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Top Ten: November 2014
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms, From the Region (Delmark) Andy Bey, Pages from an Imaginary Life (HighNote) Otis Brown III, The Thought of You (Blue Note) Charlie Haden-Jim Hall (Impulse!) Hush Point, Blues and Reds (Sunnyside) Introducing Musette Explosion (Aviary) Tyshawn Sorey, Alloy (Pi) Tom Varner, Nine Surprises (ind.) David Virelles, Mbókò: Sacred Music for Piano, Two Basses, Drum Set and
On Steve Cardenas
This review appears in the October December 2014 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Steve Cardenas Melody in a Dream (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler Though his output as a leader is somewhat sparse, guitarist Steve Cardenas brings a vibrancy and a shrewd air of restraint to every outing — the same qualities he’s shown as a sideman with
Top Ten: October 2014
The Bad Plus, Inevitable Western (Okeh) Paul Bollenback, Portraits in Space and Time (Mayimba) Darryl Harper, The Need’s Got to Be So Deep (Hipnotic) Steve Lehman Octet, Mise en Abîme (Pi) Michael Musillami Trio, Pride (Playscape) Matt Pavolka, The Horns Band (Fresh Sound New Talent) Anthony Pirog, Palo Colorado Dream (Cuneiform) Wadada Leo Smith, The Great Lakes Suites (TUM) Walter
On Noah Garabedian
This review appears in the September 2014 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Noah Garabedian Big Butter and the Eggmen (BJU) By David R. Adler In giving his debut album the title Big Butter and the Eggmen, bassist Noah Garabedian alludes to a 1926 classic (“Big Butter and Egg Man”) by Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five — the band that
Six Picks: September 2014
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, September 2014. NOTE: This is the last Six Picks to appear in the paper. From here on I’ll be posting a monthly Top Ten in this space. Jorrit Dijkstra, Music for Reeds and Electronics: Oakland (Driff) Orrin Evans, Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions) Eric Harland’s Voyager, Vipassana (GSI)
Six Picks: August 2014
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, August 2014: Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio (Concord) Peter Brendler, Outside the Line (Posi-Tone) Wolfgang Muthspiel/Larry Grenadier/Brian Blade, Driftwood (ECM) Felix Peikli, Royal Flush (Rex) Andrew Rathbun Quartet, Numbers & Letters (SteepleChase) Tamarindo, Somos Agua (Clean Feed)
On Ingrid Laubrock
This review appears in the July 2014 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Ingrid Laubrock Octet Zürich Concert (Intakt) By David R. Adler This is an expanded ensemble effort from saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, but the players from her Sleepthief trio (pianist Liam Noble, drummer Tom Rainey) are tucked away inside the octet. The date starts on a high
Six Picks: July 2014
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2014: Oran Etkin, Gathering Light (Motéma) Rob Garcia 4, The Passion of Color (BJU) Frank Lacy & The Smalls Legacy Band, Live at Smalls (SmallsLive) Mark Alban Lotz, Solo Flutes (LopLop) Ulf Wakenius, Momento Magico (ACT) Mark Weinstein, Latin Jazz Underground (Zoho)