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“Using the jazz”
Pitchfork has an interview with She & Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward), whose music I don’t know very well. But this passage caught my attention: ZD: For “In the Sun”, I originally composed it with a classic jazz chord progression — with a little chromatic step — and it was slower. But we got in the studio and Matt
Changes afoot, continued
Following up on my previous notice, a reminder that this blog is in the process of migrating to another service (and another design). Stay tuned, but keep checking this space regularly. I expect minimal down-time. You’ll notice, for one thing, that Lerterland is now redirecting to blog.adlermusic.com. Please make a note of the new address in your own online worlds,
The week on disc (67)
In case you missed the last one… Holly Hofmann & Bill Cunliffe, Three’s Company (Capri) André Matos, Quare (Inner Circle) Juhani Aaltonen Quartet, Conclusions (TUM) Scott DuBois, Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside) Brian Landrus, Forward (Cadence) Kyle Brenders, Ways (Porter)
On Pat Metheny
Apparently the April 2010 issue of JazzTimes is out, featuring my cover story on Pat Metheny. Teaser here.
On Dan Weiss
This review appears in the March 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Dan Weiss, Timshel (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler Drummer Dan Weiss made a promising trio debut in 2006 with Now Yes When, featuring pianist Jacob Sacks and bassist Thomas Morgan. Timshel, the follow-up, shows an impressive amount of growth for this lineup in the years since.
Six Picks: March 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, March 2010: Daniel Blacksberg Trio, Bit Heads (NoBusiness) Matt Davis’s Aerial Photograph, Ways and Means (VanDolah) Orrin Evans, Faith In Action (Posi-Tone) Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune) Paul Meyers Quartet Featuring Frank Wess (Sunnyside) Paul Motian/Chris Potter/Jason Moran, Lost In a Dream (ECM)
Art Ensemble in Philly
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Art Ensemble of ChicagoSat., Mar. 6, 8pm. $20. International House, 3701 Chestnut St. 215.895.6546 www.arsnovaworkshop.org With their face paint and other onstage accoutrements, the Art Ensemble of Chicago was one of the splashier bands to come out of the mid-’60s milieu of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. “Great black music, ancient to
Anti-Anti-Zionism
I’ve just delved into Michael Bérubé’s book The Left At War, and it’s reminding me how deeply influenced I am by the late Ellen Willis, in particular her 2003 essay “Is There Still a Jewish Question? Why I’m an Anti-Anti Zionist.” I should have linked to it much sooner. Let me be clearer about why I raise the issue of