Tag: Jazz
On Brad Mehldau
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.
New York @ Night: March 2011
From the March 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record (formerly All About Jazz-New York): — When drummer Neal Smith took the stage at Miller Theatre (Feb. 5), eyes and ears were focused on the band’s pianist, Mulgrew Miller, who had recently suffered a stroke. Thankfully, Miller’s playing was undiminished, as pliant and rhythmically confident as ever. The
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
The week on disc (87)
In case you missed the last one… Ben Kono, Crossing (19/8) Chris Parrello, Things I Wonder (Popopomo) Robert Piket, Sides, Colors (Thirteenth Note) Jason Stein’s Locksmith Isidore, Three Kinds of Happiness (Not Two) Billy Fox’s Blackbirds & Bullets, Dulces (Clean Feed) Ken Filiano’s Quantum Entanglements, Dreams from a Clown Car (Clean Feed)
Bern Nix in Philly
A short preview in the new Philadelphia Weekly.