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December 2008
by AAJ Staff
Alfred Patterson Although not officially a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, trombonist Alfred Patterson rightly earned a place in the organization's fall series through a long relationship with co-founder Muhal Richard Abrams. He opened his Nov. 14th brass quintet concert at The Community Church of New York with an ...
November 2008
by AAJ Staff
Myra Melford; Henry Threadgill The Interpretations series, which long has been responsible for some of the most consistently adventurous programming in the city, marked its 20th anniversary at Roulette on Oct. 2nd with a double bill of Myra Melford and Henry Threadgill, each presenting newly commissioned works. Melford's “Happy Whistlings" was an exciting suite based on ...
FONT Music, The Paradox Trio/Bojan Z, Clean Feed Festival & The Fringe
by Martin Longley
Live From New York: FONT Music, The Paradox Trio/Bojan Z, Clean Feed Festival; The FringeFONT (Festival Of New Trumpet) Music(le) Poisson Rouge/The Cornelia Street CafeSeptember 17-18, 2008This year's FONT suffered from a clash with the Clean Feed festival, which was planted right in its middle stretch. ...
October 2008
by AAJ Staff
Amir Ziv There are differing strategies for drummers to take when fronting a band. The one which Amir Ziv opts for is to place a huge kit smack in the middle and play loud and fast. At least, that was his approach on Sep. 13th at Abrons Arts Center. Ziv is a good enough ...
Kamikaze Ground Crew, Chico Hamilton, David Ostwald, Avishai Cohen, James Chance and Leny Andrade
by Martin Longley
Kamikaze Ground CrewMuseum Of Modern ArtAugust 21, 2008 Their name might imply an approach fraught with sonic extremity of a Zornian nature, but the reality of Kamikaze Ground Crew is more cultured, in the manner of stepping a few feet to the perimeter, and self- consciously gazing at the chosen ...
September 2008
by AAJ Staff
Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins has a long tradition with New York's outdoors--from the famed Williamsburg Bridge woodshedding 49 years ago to his pretty much annual summer concerts of recent years. Rollins has so much music under his belt that he can take the music in most any direction on any given night. Playing a benefit at ...
August 2008
by AAJ Staff
Steven Bernstein at Living Theatre Standing before a specially assembled band for his July 10th show at The Living Theatre, Steven Bernstein spoke freely about his early days in New York. “When I first saw Lester, that was just my guy," he said. “I wanted to be just like him." The allegiance to the ...
July 2008
by AAJ Staff
Paul Dunmall at Living Theatre Paul Dunmall took full advantage of the city during a brief stay, playing the Vision Festival with Andrew Cyrille and Henry Grimes and then three nights later, on Jun. 17th, playing the Living Theater with Mark Helias, Tony Malaby and Kevin Norton. And after a rainy week, his second show seemed ...
Charlie Hunter, Marc Ribot, Eddie Palmieri / Brian Lynch, Dafnis Prieto, Billy Martin, Randy Sandke, Billy Bang, Bennie Maupin and Arturo Sandoval
by Martin Longley
Charlie Hunter/Marc Ribot's Ceramic DogSullivan HallApril 17 & 23, 2008Before beginning his solo career, Charlie Hunter used to play guitar for The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, an early vehicle for Michael Franti's uncompromising rap outpourings. But Hunter's ultimate destiny was to re-invent himself as a jazz artist, neatly coinciding with ...
