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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
Six Picks: July 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2012: Bill Carrothers, Family Life (Pirouet) Darius Jones, Book of Mae’bul: Another Kind of Sunrise (Aum Fidelity) Branford Marsalis Quartet, Four MF’s Playing Tunes (Marsalis Music) Bob Mintzer Big Band, For the Moment (MCG) Aruán Ortiz, Santiarican Blues Suite (Sunnyside) Jesse Stacken, Bagatelles for Trio
New York @ Night: June 2012
From the June 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — Jazz musicians often develop uncanny systems of nonverbal communication. But tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath, 85, and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, 76, share a closer and longer bond than most, and the playful onstage code they’ve evolved seems to guide every performance by the Heath Brothers Quartet. Kicking off
Six Picks: June 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, June 2012: Chick Corea, The Continents (Deutsche Grammophon) Linda Oh, Initial Here (Greenleaf) Eivind Opsvik, Overseas IV (Loyal Label) Ulysses Owens Jr., Unanimous (Criss Cross) Phronesis, Walking Dark (Edition) Larry Willis, This Time the Dream’s On Me (HighNote)
On Erik Deutsch
In the new issue of Philadelphia Weekly: Erik Deutsch Sun., June 3, 9pm. $10. World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400 www.worldcafelive.com There’s much to live up to when you title your new album Demonio Teclado, or “demon keyboard.” But Erik Deutsch, on the piano, Rhodes, organ and other teclados, has all the requisite skills. The former Coloradan and current