My preview of the upcoming Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu duo concert (Mar. 24), in this week’s Time Out New York.
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
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
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
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
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,
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)
Apparently the April 2010 issue of JazzTimes is out, featuring my cover story on Pat Metheny. Teaser here.