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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
Jazz Scholarship: The Next Generation
The Jazz Journalists Association presents: “Jazz Scholarship: The Next Generation”A Jazz Matters panel Featuring Alex Rodriguez, “White and Blue: Alternate Takes on Jack Teagarden” Jared Negley, “Sweetness and Brutality: The Life and Music of Sonny Sharrock” Paul Brady, “Django Reinhardt the Jazz Musician: His Abilities, His Influence, His Legacy” David R. Adler, moderator The New School for Jazz and Contemporary
New York @ Night: March 2010
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — Following the success of In What Language? and Still Life with Commentator, pianist Vijay Iyer and poet Mike Ladd are developing another topical multimedia show with the provisional title “Holding It Down.” Their theme this time: the war-haunted dreams of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A work-in-progress performance at the HarlemStage Gatehouse (Feb.
McKinney and friends
A quick follow-up to my previous post: in the comments, a friend has reminded me about this lovely photo (scroll down) of Cynthia McKinney posing with her new pal, the raving antisemite and borderline sociopath Israel Shamir, who is arguably worse than Gilad Atzmon. In addition to falsifying his name and his background, “Shamir” has advocated coalition-building between Palestine activists
John Pilger and the enabling of antisemitism
[Cross-posted at Z Word. And Harry’s Place.] To find journalist-ideologue John Pilger ranting about “the criminality of the Israeli state” and “the murderous, racist toll of Zionism” is all too routine. (Hat tip Oliver Kamm.) What’s new is this: Pilger trots out “the expatriate Israeli musician Gilad Atzmon” as a representative good Jew, emblematic of “the heroes of Israel” and
Phil Freeman on Shipp
Phil Freeman has a lengthy piece about Matthew Shipp on the Burning Ambulance site. In the course of the article he takes a few misleading swipes at my recent JazzTimes feature [pdf], so I ought to correct the record. Affecting a high-road posture, Freeman tells us that he’ll no longer take the bait and print Shipp’s more virulent quotes, and