My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2013: Ralph Alessi, Baida (ECM) Geri Allen, Grand River Crossings: Motown & Motor City Inspirations (Motéma) Samuel Blaser Consort In Motion, A Mirror to Machaut (Songlines) Linda Oh, Sun Pictures (Greenleaf) Mario Pavone, Arc Trio (Playscape) Leron Thomas, Whatever (ind.)
Happy New Year again! From the January 2013 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — As a student of Lennie Tristano and a noted colleague of Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh, tenor saxophonist Ted Brown provides a living link to the Tristano school — an intriguing area in jazz history, somewhere in the interstices between bop and “cool.”