Saw McCoy Tyner Trio with Joe Lovano at the Sage, Gateshead last night. Depressingly the place was almost empty for such great musicians. Also the sound mix was not good - I was sitting behind the sound man and I could hear it was off so I hav no idea what he was doing. Tyner didn't look very well and was angry about something - either the piano or the sound or his hands. Lovano was amazing as was the bass player. The drummer played much too loud (he wasn't even in the PA according to the guy on the desk) and was good but his style was not to my taste. Some very fine music though.
<p>A friend of mine has written a review here:</p><p>http://africpepperbird.blogspot.com/ </p>
Gary