Tag: The New York City Jazz Record
Six Picks: January 2013
Happy New Year! My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, January 2013: Michaël Attias, Spun Tree (Clean Feed) Avishai Cohen, Triveni II (Anzic) Hal Galper Trio, Airegin Revisited (Origin) Jon Irabagon’s Outright!, Unhinged (Irabbagast) Reggie Quinerly, Music Inspired by Freedmantown (Redefinition) Sonic Liberation Front, Jetway Confidential (High Two)
On Dave King
This review appears in the December 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Dave King I’ve Been Ringing You (Sunnyside) By David R. Adler Trios loom large in drummer Dave King’s career: consider two of his best-known musical endeavors, the Bad Plus and Happy Apple. The piano, too, is central to King’s identity as a player and
New York @ Night: December 2012
From the December 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt’s quintet, arguably one of the strongest working bands in jazz, has held together long enough to record four albums: November, Men of Honor, The Talented Mr. Pelt and this year’s Soul. There were new faces onstage, however, when Pelt arrived for a special birthday
New York @ Night: November 2012
From the November 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — An announcer at Town Hall (Oct. 12) erred when he introduced the night’s marquee act as the Pat Metheny Group. It was in fact the Pat Metheny Unity Band, with Chris Potter on reeds, Ben Williams on upright bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums. Winding down a
Six Picks: November 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, November 2012: Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Live (ECM) Michael Blake, In the Grand Scheme of Things (Songlines) Dan Block, Duality (Miles High) George Cables, My Muse (HighNote) Dave King, I’ve Been Ringing You (Sunnyside) Angelica Sanchez Quintet, Wires & Moss (Clean Feed)
Year of the Snake
This review appears in the October 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Fly Year of the Snake (ECM) By David R. Adler From its eponymous Savoy debut in 2004 to its ECM breakthrough Sky & Country in 2009, the collaborative trio Fly has never lacked for spontaneity, compositional depth and fully rounded musicianship. But with Year
Six Picks: October 2012
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2012: Josh Berman and His Gang, There Now (Delmark) Raynald Colom, Rise (harmonia mundi/Jazz Village) Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut (Yellow Sound) Roman Filiu, Musae (Dafnison Music) Michael Formanek Quartet, Small Places (ECM) Sean Wayland, Click Track Jazz (Seed Music)
On Luis Perdomo
This review appears in the September 2012 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Luis Perdomo Universal Mind (RKM) By David R. Adler On Universal Mind, his fourth outing as a leader, pianist Luis Perdomo embraces a hard-swinging piano trio aesthetic, mixing it up with bassist Drew Gress and Jack DeJohnette. It’s a logical move: his 2006 disc