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Atzmon PS
From another adulatory interview, this one by Martin Gibson in New Zealand’s Gisborne Herald (via Harry’s): There have been numerous attempts to silence Mr Atzmon, including inevitable charges that he is anti-Semitic, although he is Jewish himself. (Gibson fails to document one single such attempt to silence Atzmon.) Here is Atzmon, from the same interview: “One of the things that happened to
Airbrushing racism
[Cross-posted at Z Word and Harry’s Place.] Can you imagine a journalist for a liberal newspaper referring in neutral, even vaguely congratulatory terms to an artist’s “provocatively anti-gay rhetoric,” or “provocatively anti-black rhetoric,” or “provocatively anti-Arab rhetoric”? Well, have a look at John Lewis’s profile of Gilad Atzmon for the Guardian, in which we read about the saxophonist’s “provocatively anti-Jewish
New York @ Night: March 2009
This month in All About Jazz-New York, reviews of the Helen Sung/Ron Carter duo and Steve Coleman and Five Elements.
On Marilyn Crispell
This review appears in the March 2009 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Louis Moholo-Moholo, Sibanye (We Are One): Duets with Marilyn Crispell (Intakt)Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton, Phases of the Night (Intakt)John Geggie, Geggie Project (Actuelle) David R. Adler Put a pin anywhere in the lengthy discography of pianist Marilyn Crispell and you’ll stumble on a new facet, an
Dissent and the right
A right-wing commenter objects to my remark (here) on Melanie Phillips’s piece describing President Obama as a “fifth columnist.” I’ll make this quick. Gee, I thought dissent was patriotic? I guess that doesn’t extend to commentators you disagree with. Melanie Phillips has an absolute and unlimited right to print whatever she wants in her columns. I and others have an
SFJazz Collective
My preview of the SFJazz Collective (Allen Room, March 6 & 7), in the current Time Out New York.
Psychotic Quartet
My preview of the Psychotic Quartet (Dan Blacksberg/Katt Hernandez/Evan Lipson/Michael Evans) at Gojjo this Sunday, March 8, in the current Philadelphia Weekly. PW has spruced up its website — have a look around. Katt is taking part in John Hollenbeck’s Painted Bride residency, “Big Ears” — I’ll be in Philly this Friday for the wrap-up concert, working on a story
Authoritarian menaces, far/near
No, America did not devolve into a fascist state, but with the release of yet more Bush administration memos we get a glimpse of what might have been. John Yoo: “First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully.” A theory that is analogous, by the way, with a UN resolution (via) opposing