New York
New York @ Night: April 2009
This month in All About Jazz-New York, reviews of Edward Simon at the Vanguard and the SFJazz Collective at the Allen Room.
On FLY
My feature on FLY (Jeff Ballard/Mark Turner/Larry Grenadier) is in the current Time Out New York. FLY plays the Jazz Standard April 9-12. I am forced to point out that the following grammatical error: “A reluctant leader, his four-album stint on Warner Bros ended in 2001, …” is not mine.
Jules at 21
The first time I heard guitarist Julian Lage, he was playing a duet with his mentor, the great Gary Burton, at the 2004 Newport Jazz Festival. Pretty good for 16. I assumed he was some European prodigy. Only later did I learn that this was the kid from “Jules at Eight,” a 1996 documentary that focused on Julian’s music studies
On Jamie Baum & Tomasz Stanko
My preview of the Jamie Baum/Tomasz Stanko double bill (Merkin Hall, Sat. April 4), in the current Time Out New York.
Live standouts
Having just published a feature on the Bad Plus, I wanted to add a word about pianist Ethan Iverson’s wonderful trio gig at Smalls, with Ben Street on bass and the great Albert “Tootie” Heath on drums (Philly in the house). It was great to hear Ethan play straight bebop — “Hot House,” “Now’s the Time,” “A Night In Tunisia”
On Freddie Redd
My preview of 80-year-old pianist Freddie Redd — making a rare East Coast appearance this weekend at Smalls — in the current Time Out New York.
On David Sanchez
My preview of tenor saxophonist David (“dah-VEED”) Sanchez — at the Village Vanguard through Sunday — in the current Time Out New York. [Update: Go here for audio of Sanchez’s first set, opening night — completely out of this world.]
On Daniel Kelly
My review of Daniel Kelly’s solo piano disc Portal, in the current Time Out New York. Daniel plays solo at The Stone this Sunday, March 15.