All About Jazz-New York
On Shauli Einav
This review appears in the February 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York. [Note: As of the March 2011 issue, AAJ-NY will be known as The New York City Jazz Record. Details here.] — Shauli Einav, Opus One (Plus Loin) By David R. Adler It’s clear that Israeli-born saxophonist Shauli Einav is capable of “blowing his face off,” as pianist
On Scott Colley
This review appears in the February 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Scott Colley, Empire (CAM Jazz) By David R. Adler The title Empire could lead one to think that bassist Scott Colley’s seventh album is an artistic comment on foreign policy. In fact, Empire is a now-vanished town in Kansas where Colley’s great-great-grandfather, Joseph J. Colby, settled
New York @ Night: February 2011
From the February 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Sullivan Hall was one of five venues to host Winter Jazzfest 2011, but the bookings in that room, handled by the presenting organization Revive Da Live, skewed decidedly toward a jazz/hip-hop hybrid aesthetic. That certainly didn’t mean swing was unwelcome. So on the festival’s second night (Jan. 8th), Orrin
Six Picks: February 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, February 2011: Jane Ira Bloom, Wingwalker (Outline) Joel Harrison, String Choir (Sunnyside) Jonathan Kreisberg, Shadowless (New For Now) Frank Portolese, Plectrum Jazz Guitar Solos (ind.) Noah Preminger, Before the Rain (Palmetto) Ben Wolfe Quintet, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live)
Six Picks: January 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, January 2011: Helio Alves, Música (Jazz Legacy) Dan Block Plays the Music of Duke Ellington: From His World to Mine (Miles High) Clayton Brothers, The New Song and Dance (ArtistShare) Gerald Cleaver, Be It As I See It (Fresh Sound) Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz, Accents (Zoho) Eddie
New York @ Night: January 2011
From the January 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Having won the 2010 Thelonious Monk Competition, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant was first to appear in the Tribeca Performing Arts Center’s annual “Monk In Motion” finalists’ showcase (Dec. 4). The Miami-born, French-American Salvant has a thing for choice old repertoire — the Bessie Smith vehicles “You’ve Got to Give
Six Picks: December 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, December 2010: Luis Bonilla, Twilight (Planet Arts) Avishai Cohen, Introducing Triveni (Anzic) Patrick Cornelius, Fierce (Whirlwind) Benoît Delbecq, Circles and Calligrams (Songlines) Herculaneum, Olives and Orchids (EF) SFJazz Collective, Live 2010: The Works of Horace Silver (SFJazz)
On Louis Sclavis, Craig Taborn, Tom Rainey
This review appears in the November 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Louis Sclavis/Craig Taborn/Tom Rainey Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed) By David R. Adler Is it possible for a jazz label to release too much good music? If so, Clean Feed has a wonderful problem on its hands. One can barely keep up with the flood of Clean