Music
Six Picks: November 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, November 2009: Gerald Clayton, Two-Shade (ArtistShare) Graham Dechter, Right On Time (Capri) Anne Drummond, Like Water (ObliqSound) Terell Stafford-Dick Oatts Quintet, Bridging the Gap (Planet Arts) Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID, This Brings Us To, Volume 1 (Pi Recordings) Miguel Zenón, Esta Plena (Marsalis Music)
Philadelphia haps, cont’d.
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: George Burton QuartetFri., Oct. 30, 8pm. $10. Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus, 847 N. 3rd St. 215.922.1035 www.ortliebsjazzhaus.com If you stopped into Tritone last year for one of Matt Davis’ enchanting gigs with Aerial Photograph, you may have seen George Burton playing viola and playing it well. But Burton is in fact a hot contender on piano, and
The week on disc (56)
In case you missed the last one… Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things, About Us (482 Music) Old Dog (Louis Belogenis/Karl Berger/Michael Bisio/Warren Smith), By Any Other Name (Porter) Eddie Harris & Ellis Marsalis, Homecoming (Elm Classics) Father Figures, Father Finger Food (ind.) Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio, Reflections (Wommusic) Stefano Bollani Trio, Stone in the Water (ECM)
The week on disc (55)
In case you missed the last one… David Binney & Alan Ferber, In the Paint (Posi-Tone) SFJazz Collective, Live 2009: The Works of McCoy Tyner (SFJazz Records) Joe Morris, Colorfield (ESP-Disk’) Ben Monder & Bill McHenry, Bloom (Blue Music Group) Harris Eisenstadt, Canada Day (Clean Feed) Joey DeFrancesco, Snapshot (HighNote)
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