The New York City Jazz Record
New York @ Night: January 2013
Happy New Year again! From the January 2013 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — As a student of Lennie Tristano and a noted colleague of Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh, tenor saxophonist Ted Brown provides a living link to the Tristano school — an intriguing area in jazz history, somewhere in the interstices between bop and “cool.”
Six Picks: January 2013
Happy New Year! My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, January 2013: Michaël Attias, Spun Tree (Clean Feed) Avishai Cohen, Triveni II (Anzic) Hal Galper Trio, Airegin Revisited (Origin) Jon Irabagon’s Outright!, Unhinged (Irabbagast) Reggie Quinerly, Music Inspired by Freedmantown (Redefinition) Sonic Liberation Front, Jetway Confidential (High Two)
On Dave King
This review appears in the December 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Dave King I’ve Been Ringing You (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler Trios loom large in drummer Dave King’s career: consider two of his best-known musical endeavors, the Bad Plus and Happy Apple. The piano, too, is central to King’s identity as a player and
New York @ Night: December 2012
From the December 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt’s quintet, arguably one of the strongest working bands in jazz, has held together long enough to record four albums: November, Men of Honor, The Talented Mr. Pelt and this year’s Soul. There were new faces onstage, however, when Pelt arrived for a special birthday
Six Picks: December 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, December 2012: Jeff Davis, Leaf House (Fresh Sound New Talent) David Gilmore, Numerology: Live at Jazz Standard (Evolutionary Music) Frank Kimbrough Trio, Live at Kitano (Palmetto) Bill McHenry, La Peur du Vide (Sunnyside) Kurt Rosenwinkel, Star of Jupiter (Wommusic) Jacques Schwarz-Bart Quartet, The Art of Dreaming
New York @ Night: November 2012
From the November 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — An announcer at Town Hall (Oct. 12) erred when he introduced the night’s marquee act as the Pat Metheny Group. It was in fact the Pat Metheny Unity Band, with Chris Potter on reeds, Ben Williams on upright bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums. Winding down a
Six Picks: November 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, November 2012: Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Live (ECM) Michael Blake, In the Grand Scheme of Things (Songlines) Dan Block, Duality (Miles High) George Cables, My Muse (HighNote) Dave King, I’ve Been Ringing You (Sunnyside) Angelica Sanchez Quintet, Wires & Moss (Clean Feed)
Year of the Snake
This review appears in the October 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Fly Year of the Snake (ECM) By David R. Adler From its eponymous Savoy debut in 2004 to its ECM breakthrough Sky & Country in 2009, the collaborative trio Fly has never lacked for spontaneity, compositional depth and fully rounded musicianship. But with Year