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Sirkis on Atzmon
Anil Prasad has an interview up with drummer Asaf Sirkis, whose recent recordings The Song Within and The Monk I can vouch for as unique and well worth hearing. Sirkis also happens to be a musical associate of Gilad Atzmon, a saxophonist and political blowhard with a straightforwardly antisemitic paper trail that has come up frequently on this blog. In
On Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu
My preview of the upcoming Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu duo concert (Mar. 24), in this week’s Time Out New York.
On Danilo Perez
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Danilo PerezFri., Mar. 19, 8pm. With Somi. $26-$64. Kimmel Center, 260 South Broad St. 215.731.3333 www.kimmelcenter.org Pianist Danilo Perez has blazed a trail from his native Panama to the U.S. and beyond, amassing a lofty body of work with Wayne Shorter’s quartet, Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes and many others, to say nothing of his myriad
Greenwald on Goldberg
There’s something a little disgusting about Glenn Greenwald, in this post, taking a cheap shot at Jeffrey Goldberg, portraying Goldberg as some sort of bloodthirsty oppressor of Palestinians, when Goldberg’s position on Middle East peace is in fact more admirable than most. Goldberg, today: I’m for the creation of a Palestinian state on one hundred percent of the West Bank
On Christian Scott
Patrick notes the mounting buzz over trumpeter Christian Scott and his forthcoming Yesterday You Said Tomorrow. I’m still getting to know the record, didn’t flip over it at first listen, but it’s clearly the work of someone with high skill and strong vision — exactly the sort of hip, relevant, advanced, forward-thinking music that Stuart Nicholson believes to exist only
“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)