All About Jazz-New York
Six Picks: March 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, March 2010: Daniel Blacksberg Trio, Bit Heads (NoBusiness) Matt Davis’s Aerial Photograph, Ways and Means (VanDolah) Orrin Evans, Faith In Action (Posi-Tone) Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune) Paul Meyers Quartet Featuring Frank Wess (Sunnyside) Paul Motian/Chris Potter/Jason Moran, Lost In a Dream (ECM)
New York @ Night: March 2010
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — Following the success of In What Language? and Still Life with Commentator, pianist Vijay Iyer and poet Mike Ladd are developing another topical multimedia show with the provisional title “Holding It Down.” Their theme this time: the war-haunted dreams of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A work-in-progress performance at the HarlemStage Gatehouse (Feb.
On Ted Nash
This review appears in the February 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Ted Nash, Portrait in Seven Shades (JALC/The Orchard) By David R. Adler The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) is often derided as a bastion of conservatism, although it’s not clear what is conservative about an epic like Wynton Marsalis’ Congo Square (2007), with its volleys of
On Tineke Postma
This review appears in the February 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Tineke Postma, The Traveller (etceteraNOW) By David R. Adler Tineke Postma’s previous releases have featured her mainly in the company of fellow Dutch musicians, although the noted Terri Lyne Carrington played drums on two of the three discs. On Postma’s fourth outing, The Traveller, the young
New York @ Night: February 2010
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze” Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he’s probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at Birdland (Jan. 5), completing his lineup with George Colligan
Six Picks: February 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, February 2010: Greg Burk, Many Worlds (482 Music) Jozef Dumoulin & Lidlboj, Trees Are Always Right (BEE Jazz) Ahmad Jamal, A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) Dave King, Indelicate (Sunnyside) Pat Metheny, Orchestrion (Nonesuch) Jeremy Pelt, Men of Honor (HighNote)
New York @ Night: January 2010
In the current issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Michaël Attias is known for his work on alto and baritone saxophones, but on the new Clean Feed disc Renku In Coimbra he plays only alto. This was his game plan too at Barbès (Dec. 3), where he gathered together his Renku trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer Satoshi
January ’10 jazz doings
Been running around for a few days at a mini-conference of the Jazz Journalists Association, held more or less in conjunction with this year’s APAP event. Howard Mandel has some of the rundown. And here are reax to the sprawling Winter Jazzfest from Nate Chinen, Ben Ratliff, Jim Macnie and bassist Ben Allison. My main focus was Mike Reed’s compelling