New York
“Grit”
Yeah, I’m bothered by gentrification and all, but I agree with Jody Rosen: The glorification of crime-ridden ’70s New York has gotten out of hand. Rosen slaps James Wolcott: Evoking the possibility of a “second go-round of the 70s” this time with “those spiky glass buildings that have gone up in recent years … reflecting our own overreaching folly back
Use It
My dear friend Andee Hinds, guitarist/songwriter/performer extraordinaire and helmsman of Black Sugar Transmission, has just released a new EP called Use It, featuring Vernon Reid and other serious guests. BST played a killing show last night at Arlene’s Grocery to celebrate the EP. Here’s a video on the making of Use It, followed by my personal BST favorite, “Nine Butterflies,”
Vision panel, etc.
I’m on a panel at the Vision Festival this Friday, 5 p.m. Details here. The topic is art and politics. My fellow panelists are William Parker, Roy Campbell, Marc Ribot, Jason Gross, Amir Bey and Kidd Jordan. Moderated by journalist Nathalie Mattheiem. In addition, I’m playing an acoustic duo gig with my good friend Jon Dascal on July 9. Venue:
New York @ Night: June 2009
This month in All About Jazz-New York, reviews of Brad Mehldau’s trio at the Vanguard and Ray Drummond’s duos project at Tribeca PAC. Pianist Bill Mays, one of the Drummond participants, recently shared some video of himself with the late bassist Red Mitchell in the early ’80s. Absolutely captures the feeling of the old Bradley’s, as did Drummond’s show. (More
On Steve Lehman
My preview of Steve Lehman’s octet gig at Le Poisson Rouge (Mon., June 8), in the current Time Out New York.
On Rebecca Martin
My preview of Rebecca Martin at Joe’s Pub (May 31), in the current Time Out New York.
On Adam Rudolph
My preview of Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra (Roulette, May 25), in the current Time Out New York.
New York @ Night: May 2009
This month in All About Jazz-New York, reviews of Jamie Baum & Tomasz Stanko at Merkin Hall, and Pete Robbins/Nate Wooley/Daniel Levin/Jeff Davis at Le Grand Dakar.