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Ethan Iverson: Solo Piano
by David Adler
Ethan Iverson Weill Hall New York City In the third installment of this year’s Abby Whiteside Foundation piano recital series at Weill Hall, Ethan Iverson premiered a suite of original jazz “etudes," written with a view toward “expanding the range of the improvising pianist." Piano etudes, in classical literature, are intended as ...
Jason Lindner Ensemble
by David Adler
The Jazz Gallery Packing his 11-piece ensemble into the loft-like space of New York’s Jazz Gallery, Jason Lindner displayed his extraordinary gifts as a composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. With white-painted brick walls and somewhat narrow wood floors, the Gallery has acoustics that verge on brash, but Lindner turned them to his advantage with his mastery ...
The Jazz Composers Collective Festival
by David Adler
Jazz Standard New York City Six nights, ten bands. Following up on last year’s three-night stint at the Jazz Standard, the Jazz Composers Collective took up residence at the East Side club for an entire Tuesday-Sunday run in early February. The bands were both familiar and new: on Tuesday the Herbie Nichols Project and ...
The John Abercrombie Quartet
by C. Andrew Hovan
The University of Akron Akron, Ohio As rarified and enchanting as the proverbial shooting star, not only was a recent performance by the John Abercrombie Quartet a special treat for music lovers, but it served the additional role of fanfare introducing a new jazz studies program at the University of Akron’s school of music ...
Is Cab Calloway Back?
by Daniel Kassell
Calloway Brooks Birdland New York City February 21, 2001 After the band vamp (as if for a stripper’s entrance) and Birdland’s announcement, “The Prince of Hi-De-Ho, Calloway Brooks”, a tall lean gent jumped on stage to front the mostly hatted variously attired twelve member ensemble wearing a long white coat ...
Paquito D'Rivera - Triangulo
by Craig Jolley
Cal State Northridge University February 23, 2001 Triangulo would probably be called a World Music supergroup by an up-and-coming publicist. The players have enjoyed distinguished, separate careers as composers, conductors, musicologists, and performers. After collaborating occasionally on various projects the ensemble was formed at Rutgers University and has toured internationally. Their repertoire comes from ...
Andy Bey Trio
by C. Andrew Hovan
Dayton Art Institute Dayton, Ohio The best jazz has always been about transcending the time and place of the moment with a unique story that captivates the audience. By this definition then, the brilliantly endowed and sadly underrated Andy Bey helped to make time stand still for a large bevy of enthusiasts who attended ...
Roy Hargrove Quintet in Seattle
by Christopher Jones
If you like flashy solos and the 'head-solo-solo-solo-head' school of group jazz, you'll like the Roy Hargrove Quintet. If you're looking for something else in your jazz, you might need to look elsewhere. This is not a criticism of Hargrove's quintet, which is currently in the midst of a five-day run at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in ...
Groovin' with Mr. C at the Library
by AAJ Staff
Submitted on behalf of Michael C. Burgess Bill Cunliffe Sextet Los Angeles, CA One of the exciting things about really good jazz is the delicate interplay between organization and chaos.On Thurs. Jan. 24 the Bill Cunliffe Sextet, probably the largest ensemble ever to play the music room of the Athenaeum Music & Arts ...
Assif Tsahar/Peter Kowald/Gerald Cleaver
by A. Henkin
Assif Tsahar - tenor sax/bass clarinet, Peter Kowald - bass, Gerald Cleaver - drums Knitting Factory Old Office, NYC Arguments over Free Jazz take on the vehemence of political debates. Those who dispute its worth are fully convinced that it takes no effort or skill and provides only imagined benefits to the listener. Its ...
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