Jazz
On the Industrial Jazz Group
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: Industrial Jazz GroupFri., Oct. 16, 7:55pm. $5. With Agent Moosehead, Gina Ferrera. Green Line Café, 4426 Locust St. 215.222.0799 www.industrialjazzgroup.com Soon after Keith Jarrett famously cursed out photographers in Italy, Andrew Durkin orchestrated the whole tirade for the singers and players of his acoustic 16-piece Industrial Jazz Group. That’s Durkin’s specialty: arch, knowing humor delivered
On Christian McBride
My feature on Christian McBride, in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer.
On Mark Weinstein & Omar Sosa
My review of Mark Weinstein & Omar Sosa’s Tales from the Earth, in the current Time Out New York. Sosa’s Afreecanos Quartet plays the Highline Ballroom this Sunday.
“Just a Guy Who Knows”
That’s the title of a documentary-in-progress about saxophonist Sonny Simmons. Trailer below. Dan Scofield and Mike Ercolini are seeking funding to expand it to feature-length from its current 21 minutes. I love the fact that Simmons doubles on English horn. His latest collaboration, with Norway’s Crimetime Orchestra, Atomic Symphony, is not to be missed. JUST A GUY WHO KNOWS trailer
The week on disc (54)
In case you missed the last one… Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge, The Comet’s Tail: Performing the Compositions of Michael Brecker (MAMA Records) Joris Teepe Big Band, We Take No Prisoners (Challenge) Digital Primitives, Hum Crackle & Pop (Hopscotch) Steve Davis, Eloquence (Jazz Legacy) Dafnis Prieto, Si O Si Quartet: Live at Jazz Standard NYC (Dafnison) Keith Jarrett, Testament
Philadelphia haps, cont’d.
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: EllipsisWed., Oct. 7, 9pm. $5. With Oud Blues. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 www.tritonebar.com Drummer Justin Leigh and pianist John Stenger head up Ellipsis, and their continuing residency at Tritone has entailed full-album renditions of Björk, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Jeff Buckley and others (first Wednesday every month, free downloadable sets at ellipsismakesmusic.com). But Ellipsis
Jazz vs. JALC?
This is old news by blogosphere standards, but my friend Larry Blumenfeld took heat recently for doing what advocates of progressive jazz aren’t supposed to do: write a positive piece about Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Patrick J. commented briefly on some of the ensuing flap, and I just gotta say: It’s hilarious to see Chris Rich rip
Six Picks: October 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, October 2009: Brad Dutz Quartet, Whimsical Excursion Boats (ind.) Gordon Grdina’s East Van Strings, The Breathing of Statues (Songlines) John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside) Joe Martin, Not By Chance (Anzic) Linda Oh Trio, Entry (ind.) Tyshawn Sorey, Koan (482 Music)