Music
The week on disc (10)
In case you missed the last one… Jill Scott, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Vol. 3 (Hidden Beach): I don’t much care for “Hate on Me,” which lacks the harmonic interest of Scott’s best work, and at first I was put off by the simplified Mahavishnu sample on the title track. But the album gets under your skin and
On Keith Jarrett
My cover story [pdf] on Keith Jarrett appears in the January/February issue of Jazz Times, now on newsstands. Does he talk about the Umbria flap? Oh yes he does.
Six Picks: January 2008
Happy New Year! My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, January 2008: Andy Bey, Ain’t Necessarily So (12th Street) Chris Gestrin, After the City Has Gone: Quiet (Songlines) Frank Kimbrough, Air (Palmetto)Moutin Reunion Quartet, Sharp Turns (Blujazz) Tyshawn Sorey, That/Not (Firehouse 12) Daniel Yvinec, The Lost Crooners (BEE Jazz)
On Mickey Roker
My review of Mickey Roker at Ortlieb’s, in today’s Inquirer.
Critical Improv Intensive
My piece about the “Improvisation, Community and Social Practice” initiative, a pioneering seven-year study funded by the Canadian government, is now online at NewMusicBox.org.
On Sonny Fortune
My review of Sonny Fortune’s Saturday gig at Chris’s Jazz Cafe, in today’s Inquirer.
Year in Review 2007
It’s a rough estimate but I’ve listened to some 700 CDs this year. I’ve attended nearly 200 live performances. Again I’ll point you toward my top-ten list at the JJA website (other members’ lists here), and my cumulative Six Picks for the year. But I’m taking this opportunity to add additional titles, list my top shows and throw in other
On Tigran Hamasyan
My review of pianist Tigran Hamasyan at the Sunside club, in Paris, is now up at JazzTimes.com.