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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
Tribute to my folks
Yesterday my mom and dad celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Here’s my tribute to them — an overdubbed guitar arrangement of The Everly Brothers’ “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” which was their song back in the day. Happy Anniversary mom & dad [click link]
On Matt Munisteri
This review appears in the July 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Matt Munisteri Still Runnin’ Round in the Wilderness: The Lost Music of Willard Robison, Volume One (Old Cow) By David R. Adler Willard Robison is best known in jazz circles as the composer of the widely played standard “Old Folks.” Otherwise, he is sadly