Flowers Suite”

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Same tune, different camera

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Playing Mulatu’s “I Faram Gami”

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With Mahmoud Ahmed, playing “Khulun Manqualesh”

Pretty cool, eh?  And the AlterEGO had yet another flawless trip abroad…

In other news, looks like the new Mulatu Astatke CD will be coming out soon – it stars the E/O (that means me, too).  Looking forward to checking that out.

Best, R.

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Best, R.

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Looking forward to some great music, Hailey.

Best, R.

]]> http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2009/09/28/eos-new-alto/feed/ 0 E/O with Mulatu Astatke http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2009/09/02/eo-with-mulatu-astatke/ http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2009/09/02/eo-with-mulatu-astatke/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:17:29 +0000 Rick McLaughlin http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/?p=234 In February, 2008, I was fortunate enough to perform with Mulatu Astatke in Oakland, CA – a fantastic night it was, albeit a soggy one.  It was monsoon season in Oakland, so everyone – the entire band, everyone working at the club, the audience – we were all soaked.  Happily, some of the concert has make it online.  Two short videos are posted here and here [embedding seems to be disabled, so we only have links this time…)

This was also a great moment for me, what with this being my first flight with the AlterEGO.

Best, R.

]]> http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2009/09/02/eo-with-mulatu-astatke/feed/ 0 Mussorgsky at the Iridium http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2009/08/31/mussorgsky-at-the-iridium/ http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/2009/08/31/mussorgsky-at-the-iridium/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:07:13 +0000 Rick McLaughlin http://www.rickmclaughlin.com/blog/?p=245 Last week, I posted a Youtube video of Marina (my hit song), performed at the Iridium Jazz Club in NYC.  That night, we also performed an arrangement of Promenade from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.  The personnel is Eyran Katsenelenbogen (piano, arranger, band leader), David Zoffer (guitar), Gary Fieldman (drums), and moi.  Here’s video of the Mussorgsky:

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Enjoy!

R.

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