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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)
Castro’s latest
Via Jack Shafer’s Twitter feed, this AP story on Fidel Castro’s decision to fill three of the eight scant pages in the party-controlled newspaper Granma with nonsense from 9/11 Truther and Bilderberg conspiracy theorist Daniel Estulin. AP writer Will Weissert does a nice job detailing how Estulin’s work actually draws on the thinking (rather, “thinking”) of the extremist right. I’m
“America has disgraced itself”
I agree with this strongly worded assessment of the Cordoba controversy by Peter Beinart. Key point: Once upon a time, the “war on terror” was supposed to bring American values to Saudi Arabia. Now Newt Gingrich says we shouldn’t build a mosque in Lower Manhattan until the Saudis build churches and synagogues in Mecca—which is to say, we’re bringing Saudi
In support of Cordoba House
I’m proud that the president of my country, and the mayor of my city, have spoken out forcefully against the bigoted campaign to block the construction of a Muslim community center on Park Place in lower Manhattan. This is a phony issue ginned up by the right, in fact part of a wider outburst of xenophobia that actually has little
The week on disc (77)
In case you missed the last one… Alex Brown, Pianist (Sunnyside) Michael Dease, Grace (Jazz Legacy) Nick Rosen, Into the Sky (Porter) Michael Gregory Jackson, Clarity (ESP-Disk) Stephen Gauci/Kris Davis/Michael Bisio, Three (Clean Feed) Julian Argüelles Trio, Ground Rush (Clean Feed)