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Big Bands: Wayne Horvitz, Satoko Fujii, Steve Lehman, Kenny Werner & Andrew D'Angelo
by Martin Longley
The New York Composers OrchestraUniversity Of The StreetsOctober 23, 2010 Even for local residents, an appearance by the New York Composers Orchestra has become a rarity. Its guiding forces, the pianists Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb, have long been living in Seattle (they moved in 1989), so get-togethers have ...
Louis, Christian Marclay, Ryoji Ikeda & Laurie Anderson
by Martin Longley
Music, films, strobing, gauzy screens and sofa-projections in New York City... Louis: with music by Wynton MarsalisThe Apollo TheaterAugust 30, 2010 It could be argued that certain problems are encountered when a live band plays musical accompaniment to a silent movie. In the old days, a ...
Joe Louis Walker, Jimmie Vaughan, The Holmes Brothers & Leo Kottke
by Martin Longley
Joe Louis Walker/Watermelon Slim/Janiva MagnessB.B. King Blues ClubMay 18, 2010 B.B. King's Blues Club might not exactly devote itself exclusively to the 12-bar business of its name, but it's certainly the joint to head for when the big-name players hit town. The club also specializes in double or triple-bill ...
June 2010
by AAJ Staff
Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian Blue NoteNew York, NY May 5, 2010Paying homage to Bill Evans in a two-week summit at the Blue Note, pianist Chick Corea set up camp with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Paul Motian--two Evans alumni who have rarely if ever worked together. It had all the ...
Konk Pack, Tim Hodgkinson, George Lewis and Bob Stewart
by Martin Longley
Konk PackThe StoneApril 14, 2010 RouletteApril 17, 2010 The Anglo-German improvising trio Konk Pack climaxed their epic US tour with a pair of New York City dates. They had already taken their extremist electroacoustic abstractions to far Knoxville and Kansas City, ending up performing at ...
May 2010
by AAJ Staff
Adam Lane Brooklyn LyceumBrooklyn, NY April 14, 2010While bassist Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra is named to conjure up great size and bombast, at present it's a compact sextet whose sonic inventory includes passages of nuance and overall calm. With a Bay Area lineup, Lane has released No(w) Music (Cadence, ...
Pere Ubu, Manorexia, Growing & Acid Mothers Temple
by Martin Longley
Pere Ubu(le) Poisson RougeMarch 28, 2010 Let's get this out of the way first: these masters of the avant-garage genre (well, lead vocalist David Thomas came up with the term, and there might not be many contending combos for such a mortar'n'gown) had played a gig four days earlier, ...
April 2010
by AAJ Staff
Myron Walden Jazz StandardNew York, NY March 9, 2010One of saxophonist Myron Walden's four new albums this year is called To Feel and, indeed, if a single quality stands out in Walden's music, it is deep and palpable feeling, a big emotional sweep carried off with great finesse by his ...
Joseph Jarman, Bob Wilber, Charles McPherson & Vinny Golia
by Martin Longley
Joseph Jarman/The Peter Apfelbaum New York Hieroglyphics QuintetBelarusan ChurchMarch 7 In the search for ever-more unusual venues, I journeyed to the Belarusan Church on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, the current home of Connection Works. This is an artist-operated, non-profit organization that divides its resources between gigs and workshop activities, ...
The Necks, Weasel Walter, Butch Morris & Lou Reed
by Martin Longley
The NecksIssue Project RoomJanuary 27, 2010 There was a moment right at the brink of The Necks starting up their first set, where the notion hit: what if they can't think of anything? What if they can't begin? What if, finally, after more than two decades, this same familiar familial ...
