The New York City Jazz Record
Six Picks: December 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, December 2011: Rez Abbasi’s Invocation, Suno Suno (Enja) Greg Burk Trio, The Path Here (482 Music) Michael Cain, Solo (Native Drum) Kevin Hays, Variations (Pirouet) Dan Tepfer, Goldberg Variations/Variations (Sunnyside) Anthony Wilson, Seasons: Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Goat Hill)
Six Picks: November 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, November 2011: The Claudia Quintet + 1, What Is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform) Amir ElSaffar, Inana (Pi) Joel Frahm Quartet, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays & Patrick Zimmerli, Modern Music (Nonesuch) Ted Rosenthal Trio, Out of This World (Playscape) Tony Malaby’s Novela (Clean Feed)
Six Picks: October 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2011: Uri Caine Trio, Siren (Winter & Winter) Harris Eisenstadt, September Trio (Clean Feed) Greenleaf Portable Series, Vol. 2: Orange Afternoons (Greenleaf) Clay Jenkins Quartet, Good Signs (Jazz Compass) Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari, Tree of Life (Half Note) Tyshawn Sorey, Oblique – I (Pi)
Six Picks: September 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, September 2011: Jimmy Amadie Trio, Something Special (TPR) Armen Donelian, Leapfrog (Sunnyside) John Escreet, The Age We Live In (Mythology) Jeff Fairbanks’ Project Hansori, Mulberry Street (BJU) Dave King Trucking Company, Good Old Light (Sunnyside) Nelson Veras, Rouge Sur Blanc (BEE Jazz)
Caramoor Jazz Festival 2011
This review appears in the September 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Caramoor Jazz Festival Katonah, New York August 5-7, 2011 By David R. Adler On paper, this year’s Caramoor Jazz Festival stood up nicely against the more extensive offerings the same weekend at Newport. Friday evening belonged to one group only, pianist Renee Rosnes and
On Eric Harland, Owen Howard
This review appears in the August 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Eric Harland, Voyager: Live By Night (Space Time/Sunnyside) Owen Howard, Drum Lore (BJU) By David R. Adler There’s no one way for a drummer-bandleader to approach a recording project, and these two highly dissimilar outings make it plain. Eric Harland, one of today’s most celebrated
On Aaron Goldberg/Guillermo Klein
This review appears in the August 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein Bienestan (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler As pianists, Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein couldn’t be less alike. Goldberg is a leading virtuoso soloist of our day. Klein’s chops are far more modest, and his main artistic canvas is his extraordinary
New York @ Night: August 2011
In the August 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — To this point, guitarist Rez Abbasi has focused overwhelmingly on original material, and although his work could be said to sit within the modernist mainstream of jazz, he’s spent little time in public playing standard tunes. That changed when he appeared in a trio setting with bassist Johannes