All About Jazz-New York
Chicago jazz on disc
The following review appears in the January 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Chicago Underground Duo, Boca Negra (Thrill Jockey)Rob Mazurek Quintet, Sound Is (Delmark)Chad Taylor, Circle Down (482 Music)By David R. Adler No account of American jazz in the ’00s would be complete without a thorough look at the Chicago scene. The year 2009 was a good
Six Picks: January 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, January 2010: Samuel Blaser, Pieces of Old Sky (Clean Feed) Charles Evans & Neil Shah, Live at Saint Stephen’s (Hot Cup) Randy Ingram, The Road Ahead (BJU) NYNDK, The Hunting of the Snark (Jazzheads) Barry Romberg, Was, Shall, Why, Because: Music for Large & Small Ensemble (romhog)
Six Picks: December 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, December 2009: Circulasione Totale Orchestra, Bandwidth (Rune Grammofon) Dave Douglas, A Single Sky (Greenleaf) Mika Pohjola, Great Tunes By My Friends (Blue Music Group) Manuel Valera, Currents (MaxJazz) Nelson Veras, Solo Session Vol. 1 (BEE Jazz) Myron Walden, Momentum (Demi Sound)
Six Picks: November 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, November 2009: Gerald Clayton, Two-Shade (ArtistShare) Graham Dechter, Right On Time (Capri) Anne Drummond, Like Water (ObliqSound) Terell Stafford-Dick Oatts Quintet, Bridging the Gap (Planet Arts) Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID, This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi Recordings) Miguel Zenón, Esta Plena (Marsalis Music)
Six Picks: October 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, October 2009: Brad Dutz Quartet, Whimsical Excursion Boats (ind.) Gordon Grdina’s East Van Strings, The Breathing of Statues (Songlines) John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside) Joe Martin, Not By Chance (Anzic) Linda Oh Trio, Entry (ind.) Tyshawn Sorey, Koan (482 Music)
Six Picks: September 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, September 2009: Laurent Coq, Eight Fragments of Summer (88 Trees) Crimetime Orchestra, Atomic Symphony (Jazzaway) Herculaneum, Herculaneum III (Clean Feed) Fred Hersch Plays Jobim (Sunnyside) Louis Sclavis, Lost on the Way (ECM) Anthony Wilson Trio, Jack of Hearts (Groove Note)
Six Picks: August 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, August 2009: Fred Anderson, Staying in the Game (Engine) Ralph Bowen, Dedicated (Posi-Tone) James Falzone’s Klang, Tea Music (Allos Documents) Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Strings, Renegades (Delmark) Edward Simon Trio, Poesía (Cam Jazz) Jack Wilkins, Until It’s Time (MaxJazz)
Six Picks: July 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, July 2009: Kevin Hays Trio, You’ve Got a Friend (Jazz Eyes) Ron Horton, It’s a Gadget World… (ABEAT) Tony Malaby, Paloma Recio (New World) Tim Posgate Hornband, Banjo Hockey (Black Hen) Alan Sondheim & Myk Freedman, Julu Twine (Porter) E.J. Strickland, In This Day (Strick Muzik)