My review of Radif Suite, by Amir ElSaffar and Hafez Modirzadeh, in the new Time Out New York. See my previous post on the music.
My preview of the upcoming Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu duo concert (Mar. 24), in this week’s Time Out New York.
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — Following the success of In What Language? and Still Life with Commentator, pianist Vijay Iyer and poet Mike Ladd are developing another topical multimedia show with the provisional title “Holding It Down.” Their theme this time: the war-haunted dreams of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. A work-in-progress performance at the HarlemStage Gatehouse (Feb.
My preview of the four-night Kneebody residency at 45 Bleecker (Feb. 17-20), in the new Time Out New York. [Update: 45 Bleecker is not just a “series,” but a concert space. And the Kneebody shows take place next week, not “this week” as my preview states — I won’t go into TONY’s arcane calendar procedures, but the preview had to
In the new All About Jazz-New York: — When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze” Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he’s probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at Birdland (Jan. 5), completing his lineup with George Colligan
David Hajdu’s NYT Magazine profile of pianist Fred Hersch, that is. I did an “@Home” profile on Fred for JazzTimes some years ago — I don’t have the pdf scanned but I’ll work on that. The photographer was late, so Fred and I sat and talked in his kitchen for quite a while. Since then, every time I’ve seen him
Almost a year ago I posted on the remarkable young guitarist Julian Lage, noting his leaps-and-bounds improvement since working with Gary Burton as a teen. Well, Lage is at the Blue Note through Saturday with violinist Mark O’Connor and bassist John Patitucci, playing unamplified guitar in a string band that combines the best of O’Connor’s “Hot Swing” group and his
So few instruments, so much music. Hat tip Ben Ratliff: