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In the new Philadelphia Weekly
Tom Spiker’s Mobile Pleasure Lounge Wed., June 16, 9:30pm. $5. With Rafiq Bhatia Collective, Test Kitchen. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 www.tritonebar.com Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Tom Spiker is a Wilmington native and Philly resident since 2000, a close associate of experimental groove-jazz stalwarts (and Ornette Coleman alums) Jamaaladeen Tacuma and G. Calvin Weston. His Mobile Pleasure Lounge, an adventure in
JJA Jazz Awards winners
Great event on Monday! The results are in, and photos, more photos and dispatches are up at JJA News. More coverage and commentary in the days to come. Patrick of A Blog Supreme has some reflections here.
A quick word on “Jazz Nerds International”
Now that he’s issued a truly interesting follow-up, I’ll take the bait and weigh in on Jason Marsalis’s recent rant against “Jazz Nerds International” — i.e., young musicians so obsessed with being cutting-edge and complex that they ignore the history of the music and, perhaps more important, the need to connect with an audience beyond their fellow JNI peers. Like many
The week on disc (73)
In case you missed the last one… Judith Berkson, Oylam (ECM) John Fedchock NY Sextet, Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival (Capri) Steve Cardenas, West of Middle (Sunnyside) Miguel Frasconi & Denman Maroney, Gleam (Porter) Billy Childs Ensemble, Autumn: In Moving Pictures (ArtistShare) Orlando Le Fleming, From Brooklyn With Love: Live at Freddy’s (19/8)
Undead Jazzfest: Ultra-quick postgame
Ok, ready? Last night’s Undead Jazzfest, or at least the parts that I saw: Trippy electronica opener with visuals from Graham Haynes and Hardedge, nice way to ease into it at Le Poisson Rouge. Tight modernism from Kneebody tenor saxist Ben Wendel with Gerald Clayton on Rhodes, Nir Felder on guitar, Ben Street on bass, Dan Weiss on drums —
Brass, Skins & Strings Collective, Doug Hirlinger
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Brass, Skins & Strings Collective Fri., June 11, 9pm. $10 ($8 advance). With Doug Hirlinger’s Waveform Razorback. Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St. 215.735.9600 www.moonstoneartscenter.org Philly is lucky to have a number of highly skilled musicians who perform on the streets when they’re not busy with other projects. Over a dozen of them have
New York @ Night: June 2010
In the June 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Paying homage to Bill Evans in a two-week summit at the Blue Note, pianist Chick Corea set up camp with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Paul Motian — two Evans alumni who have rarely if ever worked together. It had all the makings of an offbeat and remarkable encounter,
Antisemitism weekly roundup
I tweeted on this the other day but let me recap here: This NYT piece reported that the ships in the Free Gaza Movement flotilla were funded by something called the Perdana Global Peace Organization. Greta Berlin, a founder of the Free Gaza Movement, herself acknowledged this link to Perdana. Look around Perdana’s website and you’ll find the organization is