Jazz
Six Picks: February 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, February 2012: Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms, Spacer (Delmark) David Budway, A New Kiss (MaxJazz) Benoît Delbecq & François Houle, Because She Hoped (Songlines) Guilhem Flouzat, One Way… (ind.) Tineke Postma, The Dawn of Light (Challenge) Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts, An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto)
Center City Jazz Festival
An exciting new development in Philadelphia jazz, scheduled for April 28. My take at JJA News.
On Inzinzac
In the current edition of Philadelphia Weekly: Inzinzac Sat., Jan. 21, 8pm. $6. With Zvoov, Mi Head Ur Head. Angler Movement Arts Center, 1550 E. Montgomery Ave. 215.922.0866 www.museumfire.com It’s not easy to categorize the raw, cerebral music of this trio, but “highbrow garage” is a start. The band name alone offers a kind of onomatopoeic clue. But what, really,
2012 NEA Jazz Masters Concert
My report for JazzTimes here — I’m told it’ll reappear later in a print issue of the magazine, as a sidebar to a Jack DeJohnette feature.
Sixth Annual Jazz Critics Poll
Still headed up by Francis Davis, but now residing at Rhapsody instead of The Village Voice. Full results are here.
On Eldar
In the current edition of Philadelphia Weekly: Eldar Djangirov Fri., Jan. 13, 5pm. Free with museum admission. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. and JFK Blvd. 215.763.8100. philamuseum.org Great jazz pianists have emerged from hotbeds like Detroit and Philadelphia—and how about Bishkek, in the seldom-noted former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan? Eldar Djangirov is a young and fearsome player who landed a
On Ilhan Ersahin
This review appears in the January 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions Night Rider (Nublu) By David R. Adler As founder of the club Nublu, tenor saxophonist Ilhan Ersahin has had a notable impact on live music in New York, increasing the creative traffic between jazz improvisers, beatmakers, world music bands and avant-gardists of
On Herculaneum
This review appears in the January 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Herculaneum UCHŪ (ind.) By David R. Adler On releases such as Orange Blossom, Herculaneum III and Olives and Orchids, the Chicago sextet Herculaneum fashioned a sound full of urgent, percolating rhythm and well-placed dissonance — a horn-heavy aesthetic with echoes of Blue Note’s ’60s avant-garde