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The Jazz Session #125: Harry Babasin
You'd think that helping to invent a new genre of music and being the first person to play your instrument in a jazz setting would be enough to get you some headlines in the jazz history books. You'd be wrong. Meet Harry Babasin, the bassist who played on the very first recordings of what became bossa ...
My Top 10 Jazz CDs of 2009
These lists are always a bit ridiculous to compile, given the near impossibility of rating art and the sheer number of CDs released each year. That said, I compiled the list below for the 2009 Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll. TOP 10 Artist Album (Label) Fay Victor The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue) Vijay Iyer ...
The Jazz Session #124: Ted Sirota
Drummer Ted Sirota is using his powers for good. On his most recent album, Seize The Time (Naim, 2009), Sirota once again chooses to make a political statement with his song titles and choices. In this interview, Sirota talks about making political jazz; why hes not going to use liner notes again; and the fine balance ...
The Jazz Session #123: Willard Jenkins
Willard Jenkins is a jazz broadcaster and blogger, and a consultant to jazz artists and festivals. Jenkins blog, The Independent Ear is a constant source of news and views about the jazz world. In this interview, Jenkins talks about the diminishing influence of jazz in peoples home record collections and thus in the lives of their ...
The Jazz Session #122: Rez Abbasi
Guitarist Rez Abbasi continues his rhythmic and harmonic explorations on Things To Come (Sunnyside, 2009). Hes joined on this album by pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, bassist Johannes Weidenmeuller, drummer Dan Weiss, cellist Mike Block and vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia. In this interview, Abbasi discusses the Indian-Pakistani jazz scene in New York; how he incorporates Indian ...
The Jazz Session #121: Darcy James Argue
Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records, 2009), the debut CD from composer Darcy James Argues Secret Society, is one of the most talked-about records of the year. In this interview, Argue reveals why he chose to write modern music using a big band as his musical vehicle; how he turned a simple blog into a social media ...
The Jazz Session #120: Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers is a musical renaissance man. Hes performed in big bands, bop bands, R&B groups, blues bands and free-jazz ensembles. Rivers is currently composing adventurous large-ensemble music (such as is found on his 2006 CD Aurora) in an unlikely location: Orlando, Florida. In this interview, Rivers talks about his early days in Boston; how he ...
The Jazz Session #119: Dom Minasi
Guitarist Dom Minasis most recent recording, Dissonance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Konnex, 2009), features his string quartet in a program of adventurous composition and improvisation. In this interview, Minasi talks about how he spent the 20 years between his last Blue Note recording and his re-emergence as a leader; why Johnny Smith was a big ...
The Jazz Session #118: Luis Bonilla
Luis Bonilla blends humor, adventurousness and a passion for his family on his new CD, I Talking Now (Planet Arts, 2009). In this interview, the in-demand trombonist talks about the use of humor in music; the effect of his time with Lester Bowie; and how thinking beginning brass was a shop class led to his life ...
The Jazz Session #117: Eldar
Pianist Eldar came onto the jazz scene as a child prodigy. Now in his early 20s, Eldar is expanding his repertoire as a composer and improviser. His new album is Virtue (Sony Masterworks Jazz, 2009). In this wide-ranging interview, Eldar talks about making music relevant to the present day; the nature of the jazz audience; and ...
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