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New Ghost & Ottokar
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: New Ghost & Ottokar Sun., Dec. 26, 9:30pm. $5. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 www.tritonebar.com Elliott Levin, shaggily bearded saxophonist and flutist, is a one-man Philadelphia institution — a creature of ’70s free jazz above all, but compulsively adaptable, playing every room in town with DJs, Balkan bands, performance artists and who knows who. Levin
The week on disc (83)
In case you missed the last one… Tim Motzer & Markus Reuter, Descending (1k) Aram Shelton Quartet, These Times (Singlespeed) Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly, Empathetic Parts (482 Music) Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast, It Would Be Easier If (Intuition) Andrew Rathbun, The Idea of North (SteepleChase) Phronesis, Alive (Edition)
Friending, Tending, Trending
Part two of my contribution to Nate Chinen’s blog-athon at The Gig.
Notes From the Woodshed
My first entry in the Nate Chinen 2010 blog-a-thon is now up, following worthy postings by Chris Barton, Shaun Brady and Jennifer Odell.
Nate Chinen’s year-end rap session
My good friend Nate Chinen has kicked off his second annual year-in-review blog chat — this time featuring me, Chris Barton, Shaun Brady, Jennifer Odell and of course Nate himself, whose inaugural post is here. My first response comes later this week (we’ll each be doing two, I believe).
Dave Holland & Mario Pavone in Philly
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Dave Holland Big Band Sat., Dec. 11, 7 & 9pm. $25. Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. 215.925.9914 www.paintedbride.org A major force in jazz since his late ’60s apprenticeship with electric-era Miles Davis, bassist Dave Holland has devoted much of the last decade to his fiery quintet. But on What Goes Around (2002) and
Six Picks: December 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, December 2010: Luis Bonilla, Twilight (Planet Arts) Avishai Cohen, Introducing Triveni (Anzic) Patrick Cornelius, Fierce (Whirlwind) Benoît Delbecq, Circles and Calligrams (Songlines) Herculaneum, Olives and Orchids (EF) SFJazz Collective, Live 2010: The Works of Horace Silver (SFJazz)
On Geri Allen
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Geri Allen & Timeline Sat., Dec. 4, 7:30pm. $32-$38. Kimmel Center, 260 South Broad St. 215.731.3333 www.kimmelcenter.org Hailing from the hard-bop capital of Detroit, pianist Geri Allen has always made a point of stretching jazz’s parameters, from her early work with Steve Coleman and Charlie Haden to her ’90s duo and quartet summits with the