Jazz
New York @ Night: March 2010
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — Following the success of In What Language? and Still Life with Commentator, pianist Vijay Iyer and poet Mike Ladd are developing another topical multimedia show with the provisional title “Holding It Down.” Their theme this time: the war-haunted dreams of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A work-in-progress performance at the HarlemStage Gatehouse (Feb.
Phil Freeman on Shipp
Phil Freeman has a lengthy piece about Matthew Shipp on the Burning Ambulance site. In the course of the article he takes a few misleading swipes at my recent JazzTimes feature [pdf], so I ought to correct the record. Affecting a high-road posture, Freeman tells us that he’ll no longer take the bait and print Shipp’s more virulent quotes, and
On Atomic
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: AtomicMon., Mar. 1, 8pm. $12. International House, 3701 Chestnut St. 215.895.6546 www.arsnovaworkshop.org Back in Philly after their late January gig with the sprawling Circulasione Totale Orchestra, bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love will join Swedish/Norwegian brethren Magnus Broo (trumpet), Fredrik Ljungkvist (reeds) and Håvard Wiik (piano) in the winning quintet known as Atomic.
The week on disc (66)
In case you missed the last one… Mike Olson, Incidental (Henceforth) Ralph Bowen, Due Reverence (Posi-Tone) Paul Kikuchi & Alexander Vittum, Tide Tables: Lost Birdsongs (Prefecture) Roberto Fonseca, Akokan (Justin Time) Michael Janisch, Purpose Built (Whirlwind) The Norrbotten Big Band, The Avatar Sessions: The Music of Tim Hagans (Fuzzy Music)
Philadelphia haps, cont’d.
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: 53 Stations/The ScriptorsWed., Feb. 17, 9pm-2am. $5. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 www.tritonebar.com Jazz has its titanic Ellingtons and Coltranes, but delving into material by such under-the-surface geniuses as Steve Lacy and Herbie Nichols can be just as all-consuming. The Wilmington quartet 53 Stations — saxophonist Jason Shapiro, trumpeter Bob Meashey, bassist Dylan Taylor and
The week on disc (65)
In case you missed the last one… Alex Hargreaves, Prelude (Adventure Music) Ian Carey Quintet, Contexualizin’ (Kabocha) Mario Adnet & Philippe Baden Powell, Afrosamba Jazz: The Music of Baden Powell (Adventure Music, 2009) Chris Icasiano & Neil Welch, Bad Luck (Belle) Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, Accomplish Jazz (Hot Cup) Frank Vignola, 100 Years of Django (Azica)
Iverson, Collier, Kelsey
~ In this remarkable post on Wayne Shorter, Ethan Iverson apologizes publicly to Matthew Shipp for words that I quoted in my recent JazzTimes feature on Shipp [pdf]. I want to thank Ethan for weighing in, but I also want to state for the record that my intention certainly wasn’t to put Ethan on the spot. I included the quote
On Kneebody
My preview of the four-night Kneebody residency at 45 Bleecker (Feb. 17-20), in the new Time Out New York. [Update: 45 Bleecker is not just a “series,” but a concert space. And the Kneebody shows take place next week, not “this week” as my preview states — I won’t go into TONY’s arcane calendar procedures, but the preview had to