All About Jazz-New York
On Odean Pope
The following review appears in the November 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Odean Pope Fresh Breeze (CIMP) Odean’s List (In+Out) Catalyst: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 & 2 (Porter) By David R. Adler Tenor saxophonist Odean Pope is a Philadelphia institution: a practice buddy of Coltrane’s in his youth, a sideman with Max Roach for 22 years,
New York @ Night: November 2010
In the November 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Facing one another on imposing Steinway grand pianos at the Miller Theatre (Oct. 9), Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn met for an evening billed as “Radically Unfinished: Works for Solo and Duo Piano.” The encounter flowed logically from their work together in Roscoe Mitchell’s Note Factory (they both appear
Six Picks: November 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, November 2010: Jason Adasiewicz, Sun Rooms (Delmark) I Never Meta Guitar: Solo Guitars for the 21st Century (Clean Feed) John McNeil & Bill McHenry, Chill Morn He Climb Jenny (Sunnyside) Marc Ribot, Silent Movies (Pi) Tarbaby, The End of Fear (Posi-Tone) Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers, Chucho’s
Six Picks: October 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, October 2010: Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet, Natural Selection (Sunnyside) Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Llyria (ECM) Kirk Knuffke, Chew Your Food (NoBusiness) Metropole Orkest/John Scofield/Vince Mendoza, 54 (Emarcy) Florian Ross, Mechanism (Pirouet) David S. Ware, Onecept (Aum Fidelity)
On Danilo Pérez
This review appears in the September 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Danilo Pérez, Providencia (Mack Avenue) By David R. Adler With Providencia, Danilo Pérez’s first outing on Mack Avenue, the pianist adds at least two new colors to his compositional palette. One is the trenchant alto saxophone of Rudresh Mahanthappa, fulfilling melodic and solo roles on the
Six Picks: September 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, September 2010: Harris Eisenstadt, Woodblock Prints (NoBusiness) Owen Howard, Drum Lore (BJU) Vijay Iyer, Solo (ACT) Kneebody, You Can Have Your Moment (Winter & Winter) Louis Sclavis/Craig Taborn/Tom Rainey, Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed) Suresh Singaratnam, Lost in New York (ind.)
New York @ Night: August 2010
Below, from the August 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. (Check the new AAJ-NY website, the result of its split from AllAboutJazz.com.) — There was one sure way for tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger to heighten the freewheeling melodic onslaught of his quintet gig at Smalls (July 1st): add alto saxophonist Loren Stillman to the frontline. Ornette Coleman’s music was
Six Picks: August 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, August 2010: Jamie Begian Big Band, Big Fat Grin (Innova) Willie Jones III, The Next Phase (WJ3) Jacám Manricks, Trigonometry (Posi-Tone) Bernardo Sassetti Trio, Motion (Clean Feed) Roland Vazquez Band, The Visitor (ind.) Sean Wayland, The Show Must Go On (Seed)