Tag: Craig Taborn
Six Picks: April 2014
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, April 2014: Diego Barber & Craig Taborn, Tales (Sunnyside) Digital Primitives, Lipsomuch (Hopscotch) Billy Hart Quartet, One Is the Other (ECM) Tom Rainey, Obbligato (Intakt) Pete Robbins, Pyramid (Hate Laugh) Ton Trio II, On and On (Singlespeed)
On Mario Pavone
This review appears in the November 2013 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Mario Pavone Arc Trio (Playscape) By David R. Adler Recorded live at Cornelia Street Café in February 2013, Arc Trio finds veteran bassist Mario Pavone in turbulent waters with Craig Taborn on piano and Gerald Cleaver on drums. These aren’t some random sidemen: Taborn and Cleaver
Six Picks: June 2013
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, June 2013: Secret Keeper (Stephan Crump & Mary Halvorson), Super Eight (Intakt) Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense, Moment & The Message (Pi) Will Martina, Modular Living By Design (ind.) Sean Moran Small Elephant Band, Tusk (NCM East) Cécile McLorin Salvant, WomanChild (Mack Avenue) Craig Taborn Trio,
New York @ Night: May 2012
From the May 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — Pianist Craig Taborn has gigged with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Gerald Cleaver for a number of years, but it took the trio all this time finally to play New York. The late Saturday set at the Village Vanguard (April 7) moved from deep abstraction and stillness to
Six Picks: July 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2011: Chris Dingman, Waking Dreams (Between Worlds) Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott, Ninety Miles (Concord Picante) Pat Metheny, What’s It All About (Nonesuch) Jochen Rueckert, Somewhere Meeting Nobody (Pirouet) Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM) David Weiss & Point of Departure, Snuck Out (Sunnyside)
On Gerald Cleaver
This review appears in the March 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — Gerald Cleaver’s Uncle June Be It As I See It (Fresh Sound New Talent) By David R. Adler It’s scarcely an exaggeration to say that drummer Gerald Cleaver can play everything: from the down-the-middle postbop of Jeremy Pelt to the free-blowing fury of Charles
On Scott Colley
This review appears in the February 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Scott Colley, Empire (CAM Jazz) By David R. Adler The title Empire could lead one to think that bassist Scott Colley’s seventh album is an artistic comment on foreign policy. In fact, Empire is a now-vanished town in Kansas where Colley’s great-great-grandfather, Joseph J. Colby, settled
On Louis Sclavis, Craig Taborn, Tom Rainey
This review appears in the November 2010 issue of All About Jazz-New York. — Louis Sclavis/Craig Taborn/Tom Rainey Eldorado Trio (Clean Feed) By David R. Adler Is it possible for a jazz label to release too much good music? If so, Clean Feed has a wonderful problem on its hands. One can barely keep up with the flood of Clean