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JJA year in review and more
The Jazz Journalists Association has begun posting members’ top picks for 2010. If you’re a member, log in and post your own! My list is here. Secondly, the JJA has launched a video-journalism initiative called “eyeJAZZ,” with support from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Details are here — and read about the first eyeJAZZ video entries
The week on disc (82)
In case you missed the last one… Jason Robinson and Anthony Davis, Cerulean Landscape (Clean Feed) Dan Tepfer Trio, Five Pedals Deep (Sunnyside) Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory, Far Side (ECM) Ryan Cohan, Another Look (Motéma) Mario Pavone, Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po (Playscape) Charlie Hunter, Public Domain (ind.)
On Louis Sclavis, Craig Taborn, Tom Rainey
This review appears in the November 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Louis Sclavis/Craig Taborn/Tom Rainey Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed) By David R. Adler Is it possible for a jazz label to release too much good music? If so, Clean Feed has a wonderful problem on its hands. One can barely keep up with the flood of Clean
On Odean Pope
The following review appears in the November 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Odean Pope Fresh Breeze (CIMP) Odean’s List (In+Out) Catalyst: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 & 2 (Porter) By David R. Adler Tenor saxophonist Odean Pope is a Philadelphia institution: a practice buddy of Coltrane’s in his youth, a sideman with Max Roach for 22 years,
New York @ Night: November 2010
In the November 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Facing one another on imposing Steinway grand pianos at the Miller Theatre (Oct. 9), Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn met for an evening billed as “Radically Unfinished: Works for Solo and Duo Piano.” The encounter flowed logically from their work together in Roscoe Mitchell’s Note Factory (they both appear
Six Picks: November 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, November 2010: Jason Adasiewicz, Sun Rooms (Delmark) I Never Meta Guitar: Solo Guitars for the 21st Century (Clean Feed) John McNeil & Bill McHenry, Chill Morn He Climb Jenny (Sunnyside) Marc Ribot, Silent Movies (Pi) Tarbaby, The End of Fear (Posi-Tone) Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers, Chucho’s
On Michael Formanek
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Michael Formanek Quartet Thu., Oct. 28, 8pm. $12. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. 215.545.4302 www.arsnovaworkshop.org Bassist Michael Formanek, a prof at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory, got his start with the likes of Art Pepper and Chet Baker and has since played plenty of head-spinning music as a member of Tim Berne’s quartet Bloodcount. With
The week on disc (81)
In case you missed the last one… Benoît Delbecq Trio, The Sixth Jump (Songlines) Michaël Attias, Twines of Colesion (Clean Feed) Mary Halvorson Quintet, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12) Scott Colley, Empire (Cam Jazz) The Cookers, Warriors (Jazz Legacy) Dave Liebman Big Band, As Always (Mama)