Music

In case you missed the last one… Chris Potter Underground, Ultrahang (ArtistShare) Miroslav Vitous Group with Michel Portal, Remembering Weather Report (ECM) John Hebert, Byzantine Monkey (Firehouse 12) Sebastiaan Cornelissen, U-Turn (Abstract Logix) Jacám Manricks, Labryinth (Manricks Music) Matt Wilson Quartet, That’s Gonna Leave a Mark (Palmetto)

Something I noticed about “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love” and “Then Came You” by the Spinners, a staple of my AM radio childhood in the late ’70s. A bit of music theory/criticism on a Thursday afternoon… Quick PS: “Then Came You” also has the same passing chord, F/A, corresponding to the G/B in the other song. A detail

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My preview of pianist Bill Carrothers at the Village Vanguard (now through Sunday), in the current Time Out New York. [Correction: Drummer Dre Pallemaerts is Belgian, not Danish. I regret the error.]

In this week’s Philadelphia Weekly: Michael SzekelySun., July 19, 8:30pm. $5. With Mike Lorenz, Scott Verrastro & Anthony Pirog, George Korein & The Spleen. Gojjo, 4540 Baltimore Ave. 215.238.1236 www.scifiphilly.com Drummer Mike Szekely belongs to an ambitious new generation of Philly players, who make their homes in free jazz but tend to branch out with ease and authority. An alum

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In case you missed the last one… Josh Berman, Old Idea (Delmark) Sam Yahel, Hometown (Posi-Tone) Henning Sieverts Symmetry, Blackbird (Pirouet) Pascal Niggenkemper Trio, Pasàpas (Konnex) Mika Pohjola, Still Alive (Blue Music Group) Andrew Green, Narrow Margin (Microphonic)

In the current Philadelphia Weekly: Edgar Bateman-Julian Pressley DuoFri., July 10, 9pm. $10. With Yolanda Wisher & Mark Palacio. Moonstone Arts Center, 110 S. 13th St. 215.735.9600 www.moonstoneartscenter.org Philly has its historic jazz titans, but let’s not forget workhorses like drummer Edgar Bateman and saxophonist Julian Pressley, who still exert a subterranean influence, setting an example for every questing young

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This month in All About Jazz-New York: reviews of Bill Mobley and the Smoke Big Band, and Jane Ira Bloom at the Tea Lounge (as part of June’s Bloom Festival).

Let me preface the video below by saying I’m not a real singer, but I don’t let that stop me from investigating songs like the Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes,” which Jane Krakowski tried to sing in a Michael McDonald voice the other night on “30 Rock.” (McDonald actually co-wrote it with Kenny Loggins.) It made me want to

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