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November 2003
by David Adler
Remember Shakti — Easily one of the most moving and memorable performances of the year. At the Town Hall, a rock-star reception greeted not only the great John McLaughlin, but also his fellow members of Remember Shakti — Zakir Hussain on tabla, U. Shrinivas on electric mandolin and V. Selvaganesh on kanjira (Indian tambourine), ghatam (clay ...
October 2003
by David Adler
Circumstances conspired to keep me away from the month-long 50th birthday celebration of September’s AAJ-NY cover icon, John Zorn, at Tonic. I was counting on catching Derek Bailey’s performance with Zorn and Ikue Mori toward the end of the month, only to find out that Bailey, afflicted with bronchitis, bailed. All the same, happy birthday, Mr. ...
September 2003
by David Adler
Blackout! — The massive power failure that darkened cities from New York to Michigan on August 14 took a healthy chunk out of the month’s jazz calendar. As part of Tonic’s FONT series (Festival of New Trumpets, co-curated by Dave Douglass and Roy Campbell, Jr.), Bill Dixon was to have played a solo concert, marking his ...
August 2003
by David Adler
David S. Ware/Henry Grimes — Much has already been said and written about the return of veteran bassist Henry Grimes, found living in poverty in California after a three-decade disappearance. Grimes returned to a New York stage for the first time at the Vision Festival in May, but it was at Iridium, during a three-night double ...
July 2003
by David Adler
Schedule overload and a poorly timed bout of illness forced me to miss Carla Bley’s big band fun at Iridium, as well as tenorist Bill McHenry’s Village Vanguard debut, playing trio alongside Charlie Haden and Paul Motian (and on a different night, fronting his sextet with Motian, Ethan Iverson, Duane Eubanks, Reid Anderson, and Ben Monder). ...
June 2003
by David Adler
Vision Festival — Pressing family matters kept me away throughout Memorial Day weekend, including the widely heralded return of Henry Grimes. But the annual festival got off to a strong start with the pulsating abstractions of Joe and Mat Maneri with drummer Randy Peterson, and live improv dancing by Christine Coppola. DJ Spooky and the deep-voiced ...
May 2003
by David Adler
The Heath Brothers — At their gigs, the idle chatter takes place on the bandstand, not among the audience. The Heath Brothers — saxophonist Jimmy, bassist Percy, and drummer Albert (“Tootie”) — are swinging, tight, and wildly irreverent. They treat the Village Vanguard bandstand as their living room (locker room?), cracking off-color jokes, laughing with and ...
April 2003
by David Adler
Dave Douglas’s 40th Birthday Celebration — A special week-long event at the Jazz Standard, featuring just about every formation the trumpeter/composer has documented over the last decade. The week opened with a Tiny Bell Trio/Four In One double bill. Guitarist Brad Shepik and drummer Jim Black joined Douglas for a riotous set that ...
March 2003
by David Adler
Before I present my NYC live jazz highlights for February 2003, a note to readers: Thanks to a slew of overlapping professional and personal commitments, I’ll be shortening the column somewhat in the coming months. Rest assured, this will be temporary. NY@Night is not going away! I anticipate a return to normal ...
February 2003
by David Adler
Last month I wrote about Jason Moran’s newest music, based on the rhythms of human speech. Soon after, I encountered Alex Ross, in the New Yorker, discussing Steve Reich’s speech-inspired work in “Different Trains,” “The Cave,” and, most recently, “Three Tales.” Ross also cited Janácek’s “Jenufa” and “The Cunning Little Vixen” as precedents. Certainly this doesn’t ...
