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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.
The day in Nazism
— From the NY Times, it has come to light that the hunted Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim was living under an alias in Cairo until his death in 1992. The piece of scum died slowly and painfully, thank goodness. He was “accused of performing operations on prisoners without anesthesia; removing organs from healthy inmates, then leaving them to die
The week on disc (36)
In case you missed the last one… Andy Scherrer Special Sextet with Bill Carrothers, Wrong Is Right (TCB) — Killing three-tenor band led by the Swiss saxophonist, playing Ornette, Trane and Carrothers tunes, band originals, two of the tenors doubling skillfully on bass clarinet. Louis Moholo-Moholo, Sibanye (We Are One): Duets with Marilyn Crispell (Intakt) — I’m reviewing this and
On Jimmy Greene
This review first appeared in the January 2009 print edition of All About Jazz-New York. — Jimmy GreeneThe Overcomer’s Suite (Nu Jazz) David R. Adler If you compose a suite kindled by a big idea, it’s best to front a band with a big sound. That’s what tenor/soprano saxophonist Jimmy Greene does on The Overcomer’s Suite, his sixth title as
On Keith Jarrett
My review of last week’s Keith Jarrett solo concert at Carnegie Hall, online at Jazz Times.