Jazz
New York @ Night: January 2011
From the January 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York: — Having won the 2010 Thelonious Monk Competition, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant was first to appear in the Tribeca Performing Arts Center’s annual “Monk In Motion” finalists’ showcase (Dec. 4). The Miami-born, French-American Salvant has a thing for choice old repertoire — the Bessie Smith vehicles “You’ve Got to Give
The week on disc (84)
And that’ll be my final post of 2010. I hope to make this blog much more active in 2011, so keep your eyes here. In case you missed the last one… Many Arms, Missing Time (Engine) Lucian Ban & John Hébert, Enesco Reimagined (Sunnyside) Barry Romberg’s Random Access, The Gods Must Be Smiling (Romhog) Tony Malaby’s Tamarindo Live (Clean Feed)
JJA Conference, January 7-11
Check the schedule and location details, and register! I’ll be speaking on a panel January 8, 2-4 p.m.
New Ghost rescheduled
The show I posted about here was rescheduled on account of the snow. It’s Sat., Jan. 8 at 10 p.m. at The Triumph Brewery, 117 Chestnut St. in Old City, Philadelphia. I don’t believe Ottokar will be appearing.
The Village Voice Annual Jazz Poll, 2010
I merely participated. Francis Davis organized it, and did the hard, consequential work of extracting meaning from the results.
On Trudy Pitts
My homage to the late organist/pianist Trudy Pitts, in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer.
New Ghost & Ottokar
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: New Ghost & Ottokar Sun., Dec. 26, 9:30pm. $5. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 www.tritonebar.com Elliott Levin, shaggily bearded saxophonist and flutist, is a one-man Philadelphia institution — a creature of ’70s free jazz above all, but compulsively adaptable, playing every room in town with DJs, Balkan bands, performance artists and who knows who. Levin
The week on disc (83)
In case you missed the last one… Tim Motzer & Markus Reuter, Descending (1k) Aram Shelton Quartet, These Times (Singlespeed) Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly, Empathetic Parts (482 Music) Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast, It Would Be Easier If (Intuition) Andrew Rathbun, The Idea of North (SteepleChase) Phronesis, Alive (Edition)