Jazz
On Danilo Perez
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Danilo PerezFri., Mar. 19, 8pm. With Somi. $26-$64. Kimmel Center, 260 South Broad St. 215.731.3333 www.kimmelcenter.org Pianist Danilo Perez has blazed a trail from his native Panama to the U.S. and beyond, amassing a lofty body of work with Wayne Shorter’s quartet, Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes and many others, to say nothing of his myriad
On Christian Scott
Patrick notes the mounting buzz over trumpeter Christian Scott and his forthcoming Yesterday You Said Tomorrow. I’m still getting to know the record, didn’t flip over it at first listen, but it’s clearly the work of someone with high skill and strong vision — exactly the sort of hip, relevant, advanced, forward-thinking music that Stuart Nicholson believes to exist only
The week on disc (67)
In case you missed the last one… Holly Hofmann & Bill Cunliffe, Three’s Company (Capri) André Matos, Quare (Inner Circle) Juhani Aaltonen Quartet, Conclusions (TUM) Scott DuBois, Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside) Brian Landrus, Forward (Cadence) Kyle Brenders, Ways (Porter)
On Pat Metheny
Apparently the April 2010 issue of JazzTimes is out, featuring my cover story on Pat Metheny. Teaser here.
On Dan Weiss
This review appears in the March 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Dan Weiss, Timshel (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler Drummer Dan Weiss made a promising trio debut in 2006 with Now Yes When, featuring pianist Jacob Sacks and bassist Thomas Morgan. Timshel, the follow-up, shows an impressive amount of growth for this lineup in the years since.
Six Picks: March 2010
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, March 2010: Daniel Blacksberg Trio, Bit Heads (NoBusiness) Matt Davis’s Aerial Photograph, Ways and Means (VanDolah) Orrin Evans, Faith In Action (Posi-Tone) Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit (Ninja Tune) Paul Meyers Quartet Featuring Frank Wess (Sunnyside) Paul Motian/Chris Potter/Jason Moran, Lost In a Dream (ECM)
Art Ensemble in Philly
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Art Ensemble of ChicagoSat., Mar. 6, 8pm. $20. International House, 3701 Chestnut St. 215.895.6546 www.arsnovaworkshop.org With their face paint and other onstage accoutrements, the Art Ensemble of Chicago was one of the splashier bands to come out of the mid-’60s milieu of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. “Great black music, ancient to
Jazz Scholarship: The Next Generation
The Jazz Journalists Association presents: “Jazz Scholarship: The Next Generation”A Jazz Matters panel Featuring Alex Rodriguez, “White and Blue: Alternate Takes on Jack Teagarden” Jared Negley, “Sweetness and Brutality: The Life and Music of Sonny Sharrock” Paul Brady, “Django Reinhardt the Jazz Musician: His Abilities, His Influence, His Legacy” David R. Adler, moderator The New School for Jazz and Contemporary