Jazz
Friending, Tending, Trending
Part two of my contribution to Nate Chinen’s blog-athon at The Gig.
Notes From the Woodshed
My first entry in the Nate Chinen 2010 blog-a-thon is now up, following worthy postings by Chris Barton, Shaun Brady and Jennifer Odell.
Nate Chinen’s year-end rap session
My good friend Nate Chinen has kicked off his second annual year-in-review blog chat — this time featuring me, Chris Barton, Shaun Brady, Jennifer Odell and of course Nate himself, whose inaugural post is here. My first response comes later this week (we’ll each be doing two, I believe).
Dave Holland & Mario Pavone in Philly
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Dave Holland Big Band Sat., Dec. 11, 7 & 9pm. $25. Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. 215.925.9914 www.paintedbride.org A major force in jazz since his late ’60s apprenticeship with electric-era Miles Davis, bassist Dave Holland has devoted much of the last decade to his fiery quintet. But on What Goes Around (2002) and
Six Picks: December 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, December 2010: Luis Bonilla, Twilight (Planet Arts) Avishai Cohen, Introducing Triveni (Anzic) Patrick Cornelius, Fierce (Whirlwind) Benoît Delbecq, Circles and Calligrams (Songlines) Herculaneum, Olives and Orchids (EF) SFJazz Collective, Live 2010: The Works of Horace Silver (SFJazz)
On Geri Allen
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Geri Allen & Timeline Sat., Dec. 4, 7:30pm. $32-$38. Kimmel Center, 260 South Broad St. 215.731.3333 www.kimmelcenter.org Hailing from the hard-bop capital of Detroit, pianist Geri Allen has always made a point of stretching jazz’s parameters, from her early work with Steve Coleman and Charlie Haden to her ’90s duo and quartet summits with the
JJA year in review and more
The Jazz Journalists Association has begun posting members’ top picks for 2010. If you’re a member, log in and post your own! My list is here. Secondly, the JJA has launched a video-journalism initiative called “eyeJAZZ,” with support from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Details are here — and read about the first eyeJAZZ video entries
The week on disc (82)
In case you missed the last one… Jason Robinson and Anthony Davis, Cerulean Landscape (Clean Feed) Dan Tepfer Trio, Five Pedals Deep (Sunnyside) Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory, Far Side (ECM) Ryan Cohan, Another Look (Motéma) Mario Pavone, Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po (Playscape) Charlie Hunter, Public Domain (ind.)