Tag: Bill Carrothers

5
Dec

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

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2
Jul

Six Picks: July 2012

My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2012: Bill Carrothers, Family Life (Pirouet) Darius Jones, Book of Mae’bul: Another Kind of Sunrise (Aum Fidelity) Branford Marsalis Quartet, Four MF’s Playing Tunes (Marsalis Music) Bob Mintzer Big Band, For the Moment (MCG) Aruán Ortiz, Santiarican Blues Suite (Sunnyside) Jesse Stacken, Bagatelles for Trio

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