Mark Guiliana Quartet at the Jazz Standard, NYC

Mark’s amazing quartet from the best seat in the house.

[@rikkyhernandez6511]

Plays the 16” bass drum without a riser. OG shit

[@bobbydigital8111]

That piano player just rocked my frame

[@electricbillyland]

Amazing, great quality and definitely the best seat in the house.

[@janvanoudheusden1899]

I hear alot of elvin

[@TheDavBag]

SO COOL

[@MrDarkstar620]

Tell me not this pianist has something of Beethoven shining out of his playing. Listen to Appassionata, a sonata in F minor, by Beethoven a few times, return to this, and consider my statement. Wow. It makes you forget about jazz for a moment, but listen for the quiet return the saxophonist, Jason Rigby, does, by corresponding to the softness of the piano solo. People often draw on the fundamental distinctions between classical and jazz music, but the last couple of minutes reminds us of a device that bridges them if utilized: dynamics. Once again: Wow. The way people are different but fundamentally the same is how music genres should be embraced, translated back into one another, showing similitudes of each other's DNA strand.

[@rikkyhernandez6511]

For sure! It’s really just a dynamic that keeps the genres apart but they can almost always be infused in some way. It’s not jazz, but a perfect example is Billy Joel’s “This Night” where he uses Beethoven’s Pathetique part 2 and you would never even draw a distinction unless you were classically in the know. Thomas Pridgen talks a lot about the bridge between jazz and rock/classical/you name it and how they can be intertwined with dynamics. Fascinating.

[@dazerpony6128]

"At Jazz STD" is just a tragic name, wouldn't you agree?

[@wolfereeno]

haha. it was the jazz standard, but certainly not standard jazz!

[@wolfereeno]

@@jean-xf9mv Ah, STD's. He seemed clean to me.

[@PATRICK-zg9hu]

D R U M M E RRRRRRRRR

[@LoadingSet7]

why were you not recording his feet? you were right there for god's sake

[@wolfereeno]

haha! I don't recall him doing the Jojo heel/toe movement for multiple notes back then. So really, it didn't occur to me to focus on his feet! I did see him with Beatmusic a few months ago and he was doing that move. But this show at the standard was a few years ago.

[@LoadingSet7]

@@wolfereeno I don't care too much about the kick though. It's the hihat pulsing that I am interested in! ahhh nothing else is left except to wait for a good video, or hope to see Mark live :D