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The week on disc (65)
In case you missed the last one… Alex Hargreaves, Prelude (Adventure Music) Ian Carey Quintet, Contexualizin’ (Kabocha) Mario Adnet & Philippe Baden Powell, Afrosamba Jazz: The Music of Baden Powell (Adventure Music, 2009) Chris Icasiano & Neil Welch, Bad Luck (Belle) Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, Accomplish Jazz (Hot Cup) Frank Vignola, 100 Years of Django (Azica)
Hands, teleprompters
“Which is more egregious?” [McCain] asked reporters. “Reading a word from your hand or from a teleprompter?” From this story on the increasingly odious John McCain and his bumbling, near-pitiable defense of Sarah Palin. (Hat tip Marc Cooper.) I’m stating the obvious but I can’t help myself: President Obama, like his predecessors, and like Palin herself at the 2008 Republican
Iverson, Collier, Kelsey
~ In this remarkable post on Wayne Shorter, Ethan Iverson apologizes publicly to Matthew Shipp for words that I quoted in my recent JazzTimes feature on Shipp [pdf]. I want to thank Ethan for weighing in, but I also want to state for the record that my intention certainly wasn’t to put Ethan on the spot. I included the quote
On Kneebody
My preview of the four-night Kneebody residency at 45 Bleecker (Feb. 17-20), in the new Time Out New York. [Update: 45 Bleecker is not just a “series,” but a concert space. And the Kneebody shows take place next week, not “this week” as my preview states — I won’t go into TONY’s arcane calendar procedures, but the preview had to
Philadelphia haps, cont’d.
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Improvisers for the Abolition of Wayne NewtonFri., Feb. 12, 9pm. $10 ($8 advance). With Resistance Message. Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St. 215.735.9600 www.moonstoneartscenter.org Wayne Newton is not the name to be concerned with here. Rather, it’s trumpeter Herb Robertson, a close associate of Tim Berne and Mark Helias during the ’80s, and a
Lara’s confession
No, I’m not mad at my friend and colleague Lara Pellegrinelli for writing this. It’s a provocative statement, and that’s a writer’s job. Lord knows I have my days when I can’t face turning on the stereo or going out to a club. I don’t share Lara’s view even remotely, but I do understand burnout, and I read her post
Like Squeeze?
I do. So I’m sharing my friend Andee’s cover of “Slap and Tickle,” from the forthcoming Songs of Squeeze Revisited, the first-ever Squeeze tribute album. Watch for it, and while you’re at it, watch for every damn thing Andee does, with Black Sugar Transmission and others.
The week on disc (64)
In case you missed the last one… Philly Joe Jones’ Dameronia, Look, Stop and Listen (Uptown) Empirical, Out ’n’ In (NAIM) Mort Weiss, Raising the Bar: Solo Jazz Clarinet (SMS) Marion Brown, Why Not? (ESP-Disk’) Myron Walden’s In This World, What We Share (Demi Sound) Jason Lindner Gives You Now vs. Now (Anzic)