David Adler
On Bill Carrothers
My preview of pianist Bill Carrothers at the Village Vanguard (now through Sunday), in the current Time Out New York. [Correction: Drummer Dre Pallemaerts is Belgian, not Danish. I regret the error.]
Philadelphia haps cont’d.
In this week’s Philadelphia Weekly: Michael SzekelySun., July 19, 8:30pm. $5. With Mike Lorenz, Scott Verrastro & Anthony Pirog, George Korein & The Spleen. Gojjo, 4540 Baltimore Ave. 215.238.1236 www.scifiphilly.com Drummer Mike Szekely belongs to an ambitious new generation of Philly players, who make their homes in free jazz but tend to branch out with ease and authority. An alum
The week on disc (46)
In case you missed the last one… Josh Berman, Old Idea (Delmark) Sam Yahel, Hometown (Posi-Tone) Henning Sieverts Symmetry, Blackbird (Pirouet) Pascal Niggenkemper Trio, Pasàpas (Konnex) Mika Pohjola, Still Alive (Blue Music Group) Andrew Green, Narrow Margin (Microphonic)
Amy Goodman, hack
Protests are heating up again in Iran, so comment on the following is timely. In June 2007 I remarked on Amy Goodman’s fawning interview with left extremist John Pilger, a declared supporter of the Iraqi insurgency, an admirer of Hezbollah and apologist for Palestinian suicide bombers, and a Balkan genocide revisionist to boot. (Pilger considers himself part of the “peace
Philadelphia haps cont’d.
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: Edgar Bateman-Julian Pressley DuoFri., July 10, 9pm. $10. With Yolanda Wisher & Mark Palacio. Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St. 215.735.9600 www.moonstoneartscenter.org Philly has its historic jazz titans, but let’s not forget workhorses like drummer Edgar Bateman and saxophonist Julian Pressley, who still exert a subterranean influence, setting an example for every questing young
New York @ Night: July 2009
This month in All About Jazz-New York: reviews of Bill Mobley and the Smoke Big Band, and Jane Ira Bloom at the Tea Lounge (as part of June’s Bloom Festival).
Doobie break
Let me preface the video below by saying I’m not a real singer, but I don’t let that stop me from investigating songs like the Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes,” which Jane Krakowski tried to sing in a Michael McDonald voice the other night on “30 Rock.” (McDonald actually co-wrote it with Kenny Loggins.) It made me want to
On Nathan Eklund
This review appears in the July 2009 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Nathan EklundTrip to the Casbah (Jazz Excursion) David R. Adler Trumpeter Nathan Eklund’s first two CDs as a leader, The View from Afar and The Crooked Line, both featured pianist Joe Elefante as the harmonic anchor. Eklund’s newest, Trip to the Casbah, finds guitarist John Hart