Music
The week on disc (25)
In case you missed the last one… Glenn White, Sacred Machines (OA2): Smoking, evocative originals by the tenor saxophonist and a quintet (sometimes sextet). Produced by David Binney. The second horn is Jamie Baum’s flute — a refreshing twist. Roberta Piket, Gary Wang, Jeff Hirshfield and Patrick Hay play forcefully and beautifully. David Murray & Mal Waldron, Silence (Justin Time):
On S.M.V.
My review of S.M.V. (Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten) at the Keswick Theatre, in today’s Inquirer.
Heading back
[A shorter, modified version of this statement will appear in the Fall 2008 edition of Jazz Notes, the quarterly journal of the Jazz Journalists Association.] New York remains an unparalleled cultural mecca, but there’s really something to be said for getting out of town. In April 2007, for reasons pertaining to marriage, I moved to Philadelphia, immersing myself in another
The week on disc (24)
In case you missed the last one… George Colligan, Runaway (Sunnyside) Danilo Pérez, Across the Crystal Sea (EmArcy) Roy Hargrove Quintet, Earfood (EmArcy/Groovin’ High) Rebecca Martin, The Growing Season (Sunnyside) Uri Caine Ensemble, The Othello Syndrome (Winter & Winter) Wolfert Brederode Quartet, Currents (ECM)
King Crimson at 40
One of the most short-sighted things I’ve ever done was a big vinyl purge, years ago, necessitated by moving but costing me some great mid-’70s Judas Priest, every Rush album and too much else to think about. It says something, however, that I kept all 12 of my King Crimson records. The band and I are both 40 this year.
Return to Forever PS
The show in Philly was … wow, loud. It all comes down to Chick Corea. His playing was phenomenal, across all keyboards. The harmonic subtlety of that music is thanks largely to him. There were a couple too many moments of simultaneous bass-and-guitar shredding — good for getting peoples’ fists in the air but not very deep. Yet there were also times
The week on disc (23)
In case you missed the last one… Noah Preminger, Dry Bridge Road (Nowt) Gaetano Partipilo, The Right Place (EmArcy/Universal) Larry Willis, The Offering (HighNote) Arrive, Live at Elastic (Singlespeed) Brad Mehldau Trio, Live (Nonesuch) Bill O’Connell, Triple Play (Savant)
On the Yohimbe Brothers
My review of the Yohimbe Brothers (Vernon Reid/DJ Logic) at the North Star Bar, in today’s Inquirer.