Music
The week on disc (60)
In case you missed the last one… Nobuyasu Furuya Trio, Bendowa (Clean Feed) Ben Wendel/Harish Raghavan/Nate Wood, ACT (BJU) Yulia Musayelyan Quartet, Caminos (ind.) (Another) Nuttree Quartet (Liebman/Abercrombie/Anderson/Nussbaum), Something Sentimental (Kind of Blue) Bill Dixon, Tapestries for Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12) Jeb Patton, New Strides (MaxJazz)
No Intention
So few instruments, so much music. Hat tip Ben Ratliff:
The decade in jazz, 2000-2009
The decade now ending happens to have been my first spent as a jazz critic (I started in 1999). So the simplest way to encapsulate my view is just to point to some of the things I’ve done. My 2001 New York Times piece [pdf] on the resurgence of the Fender Rhodes — apart from my error in crediting Dave
New York @ Night: December 2009
In this month’s All About Jazz-New York: reviews of Mulgrew Miller’s Wingspan and the Jesse Stacken-Kirk Knuffke duo.
On Rick Iannacone
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: Rick IannaconeMon., Dec. 21, 8pm. With Birds for Arms. Tritone, 1508 South St. 215.545.0475 www.tritonebar.com Rick Iannacone could be called Philadelphia’s answer to Marc Ribot — a guitarist with an avant-jazz skill set and a rocker’s heart, mischievously fusing high-art harmony and unbridled skronk. A true Philly original, Iannacone left a void with his recent
Jack Rose
Of all the fascinating musicians I encountered while living in Philadelphia, I never had the joy of hearing Jack Rose, who tragically passed away earlier this month. Rose explored “post-Takoma, American primitive guitar,” with blues, Indian classical and minimalist influences. I’m listening to his forthcoming, now sadly posthumous Thrill Jockey release Luck in the Valley. It’s wonderful, and a fitting
Jazz impressions 2009
~ If you liked Vijay Iyer’s version of Julius Hemphill’s “Dogon A.D.” from Historicity, check out the one from Things Have Got to Change, by Marty Ehrlich’s Rites Quartet. Reeds, trumpet, cello and drums as opposed to piano trio. Different angles and colors. ~ If you liked FLY’s Sky & Country, don’t miss Diego Barber’s Calima, featuring the young nylon-string
On Tom Lawton & Orrin Evans
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: Tom LawtonFri., Dec. 11, 9pm. $10. Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St. 215.735.9600 www.moonstoneartscenter.org Courtesy of the Lucky Old Souls series and an American Composers Forum grant, pianist Tom Lawton will give the first public performance of “Seven Vignettes from Broad and Lombard,” a trio suite featuring bassist Josh Machiz and drummer Alex Maio.