Music

My preview of the Five Peace Band (Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Brian Blade at Rose Hall Thursday through Saturday), in the current Time Out New York.

Bear with the bad lighting at the start of this video. One of his finest compositions, and performances. Every single-note passage is completely demonic. He inspires me still; thought I’d share.

In case you missed the last one… Gypsy Schaeffer, New Album (PeaceTime) Jay Epstein (with Anthony Cox & Bill Carrothers), Long Ago (Igmod) Sean Jones, The Search Within (Mack Avenue) Paul Dunmall Sun Quartet, Ancient and Future Airs (Clean Feed) Scott Reeves Quintet, Shape Shifter: Live at Cecil’s (Miles High) Miles Okazaki, Generations (Sunnyside)

My previews of Jeremy Pelt (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Apr. 17) and Curtis Hasselbring’s The New Mellow Edwards (The Rotunda, Apr. 16), in the current Philadelphia Weekly.

This month in All About Jazz-New York, reviews of Edward Simon at the Vanguard and the SFJazz Collective at the Allen Room.

My preview of Big Monday (Tritone, April 13), in the current Philadelphia Weekly.

My story [pdf] on John Hollenbeck’s “Big Ears” residency at the Painted Bride, Philadelphia, in the May 2009 issue of Jazz Times. Note: The photo shows Hollenbeck’s Large Ensemble, not the Philadelphia “Big Ears” band, as the caption states. [Update: It’s still wrong in the mag, but the pdf is now fixed.]

In case you missed the last one… One for All, Return of the Lineup (Sharp Nine) Denman Maroney Quintet, Udentity (Clean Feed) Ton Trio, The Way (Singlespeed) John Hollenbeck, Rainbow Jimmies (GPE) Alex Sipiagin, Mirages (Criss Cross) The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings (Fantasy/Concord)