Best concert you've attended

Hank Jones 85th Birthday, 2003 at the Blue Note, NYC.

Several nights, musician friends from all over the world came to play with him. The night we went, lucky seats, it went on I seem to remember for over 3 hours, just incredible. I lost the program with the long list of musicians. 

I had my big Sony R1 Professional Looking Camera.

I posted this on dpreview

"Shooting where not supposed to, or don't want to bother anyone at all,

I practice aiming between heads, perhaps resting on edge of seat, or camera on the table propped up with something, (matchbooks in the old days) ... prior to the show, then shoot completely blind, perhaps checking aim occasionally. You get what you get.

Hank Jones 85th Birthday at the Blue Note, my R1, I acted like I was the press, forward I went, it went on for over 3 hours, so many musicians came to town to be there."

Best: The band Chicago,  1974, Omaha.  My first concert ( I was16) festival seating/standing, weed everywhere, lots of pretty girls to sway with.  The band played hit after hit and encore after encore until midnight! RIP Terry Kath

#2  Queen, 1979, Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa.  Need I say more?  RIP Freddy

#3 Kenny Rogers, Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa, 1981.  The stage was oval shaped and set up in the middle of the floor-everyone could get a good view.  Opening acts were country singer Charly Mcclain and one of the Gallagher brothers doing his riotous Sledege-o-matic routine.  I bought 4 extra tickets ($20 at the time) and treated my mom and dad, and their neighbors.  Loved seeing the grin on my dad's face

Too many greats  , Elvis In70s Guess who Joe  cocker, sabbath blue oyster cult,

pinkfloyd Z top, Lynard skinner Charlie Daniels,ELP Faces

when living in England Jeff Beck hammer smiths, Ronnie Scott’s ,Cream  reunion tour seen on last day  Eric Clapton solo. ELO Too many more t

@jfrost27 

Big DiMeola fan here to.

as an aside, I’ve been thinking about posting this"

’Ron Carter, age 89, has still got it.’ Saw him May 6th, also at the Blue Note

https://www.bluenotejazz.com/nyc/tm-event/ron-carter-89th-birthday-celebration/

He had a wonderful Quartet with

Pianist: Donald Vega

Sax: Jimmy Greene

Drums: Payton Crosley

They played like they've been together for many years.

My friend can’t stand being surrounded, so even though seating is 1st come, 1st choice, and we were early, he kept going and going, until the last table against the wall, I had never been so far.

Well, we had a sideways view, over the drummer, and I’ve never witnessed all the tricky and subtle things he did with symbols, drums, sticks, brushes, tom toms ... It was like watching Leon Redbone’s horn man with a box of vintage gizmos.

We would never have been aware of what Payton was doing if we sat in front.