Tag: The New York City Jazz Record
New York @ Night: April 2011
From the April 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — A pattern emerged when the Nicholas Payton Television Studio Orchestra played its third Saturday set at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (March 5th): “Blues for Booker Little,” a simmering, Latin-tinged opener featuring the leader on trumpet and Chelsea Baratz on tenor, gave way to “Blue,” a dissonant, shadowy piece
Six Picks: April 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, April 2011: Ambrose Akinmusire, When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note) Ralph Bowen, Power Play (Posi-Tone) Adam Cruz, Milestone (Sunnyside) Alexis Cuadrado, Noneto Ibérico (BJU) Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Treelines (Justin Time) Terell Stafford, This Side of Strayhorn (Max Jazz)
On Jane Ira Bloom
This review appears in the March 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — Jane Ira Bloom Wingwalker (Outline) By David R. Adler The breadth and allure of Jane Ira Bloom’s music seems to grow with every release. Wingwalker, her latest, is a fine showcase of her soprano saxophone mastery but also her compositional and bandleading wiles. Part
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
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