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Marian McPartland in Huntsville, Alabama, February 27, 2004
by Ken Dryden
Still going strong at 85, Marian McPartland hardly coasts her way through a concert, playing a predictable set. She does have her favorite quips, quoting Lawrence Welk’s insistence on introducing Billy Strayhorn’s best known composition as “Take a Train," or dedicating Chick Corea’s “Windows" to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, but her performances always contain (as Whitney ...
Robert Randolph and The Family Band in Burlington Vermont
by Doug Collette
If Robert Randolph wasn't such a natural musician and performer, his effervescence on stage would come off contrived and he'd fall flat. But if that were the case, he would not have been able to pick up and shake the audience at Memorial Auditorium the way he did this mid-winter night. Cutting his teeth as a ...
Paco de Lucia at NJPAC, Newark, N.J, February 28, 2004
by Sandy Ingham
I was in awe. Paco de Lucia sat cross-legged, center stage, minimally illuminated, playing flamenco jazz that took my breath away with its virtuosity. How could this one guitarist be producing this many notes, I wondered, as I listened to the rich, soulful music that sprang from the south of Spain centuries ago. Flanking him were ...
Charles Lloyd Blesses the New Catalina
by Rex Butters
Catalina’s justified their need for a bigger room with the appearance of Charles Lloyd who filled the new Sunset Strip location. Lloyd brought his Friday night feel-good festival to town featuring his working quartet including Geri Allen on piano, Robert Hurst on bass, and hardworking Eric Harland on drums. Lloyd understands the wisdom of keeping a ...
Nels Cline's Blue Mitt Ensemble Enchants Cryptonight
by Rex Butters
Cryptonight at Club Tropical took a holiday sleigh ride with Nels Cline's Blue Mitt Ensemble, or more accurately a toboggan ride. Guitarist/composer Cline's feverish brain finished writing a Peter Pan suite on Monday, and after a couple rehearsals the Blue Mitt Ensemble mounted the piece to an appreciative crowd. The BME expanded to include sonic adventurer ...
Eric Sbar Shows Off a niceJaquet
by Rex Butters
Where Santa Monica Blvd falls dead at Sunsets doorstep, pfMentum held a cd release party for Eric Sbar and niceJaquet’s Cactus at the 4016 Gallery. Anyone looking for sanctuary from the cold December’s night kept walking past the bare concrete floor and walls of the gallery, with its rounded concave gray flake and peeling paint ceiling. ...
Nate Morgan Luminous in Leimert Park
by Rex Butters
LA’s own Nate Morgan and his quartet lit up the Howling Monk’s Jazz at 10 series in Leimert Park. The pianist dazzled with a program of streamlined soul jazz adorned with aural lightning. Morgan shuffles the keys and deals an obscene number of aces. He can bury you in technique, break your heart, and ...
Jeff Gauthier Goatette Pops the Cork on CryptoNight '04
by Rex Butters
CryptoNight founder Jeff Gauthier brought his musical dreamland of the heart to the stage at Club Tropical to open the 2004 edition of the growing music series. The Goatette, a five way musical friendship that endures, includes Nels Cline, guitar, Alex Cline, drums, Joel Hamilton bass, and David Witham, keyboards, the same lineup that recorded the ...
The Jazz Gallery's Composer Series: 2002
by AAJ Staff
The Jazz Gallery is perched on the second floor of a three floor brick building that at one time held offices, and now sits anachronistic within a region of tucked away luxury lofts and popular nightclubs. The gallery itself is a long narrow room that focuses on to an improvised stage area where a baby grand ...
Bill Charlap Trio
by David Adler
Bill Charlap Written In The Stars Blue Note 2000The Village Vanguard, New York After years of sideman work and releases on independent labels, pianist Bill Charlap has “made it," issuing his Blue Note Records debut, Written In the Stars, and playing a ...
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