Tribute to Tim Green w/ Johnny Vidacovich, James Singleton, Rex Gregory, Jonathan Freilich-At Snug Harbor Sept 28

Sadly, a major loss to the New Orleans music community happened a few weeks ago with the passing of saxophonist Tim Green.  He was to be on this show!

So come out, tomorrow night- Sept. 27th at Snug Harbor on Frenchmen St. 2 Shows 8 &10pm!

Tim was so important to my own musical development early on that kit is hard to put into words. There are luckily recordings of him playing with myself as well as all the others on this show at snug harbor.

This promises to be a great sunday evening of music.  

Johnny Vidacovich-drums
Rex Gregory-woodwinds
James Singleton-bass
Jonathan Freilich-guitar

This week's gigs: Jonathan Freilich Quartet, Mas Mamones, The Tom Paines, Naked On The Floor

Hello All, 

This week is the last chance to catch me locally for quite a long stretch.  Luckily it is a great week of shows for a send off.  You are assured to see some of the city's finest up to some unusual and interesting musical escapades and explorations in some unusual local haunts.  

Here is the run: 

Sunday Aug. 18th at Snug Harbor-  The Jonathan Freilich Quartet       

             w/ James Singleton-bass; Tim Green-sax; Johnny Vidacovich -drums

Tuesday Aug. 20th- The Open Ears series at Circle Bar -  Naked On The Floor feat.-

              Jeff Albert-tb; Paul Thibodeaux-drums; James Singleton-bass;
              Ray Moore-Bari     Sax; Tim Green-sax

Friday Aug. 23rd- at Casa Borrega- w/ Mas Mamones 

Saturday Aug. 24th- at Siberia- w/ The Tom Paines 

w/ James Singleton Quartet at Cafe Istanbul- Wed 31, July at 9pm

James Singleton- bass, composer, leader, legend

Mike Dillon- assorted percussion, stamina, and other experimental fits with a high creative yield
Tim Green- sax, deep thought, style, will cut through those barriers that perpetuate the isolation
 

I will be playing with that bunch.  The last few times have all been epic, and completely different from each other.  I think you like music...you should struggle to make it in a way that nonetheless doesn't compromise your basic recreational mindset.  We will handle the other imbalances. 

playing tonight 7/17-stellar lineup at Cafe Istanbul, NOLA 10pm

Tonight 7/17 will be a special Naked On The Floor show at Cafe Istanbul-  in the Marigny.

The lineup will be- 

Rick Trolsen- Trombone
Jeff Albert- Bass Trombone
Tim Green- Tenor Sax
James Singleton-Bass
Jonathan Freilich Guitar
Paul Thibodeaux- drums

   New arrangements, compositions, and band personnel.   

   Support for this great varietal of improvised, sociable music is critical and your presence is the provider. The playing will be spiked with musical titillation to show our gratitude for your attention.  

   You also get to be helping, by default, a great club that is showcasing many more varieties of worthy, novel , soulful expression.

Bacchanal gig tonight! Very interesting lineup

Join us tonight for a Pan-Amero-Caribbean Ecstatic Naked Dithyramb at the bar named for the God of all that...Bacchanal in New Orleans from 7:30-10:30pm. Corner of Chartres and Poland.

Tim Green-saxophone
James Singleton-bass
Hector Gallardo-Cuban percussion systems
Jonathan Freilich-guitar

You'd be crazy to miss! Interesting music, great food, possible sacrifices varying from blood to the extremely symbolic and unknowingly abstract.

See you there

Monday June 3rd at cafe Istanbul

Monday nights show at cafe Istanbul with James Singleton(bass), Tim Green(sax), and Mike Dillon(drums, vibes) was a vast pleasure. It was perhaps the fourth time playing on this configuration and each has been successful and completely different. One of the great factors was the quiet listening of the audience- so quiet that the miraculous happened- I was able to take an extended guitar solo on a flat body telecaster without amplification.
What a crowd! What a club!

Naked On The Floor rides again at Snug Harbor this Sunday

...and with the old majestic lineup (we have been playing since 1995) but with the addition of one very esteemed guest, Mr. Johnny Vidacovich.

so, Naked On The Floor will be...

Jonathan Freilich- guitar

James Singleton- bass

Johnny Vidacovich- Drums

Tim Green- saxophone

Rick Trolsen- Trombone

 

All the music is original, and some very recently composed and, most of all, it will be exciting.

There are two shows at Snug Harbor, 8 & 10.

Interview with Tim Green

Tim Green is one of the most interesting saxophonists that you can hear in New Orleans.  Occasionally he travels, but most of his career has been within the city.  Over the years he has played with many of the greats that people associate most with the city- Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Irma Thomas, Cyrille Neville, Mem Shannon, Herlin Riley and many legendary others. In fact, he is one of the greats, but he plays a unique role by very particular design and musical conviction. 

His affection goes out most to original, creative, music projects.  He is interested in so much music and, has brought himself to a place where he can insert very creative ideas in almost any context without breaking the balance or excitement of a piece of music or its setting.  He was a large figure in many explorational bands from, Gulfstream and the Stick Band in the 80's, to Michael Ray, Naked On The Floor, and James Singleton, Dennis Gonzalez, and others like  Fred Wesley in the 90's.  In fact, he was a huge supporter of my own musical developments and projects and I think there are many things in life on which we see eye to eye and this really is something, speaking as a grateful collaborator, that Tim is able to show just by playing- support!

Tim has a very deep linguistic or conversationalist playing style that really has its best place on stages for live audiences.  Where the musical "moment" happens is where he strives to be and his best work is there.  For that reason, you won't find records under his name.  One day perhaps someone will be brave enough to release some of the extensive collection of recordings he keeps of his involvements in truly epic improvisational moments.

Tim's genius and where it resides really emerge in this relaxed, and probably pretty rare, interview.