Music
The week on disc (42)
In case you missed the last one… Venissa Santí, Bienvenida (Sunnyside) Barney McAll, Flashbacks (ind.) Noah Baerman Trio, Bliss (Lemel) Jordi Rossy Trio, Wicca (Fresh Sound New Talent) Stacy Dillard, One (Smalls) Brian Blade, Mama Rosa (Verve Forecast)
On Scott Feiner
This review appears in the May 2009 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Scott Feiner & Pandeiro JazzDois Mundos (Biscoito Fino) David R. Adler What has native New Yorker and former guitarist Scott Feiner been doing in Rio de Janeiro since 2001? He’s been playing the tambourine-like pandeiro, developing it as a viable jazz instrument, leading an ensemble —
On Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.
This review appears in the May 2009 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Numinous: The Music of Joseph C. Phillips, Jr.Vipassana (Innova) David R. Adler Composer-conductor Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. has a way of making his ensemble, Numinous, sound even larger than its 25 pieces. Of the three wind players, Ed Xiques has it the easiest, playing five different
Six Picks: May 2009
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, May 2009: Diego Barber, Calima (Sunnyside) Nathan Eklund, Trip to the Casbah (Jazz Excursion) Julian Lage, Sounding Point (Decca/Emarcy) Joe Lovano’s US Five, Folk Art (Blue Note) Akiko Pavolka & House of Illusion, Trust Aqua (Tone of a Pitch) Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse, Cries from Tha
On Branford Marsalis
My review of Metamorphosen by the Branford Marsalis Quartet, in the current Time Out New York. Branford is at Jazz Standard May 5-10.
On Reptet/Kevin Valentine
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: ReptetMon., May 4, 8pm. $10. Chris’s Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131 www.chrisjazzcafe.com The six-piece troupe from Seattle posts plenty of video at reptet.com — a good move for a band this much into masks, funny hats and so on. It’s a jokey, visual experience but the music has a core seriousness. Drummer John Ewing,
Learn a song, own a song
A commenter asks if I’m serious about one of my favorite song picks at Normblog. One hundred percent serious. Video below. Check the Wurlitzer comping at the start of the B section. The way the backing vocals outline the ravishing modulations. The guy rocking the tambourine. But let’s also admit the clarinet is sharp on the intro and the bass
On Chris Potter/The Thing
In the current Philadelphia Weekly: Chris Potter UndergroundThu., Apr. 23, 8 & 10pm. $25. Chris’s Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. 215.568.3131 www.chrisjazzcafe.com With Underground (2006) and Follow the Red Line (2007), saxophonist Chris Potter took an unusual step, leading a quartet with solidbody guitar, Fender Rhodes piano and no bass — a Doors-ish instrumentation that accommodated new turns in advanced