David Adler
On Orrin Evans
This review appears in the August 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Orrin Evans Flip the Script (Posi-Tone) By David R. Adler Pianist Orrin Evans is on a hot streak. For evidence look to his recent Posi-Tone releases Freedom, Faith In Action and Captain Black Big Band, not to mention his sideman turn with Ralph Bowen
New York @ Night: August 2012
From the August 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Just when you’re expecting an hour of solo electric guitar at Bar 4 (July 2), leave it to Mike Gamble to get behind a drum set. The multi-talented Gamble began on guitar, however, filling the small space with a rough solid-body tone that has earned him gigs with
Six Picks: August 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, August 2012: Harris Eisenstadt, Canada Day III (Songlines) Russ Lossing, Drum Music: Music of Paul Motian (Sunnyside) Giacomo Merega/Noah Kaplan/Marco Cappelli, Watch the Walls Instead (Underwolf) Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things, Clean on the Corner (482 Music) Luciana Souza, Duos III (Sunnyside) Ryan Truesdell, Centennial:
Glenn Greenwald and Egypt, continued
A quick follow-up on Glenn Greenwald’s blundering comments about the anti-Hillary protests in Egypt: Indeed, the tomato-throwing protesters were anti-Islamist, not anti-Mubarak. In fact, this report indicates the protesters were riled up by bogus claims regarding the Obama administration’s Egypt policy — claims spouted by hysterical right-wingers in the U.S. including Michele Bachmann and Frank Gaffney. So Greenwald, rushing to validate
Glenn Greenwald thinks he understands Egypt
Regarding the protests against Hillary Clinton that occurred in Alexandria, Egypt, Glenn Greenwald tweeted this: And then this: As if the Arab world is one undifferentiated mass of anger at the U.S. In fact, this report (hat tip David Toube via FB) on the demonstrations includes the following line:
On Surface to Air
In the current issue of Philadelphia Weekly: Surface to Air Sun., July 15, 8pm. $7. With Rake, Nick Millevoi. Café Clave, 4305 Locust St. 215.386.3436 www.riprig.com There’s serenity but also a restless spark in the music of Surface to Air. Jonathan Golberger’s acoustic guitar and Jonti Siman’s upright bass give a hint of stripped-down folk and jazz. Rohin Khemani’s tabla
Little Worlds, Furthur in Philly
In the new issue of Philadelphia Weekly… Little Worlds Sat., July 7, 8pm. $5. With The Horrible Department. Highwire Gallery, 2040 Frankford Ave. 215.426.2685 www.museumfire.com/events Guitarist Ryan Mackstaller, trombonist Rick Parker and drummer Tim Kuhl are the Brooklyn-based Little Worlds, and they’re making a series of EPs focusing on Béla Bartók’s Mikrokosmos. (Book Two is out soon.) Composed for piano as
New York @ Night: July 2012
From the July 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — You might not think there’s room in the universe for another Thelonious Monk tribute. But pianist Eric Reed’s two most recent Savant discs, The Dancing Monk and The Baddest Monk, aren’t retreads in any sense: they’re consistently fresh and insightful, not to mention flat-out swinging. Leading a