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"Body and Soul" By Oscar Micheaux, 1925 New original score by Wycliffe Gordon
by David Adler
Like Don Byron, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon is shedding light on the lost art of live silent film accompaniment. On September 20, Gordon conducted the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in a public tech rehearsal of his new original score to “Body and Soul," Oscar Micheaux’s classic 1925 silent film. (The piece officially premiered at Avery Fisher Hall ...
Howard Fishman Quartet
by David Adler
Joe’s Pub New York City October 2000 Howard Fishman has the creative intuition of a songwriter and the intellectual disposition of a musicologist. The Connecticut native spent several years in New Orleans, taking in the city’s kaleidoscopic musical heritage and developing what would become his signature style. Upon relocating to ...
Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter duo
by David Adler
The John Harms Center for the Arts (Englewood, NJ) October 2000 These two giants began their duo conclave with some topical humor. Sauntering relaxedly onto the stage, Hancock and Shorter took up positions near their respective microphones. Hancock welcomed the audience and said, “We’re going to begin this evening with...." Shorter interjected: ...
A Love Affair: Tribute to Ivan Lins
by David Adler
Carnegie Hall New York, NY October 2000 Telarc Records recently put out a compilation disc honoring the Brazilian songwriter Ivan Lins. Titled A Love Affair, it features some of America’s biggest pop and jazz names, including Sting, Dianne Reeves, Vanessa Williams, and Chaka Khan. Producing and directing the affair is ...
Speakeasy String Quartet
by David Adler
Greenwich Village Bistro, New York, NY “David Laurence has spent a lot of time in front of the rewind button," says first violinist Antoine Silverman following a set of superbly executed vintage jazz by Laurence’s Speakeasy String Quartet. Laurence, the group’s violist and arranger, specializes in meticulous, note-for-note transcriptions of pre-swing era jazz recordings, arranged for ...
Brad Shepik Trio & the Mike Mainieri Quartet
by David Adler
Cornelia Street Caf', New York City Brad Shepik Trio, January 6, 2000Cornelia Street Caf' is a jazz treasure, one of lower Manhattan's best kept secrets. Upstairs it's a classy restaurant; downstairs it's a modest but comfortable performance space where excellent straight-ahead and avant-garde players do their thing almost every night of the week. And no, ...
Made in America
by David Adler
America has responded to September 11 in song, and it hasn’t necessarily been pretty. From the MTV generation came a contrived all-star remake of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On," with new rap lyrics courtesy of, among others, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst ("I can’t be watchin’ people die!"). And from the heart of Middle America came Lee ...
Jazz Composers Collective Concert Series
by David Adler
Jazz Composers Collective Concert Series David Tronzo/Stomu Takeishi duo Michael Blake's Malissippi New School Jazz Performance Space January 27, 2000Certain musicians cannot help but dominate the proceedings whenever and wherever they perform, such is their brilliance. Slide guitarist David Tronzo fits that description, for he stole the show at the latest installment of the Jazz ...
Jeff "Tain" Watts Quintet
by David Adler
Jeff “Tain" Watts Quintet The Iridium January 19, 2000Trombonist Conrad Herwig was on to something when he recruited the bass/drum team of James Genus and Jeff “Tain" Watts for his latest Criss Cross release, Osteology. The same pair takes the stage for Tain's week-long stint at New York's Iridium jazz club from January 19th through ...
Michael Brecker Live at the Blue Note
by David Adler
Michael Brecker Blue Note, New York City February 3, 2000A hook-and-ladder company is probably still working to put out the fire that Michael Brecker's quartet ignited last week at the Blue Note. For this six-night run the tenor titan stuck to the organ-driven format heard on his latest record, Time is of the Essence (Verve, ...
