David Adler
New York @ Night: February 2011
From the February 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Sullivan Hall was one of five venues to host Winter Jazzfest 2011, but the bookings in that room, handled by the presenting organization Revive Da Live, skewed decidedly toward a jazz/hip-hop hybrid aesthetic. That certainly didn’t mean swing was unwelcome. So on the festival’s second night (Jan. 8th), Orrin
Six Picks: February 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, February 2011: Jane Ira Bloom, Wingwalker (Outline) Joel Harrison, String Choir (Sunnyside) Jonathan Kreisberg, Shadowless (New For Now) Frank Portolese, Plectrum Jazz Guitar Solos (ind.) Noah Preminger, Before the Rain (Palmetto) Ben Wolfe Quintet, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live)
Randy Sandke’s book and its critics (including me)
There’s been some heated discussion since Howard Mandel published his thumbs-down review of Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz by Randy Sandke. I’ve remained mum, largely because I edited the review. It appeared in December in JJA News. Sandke is a talented trumpeter and composer as well as an
On Dan Peterson
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Daniel Peterson’s Truth & Consequence Octet Thu., Jan. 27, 7pm. Free. Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St. 215.320.2600 www.smsmusic.org Saxophonist/multireedist Daniel Peterson, a 2004 Temple graduate, co-curates the monthly Avant Ascension series at Tritone, and he’s honed his voice in a number of the city’s finer ensembles: Bobby Zankel’s Warriors, Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir and
On Tom Moon
My feature on Tom Moon, former Philadelphia Inquirer music critic turned saxophonist and recording artist, in today’s … Inquirer.
Viva Palestina’s bigotry
Much attention is focused on Tony Blair as he testifies before the Iraq Inquiry, but I want to say a quick word about Blair’s sister-in-law, Lauren Booth. A recent convert to Islam, Booth is someone whose politics, like George Galloway’s and Cynthia McKinney’s and Gilad Atzmon’s, can only be properly described as far-right — although all these individuals and their
On Jemeel Moondoc
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Jemeel Moondoc Trio Thu., Jan. 20, 8pm. Free. The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. 215.573.3234 www.arsnovaworkshop.org Many fine if unheralded careers were made during the loft jazz era in New York, spanning the ’70s to the mid-’80s. Jemeel Moondoc, one of the era’s key alto saxophonists, led the seminal group Muntu and continues to expound his