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On Elliott Levin
My profile of saxophonist/flutist Elliott Levin, the front-page feature in the Magazine section of today’s Inquirer.
Live odds and ends
During a marvelous performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia on Sunday, I flipped through the program and was startled to find that the principal bassist’s name is Miles Davis. Last week I had the rare pleasure of a front-row seat for a performance of Helmut Lachenmann‘s Gran
Mbeki: “No crisis” in Zimbabwe
South African president Thabo Mbeki worsened his country’s AIDS crisis by clinging to scientifically discredited denialist theories; now he’s worsening Zimbabwe’s political crisis by engaging in denialism again. Robert Mugabe’s refusal to disclose the recent election results — and let’s call this by its proper name, electoral fraud — has been compounded by yet more state terrorism against the MDC
On Peter Nero
Peter Nero, conductor of the Philly Pops, played a jazz piano (sort of) concert at the Kimmel on Thursday — my review, in today’s Inquirer.
The Beats Go On
My overview of Philadelphia jazz, on the cover of the current Philadelphia Weekly.
The week on disc (15)
In case you missed the last one… Jason Adasiewicz, Roll Down (482 Music) Open Loose, Strange Unison (Radio Legs) Bill Bruford & Michiel Borstlap, In Two Minds (Summerfold) Manuel Engel, ME 3 (Metonic) Michael Pedicin, Everything Starts Now… (Jazz Hut) Giacomo Merega/David Tronzo/Noah Kaplan, The Light and Other Things (Creative Nation)
On Joe Lovano
My review of Joe Lovano at Chris’s Jazz Cafe, in today’s Inquirer.
The day in injustice
~ The amazing Dahlia Lithwick on vile torture-memo author John Yoo, whose worst punishment might be “to teach the dreaded 8:30 a.m. Friday class at Berkeley next year.” And to remain on TV as a talking head for years to come. ~ The poor Hu Jia, who has just been sentenced by the Chinese government to over three years in