Music
New York @ Night: June 2011
In the June 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — From the first seconds of their show at Issue Project Room (May 5th), Starlicker sent pounding asymmetric rhythms and deft unison passages flooding into the boomy loft-like space in Gowanus. The trio’s members — cornetist Rob Mazurek, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, drummer John Herndon (of Tortoise) — hail from
Six Picks: June 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, June 2011: Stacy Dillard, Good and Bad Memories (Criss Cross) Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian, Live at Birdland (ECM) Orchestre National de Jazz/Daniel Yvinec, Shut Up and Dance (BEE Jazz) Matana Roberts, Live in London (Central Control) Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures with Organic Orchestra Strings, Both/And (Meta) Bobby Selvaggio, Grass
“Whenever I Call You Friend”
My little treatment of the Kenny Loggins/Stevie Nicks hit from 1978 (Loggins co-wrote it with Melissa Manchester). I recorded it to mark the April 30th wedding of my friends Susanna and David, but figured I’d send it out to all the lovers….
2011 JJA Jazz Awards
Details are shaping up nicely for the Jazz Awards on June 11th – Randy Weston, Wallace Roney and other top players are set to perform. Plus a special slate of “Jazz Heroes” awards. View the nominees and get your tickets!
Joe Lovano & Chris Potter in Philly
I had a rewarding onstage conversation last night with Joe Lovano, who came to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to premiere “Shimmers of Light,” an extended work inspired by the 1951 Ellsworth Kelly painting Seine (pictured at left). Joe and I recorded a podcast prior to the show as well — it’s downloadable free from iTunes. Joe was joined by
On Theo Croker
I have a very brief Q&A [pdf] with Florida-born, Shanghai-based trumpeter Theo Croker in the Spring-Summer 2011 edition of Fairmont Magazine (published in Canada).
Reviews: Angelica Sanchez, Feldman/Courvoisier
My review [pdf] of A Little House, Angelica Sanchez’s marvelous solo piano disc, is in the May 2011 issue of Stereophile. Here’s an older one [pdf], from the June 2010 Stereophile — a tandem review of Oblivia and To Fly To Steal, by Mark Feldman and Sylvie Courvoisier. Took a little while to get my hands on that issue.
The week on disc (91)
In case you missed the last one… Bill Frisell, Sign of Life (Savoy Jazz) Sunna Gunnlaugs, The Dream (ind.) Muhal Richard Abrams, SoundDance (Pi) Avram Fefer/Eric Revis/Chad Taylor, Eliyahu (NotTwo) Rodrigo Amado, Searching for Adam (NotTwo) Walt Weiskopf Quartet, Live (Capri)