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NEC Jazz Pianist Jason Moran Awarded MacArthur "Genius" Grant
Moran Joins NEC's Distinguished Roster of Jazz “Geniuses" Including Gunther Schuller, George Russell, Steve Lacy, Ran Blake Jazz pianist Jason Moran, who joined the New England Conservatory faculty this month, has been named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Among 23 recipients of the famous MacArthur “Genius grants," Moran, ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa / Bunky Green: Apex
by Mark F. Turner
Apex is an alto sax summit of huge proportions--a prodigious work of collaboration and stirring performances--boasting Rudresh Mahanthappa, one of today's rising stars, and Bunky Green, a lesser known master who has influenced innovators such as Greg Osby and Steve Coleman. Like another memorable 2010 release, Dual Identity (Clean Feed), which featured Mahanthappa and alto conceptualist ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 13, 2010
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Tamir Hendelman Destinations (Resonance)221210+110571722534Dave Bass Gone (Dave Bass)20587+11825123357The Marsalis Family Music Redeems (Marsalis)199176+2305434413James Moody Moody 4B (IPO)195228-33160145631Steve Turre Delicious & Delightful (HighNote)170168+2151536930Freddy Cole Freddy Cole Sings Mr.B (HighNote)167148+19047637712Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)165160+505654842Kenny Burrell Be Yourself (HighNote)157188-3105519938Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)155191-360533310104Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)140143-30421131185Amina Figarova Sketches (Munich)139157-180504612116Michael ...
Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror
by Warren Allen
Charles Lloyd QuartetMirrorECM Records2010 The perception of Charles Lloyd has changed since he first rose to popularity as a 1960s-saxman, sporting flower power colors and a momentous afro, and was somehow tied to mainstream jazz, the avant-garde and the popular psychedelic movement. A brief recess from recording, ...
Charles Lloyd: Mirror
by Hrayr Attarian
Charles Lloyd's Mirror is an intensely personal almost autobiographical work. This is apparent from the opener, a deconstructing of the standard “I Fall in Love Too Easily," where the saxophonist's urgent and pleading tone accurately conveys the feeling of unrequited love. The first track bleeds into the next, the traditional gospel tune “Go Down Moses," rearranged ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 6, 2010
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks1326James Moody Moody 4B (IPO)228176+5215413212Tamir Hendelman Destinations (Resonance)210220-100591638—Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)191136+5515132424Kenny Burrell Be Yourself (HighNote)188195-7052185715The Marsalis Family Music Redeems (Marsalis)176152+2424953631—Steve Turre Delicious & Delightful (HighNote)16878+90552627125Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)160120+4025553856Amina Figarova Sketches (Munich)157164-704845930—Freddy Cole Freddy Cole Sings Mr.B (HighNote)14879+69242921043Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)143173-300401121167Michael Dease Grace (JLP)122153-3104448121615Adam Schroeder ...
The Cookers and the Vijay Iyer Trio, at Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Charlie Parker Jazz FestivalTompkins Square ParkNew York, NYAugust 29, 2010After a blistering blues-based set by New York-based singer Catherine Russell, the 7-piece hard-bop ensemble The Cookers (Billy Harper: tenor sax; Eddie Henderson and David Weiss: trumpets; Craig Handy: alto sax and flute; George Cables: piano; Cecil McBee: bass and Billy Hart: ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 30, 2010
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks123Tamir Hendelman Destinations (Resonance)220224-415515241Kenny Burrell Be Yourself (HighNote)195176+1905517326—James Moody Moody 4B (IPO)17692+8465232432Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)173187-14049111564Amina Figarova Sketches (Munich)164143+2115544676Michael Dease Grace (JLP)153138+1505147715—The Marsalis Family Music Redeems (Marsalis)152110+42349728——Conrad Herwig The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock (Half Note)13622+1144528193120Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast)13076+540622201085Fred Hersch Whirl (Palmetto)126131-504611011109Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory 6 String Theory (Concord)121122-1039310125—Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 23, 2010
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks1——Jim Pearce I’m In The Twilight Of A Mediocre Career (Self Released)258—+258174411235Tamir Hendelman Destinations (Resonance)224195+2925124323Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)187201-14051110412Kenny Burrell Be Yourself (HighNote)176228-52150165——Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society (Heads Up)15029+121158516427Amina Figarova Sketches (Munich)143171-2824943764Michael Dease Grace (JLP)138139-104946851Fred Hersch Whirl (Palmetto)131147-160501991918Gregory Porter Water (Motema)125100+2513691010911Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory 6 String Theory (Concord)122125-3041391177Yotam Resonance (JLP)119133-1404541212812Steve Davis Images (Posi-Tone)115130-1503839131414Pat ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 16, 2010
TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Kenny Burrell Be Yourself (HighNote)228267-3906115232Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)201190+11046193541Tamir Hendelman Destinations (Resonance)195151+4415633427—Amina Figarova Sketches (Munich)17183+88347425112Fred Hersch Whirl (Palmetto)147282-13504418644Michael Dease Grace (JLP)139154-1515545775Yotam Resonance (JLP)133134-103441181213Steve Davis Images (Posi-Tone)130127+30483891115Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory 6 String Theory (Concord)125128-3042381096Jason Moran Ten (Blue Note)123130-703819111926Cory Weeds The Many Deeds of Cory Weeds (Cellar Live)122104+1813611312106Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up)120129-90302913153Dr. Lonnie ...
