Tag: The New York City Jazz Record
Six Picks: January 2012
Happy New Year! To start us off, my monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, January 2012: Dan Blake, The Aquarian Suite (BJU) Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, Apparent Distance (Firehouse 12) Emmet Cohen, In the Element (Bada Beep) Dave Douglas & So Percussion, Bad Mango (Greenleaf) Adam Rudolph’s Go:Organic Orchestra, The Sound of a
Six Picks: December 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, December 2011: Rez Abbasi’s Invocation, Suno Suno (Enja) Greg Burk Trio, The Path Here (482 Music) Michael Cain, Solo (Native Drum) Kevin Hays, Variations (Pirouet) Dan Tepfer, Goldberg Variations/Variations (Sunnyside) Anthony Wilson, Seasons: Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Goat Hill)
Six Picks: November 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, November 2011: The Claudia Quintet + 1, What Is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform) Amir ElSaffar, Inana (Pi) Joel Frahm Quartet, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays & Patrick Zimmerli, Modern Music (Nonesuch) Ted Rosenthal Trio, Out of This World (Playscape) Tony Malaby’s Novela (Clean Feed)
Six Picks: October 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2011: Uri Caine Trio, Siren (Winter & Winter) Harris Eisenstadt, September Trio (Clean Feed) Greenleaf Portable Series, Vol. 2: Orange Afternoons (Greenleaf) Clay Jenkins Quartet, Good Signs (Jazz Compass) Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari, Tree of Life (Half Note) Tyshawn Sorey, Oblique – I (Pi)
On Pedro Giraudo
This review appears in the July 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra Córdoba (Zoho) By David R. Adler If one sound in bassist Pedro Giraudo’s music stands out the most, it is that of Tony De Vivo’s cajón. Somehow this box percussion instrument cuts through the rambunctious reeds and brass of Giraudo’s 12-piece
On Ralph Alessi
This review appears in the July 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Ralph Alessi & This Against That Wiry Strong (Clean Feed) By David R. Adler There’s a good deal of continuity between Wiry Strong, the latest release from trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s This Against That, and previous efforts such as Look, a 2007 outing with the same
New York @ Night: July 2011
In the July 2011 issue of The New York City Jazz Record: — On Miles Okazaki’s first two recordings, Mirror (2005) and Generations (2009), the leader’s guitar wasn’t the main focus. Rather, it was part of a larger ensemble fabric woven by three saxophones, bass and drums, even vocals on the latter disc. Premiering a third volume of original music, “Figurations,”
Six Picks: July 2011
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2011: Chris Dingman, Waking Dreams (Between Worlds) Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott, Ninety Miles (Concord Picante) Pat Metheny, What’s It All About (Nonesuch) Jochen Rueckert, Somewhere Meeting Nobody (Pirouet) Craig Taborn, Avenging Angel (ECM) David Weiss & Point of Departure, Snuck Out (Sunnyside)