All About Jazz-New York
On Manuel Valera
A version of the following review appears in the May 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Manuel Valera, Currents (MaxJazz) Samuel Torres, Yaoundé (Blue Conga) Oscar Feldman, Oscar e Familia (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler Cuban pianist Manuel Valera is throwing his weight around the jazz scene and having an impact on several different levels. He’s a fine
New York @ Night: May 2010
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — While bassist Adam Lane’s Full Throttle Orchestra is named to conjure up great size and bombast, at present it’s a compact sextet, and its sonic inventory includes passages of nuance and overall calm. With a Bay Area lineup, Lane has released No(w) Music (Cadence, 2001) and New Magical Kingdom (Clean Feed, 2006).
Six Picks: May 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, May 2010: Anat Cohen, Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (Anzic) Jorrit Dijkstra, Pillow Circles (Clean Feed) Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph, Towards the Unknown (Meta) Olivier Manchon, Orchestre de Chambre Miniature – Volume 1 (ObliqSound) Wallace Roney, If Only for One Night (HighNote) Ralph Towner &
On Tomasz Stanko
An edited version of this review appears in the April 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Tomasz Stanko, Dark Eyes (ECM) By David R. Adler Much of trumpeter Tomasz Stanko’s output in the ’00s featured his countrymen Marcin Wasilewski on piano, Slawomir Kurkiewicz on bass and Michal Miskiewicz on drums. Dark Eyes is a departure — the first
On Dave Holland
This review appears in the April 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Dave Holland Octet, Pathways (Dare2) By David R. Adler Bassist Dave Holland’s main creative vehicle has long been the Dave Holland Quintet, but in recent years he’s launched a number of other groups, tweaking and expanding instrumentation while preserving something of the quintet’s signature sound. On
New York @ Night: April 2010
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — One of saxophonist Myron Walden’s four new albums this year is called To Feel, and indeed, if a single quality stands out in Walden’s music, it is deep and palpable feeling, a big emotional sweep carried off with great finesse by his quintet In This World. In their second set at Jazz
Six Picks: April 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, April 2010: Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh, Radif Suite (Pi) Tom Harrell, Roman Nights (HighNote) Ryan Keberle, Heavy Dreaming (Alternate Side) Sam Newsome, Blue Soliloquy: Solo Works for Soprano Saxophone (ind.) Thomas Savy, French Suite (Plus Loin) Samuel Torres, Yaoundé (Blue Conga)
On Dan Weiss
This review appears in the March 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Dan Weiss, Timshel (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler Drummer Dan Weiss made a promising trio debut in 2006 with Now Yes When, featuring pianist Jacob Sacks and bassist Thomas Morgan. Timshel, the follow-up, shows an impressive amount of growth for this lineup in the years since.