Tag: Johnathan Blake
3
Mar
On Johnathan Blake
This review appears in the March 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Johnathan Blake The Eleventh Hour (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler It’s always worth noting when a respected sideman ventures out as a leader. But debuts are sink-or-swim affairs, so what of Johnathan Blake’s The Eleventh Hour? It swims, and thanks primarily to a sideman’s
5
Feb
On Shauli Einav
This review appears in the February 2011 issue of All About Jazz-New York. [Note: As of the March 2011 issue, AAJ-NY will be known as The New York City Jazz Record. Details here.] — Shauli Einav, Opus One (Plus Loin) By David R. Adler It’s clear that Israeli-born saxophonist Shauli Einav is capable of “blowing his face off,” as pianist