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A Pashtun demo
This, via Terry Glavin, is something remarkable: TORONTO – Pashtun-Canadians of Pakistan and Afghanistan origin are organizing an anti-Taliban rally to protest the ongoing massacre of Pashtun people in Northern Pakistan by the Taliban. In our first ever anti-Taliban rally in Canada we are protesting outside Queen’s Park to highlight the unreported “Genocide of 52 million Pashtuns” by the Taliban
On Felipe Salles/MOPDTK
My previews of Felipe Salles and Mostly Other People Do the Killing, in the current Philadelphia Weekly.
Helen Thomas, albatross
[Cross-posted at Z Word.] I take no pleasure from the fact that right-wing pundits are lashing Helen Thomas over her two-part question to President Obama last night. And yet Thomas deserves to be upbraided. The fact that she’s held up by liberals as a paragon of courage is an embarrassment. Drifting further toward the fringe every day, she certainly doesn’t
Arts funding
Efforts are afoot to deny any stimulus funding to arts organizations. Americans for the Arts has advocacy resources. Darcy has a roundup of commentary.
On Gary Peacock
This review appears in the February 2009 print edition issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Live In Japan 93/96 (ECM DVD)Bill Carrothers, Home Row (Pirouet)Lowell Davidson, Trio (ESP-Disk) David R. Adler The bass is something like the spinal column of a jazz ensemble, where rhythm and harmony are made to cohere. For over 40 years,
New York @ Night: February 2009
This month in All About Jazz-New York, short reviews from January’s Winter Jazzfest: Jeff “Tain” Watts at (Le) Poisson Rouge and By Any Means (Charles Gayle/William Parker/Rashied Ali) at Kenny’s Castaways.
On Henry Grimes/Rashied Ali
My preview of the Henry Grimes/Rashied Ali duo in Philly (actually Camden, Feb. 7), in the current Philadelphia Weekly.
On Gabriel Alegria
My preview of trumpeter Gabriel Alegria’s performances (Feb. 5 & 9), in the current Time Out New York.