Jazz
On Alex Sipiagin
As I’ve mentioned, I just completed liner notes for Generations, Alex Sipiagin’s forthcoming quartet release on Criss Cross. It’s a tribute to Woody Shaw that, among other things, challenges the idea that tribute albums are necessarily safe and backward-looking things. But don’t take it from me — hear the music when it’s out, and check out the original Shaw source
Philadelphia haps, cont’d.
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Jean-Michel Pilc Sat., Apr. 17, 8 & 10pm. $20. Chris’ Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131 www.chrisjazzcafe.com Forget the piano — Jean-Michel Pilc can whistle a better bebop solo than many players could hope to execute on their horns. At the keyboard Pilc can be frightening, a master of the trio idiom who’ll turn an
On Radif Suite
My review of Radif Suite, by Amir ElSaffar and Hafez Modirzadeh, in the new Time Out New York. See my previous post on the music.
The week on disc (69)
In case you missed the last one… Scott Fields Ensemble, Fugu (Clean Feed) Sei Miguel, Esfíngico: Suite for a Jazz Combo (Clean Feed) Torben Waldorff, American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare) Aaron Goldberg, Home (Sunnyside) David Liebman Trio with Jesse van Ruller, Lieb Plays Weill (Challenge, 2009) Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy, Bien Sur! (Fresh Sound-World Jazz)
On Adam Rudolph
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Adam Rudolph’s Moving PicturesFri., Apr. 9, 8pm. $25 ($12.50 members). Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. 215.925.9914 www.paintedbride.org Adam Rudolph describes the percussion and woodwind implements of his musical world as “membranophones,” “idiophones” and “aerophones.” The rhythmic language of his mammoth Go:Organic Orchestra he calls “cyclic verticalism.” This is heady systematized stuff, thick with
On Tomasz Stanko
An edited version of this review appears in the April 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Tomasz Stanko, Dark Eyes (ECM) By David R. Adler Much of trumpeter Tomasz Stanko’s output in the ’00s featured his countrymen Marcin Wasilewski on piano, Slawomir Kurkiewicz on bass and Michal Miskiewicz on drums. Dark Eyes is a departure — the first
On Dave Holland
This review appears in the April 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Dave Holland Octet, Pathways (Dare2) By David R. Adler Bassist Dave Holland’s main creative vehicle has long been the Dave Holland Quintet, but in recent years he’s launched a number of other groups, tweaking and expanding instrumentation while preserving something of the quintet’s signature sound. On
April Fools’ Day
What to post, what to post … ah, Peter Hum (via Jon McCaslin) knows just what to post.