Tag: Eric Reed
New York @ Night: July 2012
From the July 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — You might not think there’s room in the universe for another Thelonious Monk tribute. But pianist Eric Reed’s two most recent Savant discs, The Dancing Monk and The Baddest Monk, aren’t retreads in any sense: they’re consistently fresh and insightful, not to mention flat-out swinging. Leading a
Six Picks: May 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, May 2012: Andy Clausen, The Wishbone Suite (Table & Chairs) Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, The Air Is Different (482 Music) Steve Lehman, Dialect Fluorescent (Pi) Eric Reed, The Baddest Monk (Savant) Tom Tallitsch, Heads Or Tales (Posi-Tone) Yosvany Terry, Today’s Opinion (Criss Cross)
Six Picks: March 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record (formerly All About Jazz-New York), March 2011: David Cook, Pathway (BJU) Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade, Brain Dance (Cuneiform) David Liebman Trio, Lieb Plays the Blues A La Trane (Challenge) Joe Lovano, Bird Songs (Blue Note) Daniel Peterson’s Truth & Consequence, October (ind.) Eric Reed, The Dancing