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Atzmon’s protocols
Having begun to read David Aaronovitch’s engaging Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History, I am prompted once again to mention the UK-based saxophonist and political agitator Gilad Atzmon. To be clear, Atzmon does not appear in Aaronovitch’s first chapter, about The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. However, Aaronovitch does reveal something that underlines
A great honor
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been nominated for this year’s Helen Dance-Robert Palmer Award for Review and Feature Writing, given annually by the Jazz Journalists Association. My fellow nominees are Nate Chinen, Gary Giddins, Marc Myers, Doug Ramsey and Ben Ratliff. Full list of Jazz Awards semi-finalists, and details on the June 14 event, here.
On Alex Sipiagin
As I’ve mentioned, I just completed liner notes for Generations, Alex Sipiagin’s forthcoming quartet release on Criss Cross. It’s a tribute to Woody Shaw that, among other things, challenges the idea that tribute albums are necessarily safe and backward-looking things. But don’t take it from me — hear the music when it’s out, and check out the original Shaw source
Philadelphia haps, cont’d.
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Jean-Michel Pilc Sat., Apr. 17, 8 & 10pm. $20. Chris’ Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131 www.chrisjazzcafe.com Forget the piano — Jean-Michel Pilc can whistle a better bebop solo than many players could hope to execute on their horns. At the keyboard Pilc can be frightening, a master of the trio idiom who’ll turn an
On Radif Suite
My review of Radif Suite, by Amir ElSaffar and Hafez Modirzadeh, in the new Time Out New York. See my previous post on the music.
It’s live!
The new adlermusic.com is now live.
An update
The launch of the redesigned and reconfigured adlermusic.com is imminent. For a brief time, the “blog” button on that site will continue to direct you here (again, note the changed url). But the plan is ultimately to migrate this blog to WordPress and integrate it with my main site. I’m sure the new toys will reignite my blogging jones and
The week on disc (69)
In case you missed the last one… Scott Fields Ensemble, Fugu (Clean Feed) Sei Miguel, Esfíngico: Suite for a Jazz Combo (Clean Feed) Torben Waldorff, American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare) Aaron Goldberg, Home (Sunnyside) David Liebman Trio with Jesse van Ruller, Lieb Plays Weill (Challenge, 2009) Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy, Bien Sur! (Fresh Sound-World Jazz)