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Montreal Jazz Festival Day 5, Part One: July 2nd, 2007
by Riel Lazarus
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5-1 | Day 5-2 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 Day Five of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal was a day for conclusions. It marked the end of the ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Day 4, Sunday, July 1, 2007
by Riel Lazarus
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5-1 | Day 5-2 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 It was perhaps unrealistic, or overly ambitious, to expect that everything would fit together on Day Four. First up, there ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Day 3, Saturday, June 30th, 2007
by Riel Lazarus
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5-1 | Day 5-2 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 With the third day of the festival upon us, a certain measure of relief was setting in. You could see ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Day 2, Friday, June 29th, 2007
by Riel Lazarus
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5-1 | Day 5-2 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 Waking up this morning, it was hard to believe that Day 2 could match the brilliance of the festival opener. ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Day 1, Thursday, June 28th, 2007
by Riel Lazarus
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5-1 | Day 5-2 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 “Bienvenue au festival, Welcome to the festival. May I please check your bag? So began the experience at this, ...
The Fred Hersch Trio: Night and the Music
by Riel Lazarus
Although there are no set formulas for success or achievement in jazz, there are certainly a few “legs-up and “add-ons. In the case of the trio, one such advantage is that of comfort and familiarity between the members. With these in play, the notes begin to blend and fall seamlessly in line: three voices turn to ...
Marc Ribot, The Lost String
by Riel Lazarus
Marc Ribot: The Lost String (A Film by Anaïs Prosaïc) Marc Ribot La Huit 2006 It is with bated breath that a sizable portion of the music world anticipates guitarist Marc Ribot's creative endeavors. After all, few artists are as adventurous, imaginative and uncompromising, and even fewer could ...
Mose Allison: Mose Allison Sings
by Riel Lazarus
Working through Prestige Records' reissue of Mose Allison Sings, the challenge arises of describing the pianist/vocalist's unique sound. The salty-sweet taste of butter and jam on toast is at once an unspectacular metaphor and right on the mark. Allison's music is a delicious blend of tart and tang, as enjoyable in the morning ...
Don Byron: Thinking and Rethinking
by Riel Lazarus
Few musicians can lay claim to tackling the wild mix of music Don Byron has. No matter how hard critics and audiences try to corner him, the clarinetist and composer succeeds in slipping their grips, in search of new ground to break. And yet as predictably unpredictable as Byron has been, his approach to music remains ...
John Zorn: Filmworks XV and XVII
by Riel Lazarus
John Zorn Filmworks XV Tzadik 2005 John Zorn Filmworks XVII Tzadik 2006 Downtown music legend John Zorn is a hard man to pin down. No matter how ...
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