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On Herbie Hancock
My review of The Imagine Project, in Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer.
Yotam’s Resonance
This review appears in the July 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Yotam, Resonance (Jazz Legacy) By David R. Adler Israeli-born guitarist Yotam Silberstein has dropped his surname for performance purposes — he’s simply “Yotam” now. But the crisp and determined quality of his playing remains intact on Resonance, his third disc as a leader. All three outings
New York @ Night: July 2010
In the July 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — When Dave Douglas and Keystone played (Le) Poisson Rouge in the prime 8:20 p.m. slot of the Undead Jazzfest (June 12), DJ Olive was not there to provide his sonic trickery, which has done much to define the group since its 2005 inception. But Adam Benjamin’s heavily tweaked Fender
Six Picks: July 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, July 2010: Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Harvesting Semblances of Infinity (Pi) Alan Ferber, Chamber Songs: Music for Nonet and Strings (Sunnyside) Eric Hofbauer, American Fear! (Creative Nation) Ideal Bread, Transmit: Volume 2 of The Music of Steve Lacy (Cuneiform) Alex Machacek, 24 Tales (Abstract Logix) David Weiss &
Bird lives? A response to Will Layman
I’ve opened what I hope might be a productive tweet-ologue with jazz critic Will Layman about this piece, with the provocative headline: “Jazz Ain’t Dead, But Charlie Parker Is — So Let’s Move On, Shall We?” Which seems to rest on the assumption that jazz hasn’t moved on since Charlie Parker. And that’s not what Layman ends up arguing, so it’s
Atzmon in America: a follow-up
Rich Siegel, who is partnering with Gilad Atzmon as described in my previous post, has written me a terse reply. He says that the Atzmon quotes I cite “do not constitute racism or holocaust revisionism. I suggest you read them again.” Michael Ezra, in the Z Word comments space, has also referred me to this piece of writing, in which Rich
Atzmon comes to America
[Cross-posted at Z Word, and at Harry’s Place.] The bloggers of Mondoweiss have worked very hard to convince the public that antisemitism does not exist among the Palestine solidarity movement — indeed, that all such charges of antisemitism are mere subterfuge concocted by “Zionists” to tar critics of Israel, who are by definition pure of heart. So it’s important to
The week on disc (74)
In case you missed the last one… Walter Smith III, Live in Paris (Space Time) Daniel Humair/Tony Malaby/Bruno Chevillon, Pas de Dense (Zig Zag) Geri Allen & Timeline, Live (Motéma) Keith DeStefano & Puzzlebox, A Place to Be (ind.) Lee Konitz/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic Leibovici, Jugendstil II (ESP-Disk) Marilyn Crispell & David Rothenberg, One Night I Left My Silent House (ECM)