David Adler
The week on disc (92)
In case you missed the last one… Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens de Couleur Libres (Constellation) Louie Belogenis Trio, Tiresias (Porter) Tom Harrell, The Time of the Sun (HighNote) Diego Barber, The Choice (Sunnyside) JD Allen Trio, Victory! (Sunnyside) Itai Kriss, The Shark (ind.)
2011 Winners: JJA Jazz Awards
The list is up. Great event yesterday! Congrats to all.
On Jeff Parker & Mike Reed
Below are some brief comments about this coming Monday, as cross-posted at the Ars Nova Workshop blog: AACM | David R. Adler on Mike Reed and Jeff Parker It’s safe to say that Muhal Richard Abrams, Phil Cohran and other AACM founders weren’t just out for themselves when they launched the organization in the mid-’60s. Rather, they sought to create a
The AACM in Philly
Back to Philly again on Monday, June 13th! I’ll conduct a live interview with guitarist Jeff Parker and drummer Mike Reed, just after their duo set as part of Ars Nova Workshop‘s AACM festival. Great lineup.
New York @ Night: June 2011
In the June 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — From the first seconds of their show at Issue Project Room (May 5th), Starlicker sent pounding asymmetric rhythms and deft unison passages flooding into the boomy loft-like space in Gowanus. The trio’s members — cornetist Rob Mazurek, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, drummer John Herndon (of Tortoise) — hail from
Six Picks: June 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, June 2011: Stacy Dillard, Good and Bad Memories (Criss Cross) Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian, Live at Birdland (ECM) Orchestre National de Jazz/Daniel Yvinec, Shut Up and Dance (BEE Jazz) Matana Roberts, Live in London (Central Control) Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures with Organic Orchestra Strings, Both/And (Meta) Bobby Selvaggio, Grass
“Whenever I Call You Friend”
My little treatment of the Kenny Loggins/Stevie Nicks hit from 1978 (Loggins co-wrote it with Melissa Manchester). I recorded it to mark the April 30th wedding of my friends Susanna and David, but figured I’d send it out to all the lovers….
2011 JJA Jazz Awards
Details are shaping up nicely for the Jazz Awards on June 11th – Randy Weston, Wallace Roney and other top players are set to perform. Plus a special slate of “Jazz Heroes” awards. View the nominees and get your tickets!