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The week on disc (45)
In case you missed the last one… Bobby Broom, Plays for Monk (Origin) Avram Fefer, Ritual (Clean Feed) Carl Maguire’s Floriculture, Sided Silver Solid (Firehouse 12) Joe Locke-David Hazeltine Quartet, Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine) Arthur Kell Quartet, Victoria: Live in Germany (BJURecords) Profound Sound Trio (Andrew Cyrille/Paul Dunmall/Henry Grimes), Opus De Life (Porter)
Irregularities
Some days ago, before the bloodshed, Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett penned a piece headlined “Ahmadinejad Won. Get Over It.” They wanted to assure us that a 62.6% victory for Ahmadinejad really wasn’t at all far-fetched. Well, now Iran’s own election authorities have conceded that there were widespread voting irregularities in 50 cities. Mind you, this is what the officials
People Make The World Go Round
A classic bit of Philadelphia soul by the Stylistics. Just the thing on a Sunday, as the world awaits more news from Tehran. (Tibbsy’s commentary on the song, on the sidebar of the YouTube clip itself, is worth a read.) [Update: I can’t help but marvel at the song’s construction, mostly revolving around an E minor 9-A minor 7 cadence.
Courage
People are being murdered in the streets and chaos is breaking out all over Iran. Andrew Sullivan has continuous updates and video, some of it extremely disturbing, some of it equally inspiring. There’s one clip of protesters managing to relieve the the riot police of their batons. Victory to these brave souls. [Also visit The Lede, Nico Pitney.]
JJA Jazz Awards – special report
My JJA colleagues and I have produced a special edition of Jazz Notes, available to members and non-members, reporting on the just-concluded 2009 Jazz Awards. PDF available here.
Live music in brief
A quick word about Jason Kao Hwang‘s outstanding Spontaneous River premiere, which kicked off the final night of the Vision Festival on Monday. Over 25 string players, including a battalion of unplugged acoustic guitars and six double bassists, plus drums. Sort of a Messiaen-meets-Bitches Brew affair, with truly funky passages but lots of slow, strangely mutating and shimmering harmony, as
64 for Aung San Suu Kyi
Events around the world to mark her 64th birthday on June 19. Including this event at the UN on Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Submit your 64 words of support here. — BURMESE REFUGEES AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUPPORTERS IN NEW YORK CELEBRATE BURMA DEMOCRACY LEADER’S BIRTHDAY… Refugees, exiles, and Human Rights supporters from the Southeast Asian country of Burma will host a
“My silence is more powerful than your club”
A slogan surfacing in Tehran, today. Witness the awesome power of nonviolent — silent — resistance. (Via Pitney.)