Music
The week on disc (8)
In case you missed the last one… Bob DeVos, Playing for Keeps (Savant) Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits, In Case You Missed It (Jazzheads) Supersilent 8 (Rune Grammofon) David Hazeltine, The Inspiration Suite (Sharp Nine) Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii, Minamo (Henceforth) Harry Whitaker, Thoughts (Past and Present) (Smalls)
On Edmar Castaneda
My feature on Edmar Castaneda, virtuoso of the jazz Colombian harp, in the current Philadephia Weekly. Edmar plays the Museum of Art on Friday.
On Fred Hersch
My review of Fred Hersch’s Saturday show at the Painted Bride, in today’s Inquirer. P.S. – Dig the linked ads for Amex wedding rewards on the word “Bride,” and for Intel Centrino processors on the word “music.” Welcome to sponsored arts criticism, 2007. I don’t know who’s responsible, this odd middleman entity philly.com or the Inquirer itself. At least they
The week on disc (7)
In case you missed the last one… Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM): You could get a contact high from this thing. Pure Mwandishi-era magic, easily one of the top reissues of 2007. Sam Newsome, Monk Abstractions (self-released): Solo soprano sax musings, in the tradition of the late Steve Lacy. Sam has an illuminating essay about the project
Those crazy Leonharts
Went to hear my dear friend Jamie Leonhart at Joe’s Pub last month; happy to learn that there’s video of “Satisfy Your Soul,” my second-favorite tune from her forthcoming Sunnyside debut, The Truth About Suffering. And here’s something really cracked from the mind of husband Michael Leonhart, the man at the piano who wrote Jamie’s marvelous arrangements.
Six Picks: November 2007
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York, November 2007: Hubert Dupont, Spider’s Dance (Ultrabolic) Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters (Verve) Steve Lehman, On Meaning (Pi)Evan Parker/John Edwards/Chris Corsano, A Glancing Blow (Clean Feed) Rufus Reid Quintet, Live at the Kennedy Center (Motema) John Surman, The Spaces In Between (ECM)
New in Jazz Times
My tandem review of Chris Potter’s new discs, Song for Anyone and Follow the Red Line: Live at the Village Vanguard (Sunnyside), in the November issue of Jazz Times. I also have a short feature [pdf] on drummer David King and his Minneapolis trio Happy Apple.
On Charles Lloyd
My review of Charles Lloyd’s Saturday show at Montgomery County Community College, in today’s Inquirer.