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Bob Bowen
Bassist Bob Bowen, a wonderful player I never had the good fortune to meet personally, was killed on his bike in a traffic accident. He leaves behind a family with two young kids. I’m a dad too, so yes, the photo above made me weep. I’m teaching on the night of his memorial (Monday, September 27, 5:30 p.m.), but the
The week on disc (79)
In case you missed the last one… Roberto Occhipinti, A Bend in the River (ALMA) Vox Arcana (Tim Daisy/Fred Lonberg-Holm/James Falzone), Aerial Age (Allos Documents) Mikrokolektyw (Kuba Suchar/Artur Majewski), Revisit (Delmark) Charles Lloyd Quartet, Mirror (ECM) Adam Schroeder, A Handful of Stars (Capri) Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, Actionspeak (482 Music)
The Best Jazz of 2010 (So Far)!
That’s the theme of our Jazz Journalists Association panel discussion this coming Wednesday, September 15, 6-8 p.m. at the New School Performance Space in Manhattan. Panelists include me, Kurt Gottschalk, Sheila Anderson and moderator/co-panelist Howard Mandel. Full details here! [Update: An after-the-fact report from the panel. We’re holding a second round on October 14th! Details to come.]
Remembering the fallen
The New York City Firefighters Memorial, one of the most peaceful locations in the city, two blocks from my apartment. I sat there often to reflect in the days after 9/11. Hard to believe it’s been nine years since I emerged from the N/R station at 8th Street at about 9:20 a.m., to see a huge cloud of dark smoke high in
On Danilo Pérez
This review appears in the September 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Danilo Pérez, Providencia (Mack Avenue) By David R. Adler With Providencia, Danilo Pérez’s first outing on Mack Avenue, the pianist adds at least two new colors to his compositional palette. One is the trenchant alto saxophone of Rudresh Mahanthappa, fulfilling melodic and solo roles on the
Six Picks: September 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, September 2010: Harris Eisenstadt, Woodblock Prints (NoBusiness) Owen Howard, Drum Lore (BJU) Vijay Iyer, Solo (ACT) Kneebody, You Can Have Your Moment (Winter & Winter) Louis Sclavis/Craig Taborn/Tom Rainey, Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed) Suresh Singaratnam, Lost in New York (ind.)
On Fred Hersch
I have a brief news-oriented piece on Fred Hersch in the September 2010 JazzTimes. It struck me long after submitting the story that the word “gay” does not appear in it, despite the fact that Fred has been out for well over a decade. At first I thought I should have corrected this, but ultimately I’m glad that it didn’t
The week on disc (78)
In case you missed the last one… Joel Yennior Trio, Big City Circus (Brass Wheel) Sándor Szabó & Kevin Kastning, Returning (Greydisc) The Wee Trio, Capitol Diner Vol. 2: Animal Style (Bionic) Rafi Malkiel, Water (Tzadik) Sandro Albert Quartet, Vertical (Daywood Drive) Juan García-Herreros (a.k.a. Snow Owl), Art of Contrabass Guitar (Inner Circle)