My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, March 2014: Steve Cardenas, Melody in a Dream (Sunnyside) Eli Degibri, Twelve (Plus Loin) Jozef Dumoulin, A Fender Rhodes Solo (BEE Jazz) Vijay Iyer, Mutations (ECM) Mehliana, Taming the Dragon (Nonesuch) Catherine Russell, Bring It Back (Jazz Village)
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, April 2012: Josh Ginsburg, Zembla Variations (BJU) Billy Hart, All Our Reasons (ECM) Brad Mehldau Trio, Ode (Nonesuch) Michael Musillami Trio + 4, Mettle (Playscape) Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma) Ben Wendel, Frame (Sunnyside)
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)
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, June 2011: Stacy Dillard, Good and Bad Memories (Criss Cross) Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian, Live at Birdland (ECM) Orchestre National de Jazz/Daniel Yvinec, Shut Up and Dance (BEE Jazz) Matana Roberts, Live in London (Central Control) Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures with Organic Orchestra Strings, Both/And (Meta) Bobby Selvaggio, Grass
This review appears in the March 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record (formerly All About Jazz-New York). — Brad Mehldau Live in Marciac (Nonesuch) By David R. Adler Brad Mehldau’s 2010 release Highway Rider, a sweeping orchestral double-album, was muddled in some respects, but one thing was clear: It was hardly intended as a bravura piano showcase.