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Gent Jazz Festival 2009: Days 6-9
by Martin Longley
The Gent Jazz Festival 2009BijlokeGent, BelgiumJuly 8-12, 16-19, 2009 Days 6-9 (July 16-19) The second extended weekend of the Gent Jazz Festival is traditionally concerned with what might be called jazz peripherals, meaning music that might be electronic, poppy, rocky or countrified, but generally still possessing sympathetic elements that might ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2009: Days 1-5
by Martin Longley
The Gent Jazz Festival 2009 Bijloke Gent, BelgiumJuly 8: B.B. King/China Moses & Raphael LemonnierMaybe this year's festival, running July 8-19, is going to peak too soon. In 2006, B.B. King (or his management) decided that he wasn't going to tour again outside of North America, thereby filling seats up on a “farewell" European ...
Booker T. Jones, Abdullah Ibrahim, Neil Cowley, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen & Dave Douglas
by Martin Longley
Booker T. JonesJoe's PubJune 10, 2009Booker T. Jones, as in Booker T. & The MGs. The quite intimate Joe's Pub is sold out, not surprisingly. This Hammond B3 organ grinder is here to push his new solo disc, Potato Hole. The album features Memphis man Jones working with The Drive-By ...
Peter King
by Martin Longley
Even though the English alto saxophonist Peter King has only occasionally appeared in New York, over the decades he's visited often enough to be very gradually establishing a connection with the city's scene. This month, King is part of Made In The UK, a touring package organized and funded by The Arts Council Of England, with ...
Pharoah Sanders, Miles From India, Bobby Previte, Marcia Ball, Whitetree & David Grisman
by Martin Longley
The Pharoah Sanders QuartetBirdlandMay 26, 2009How hard does Pharoah Sanders have to try when emanating a spiritual aura? He appears like a natural sage-figure, ambling onstage in an African print shirt, still sporting his distinctive flat-top hair-sculpture, eyes burning with a deep knowledge of jazz's outer (and inner) realms. His ...
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy: Spirit Moves
by Martin Longley
Dave Douglas' combo, Brass Ecstasy, follows the spirit-trail of Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, at once looking way back to the old New Orleans street traditions then picking up moves from the Rebirth and Dirty Dozen Brass Bands. Douglas is joined by Luis Bonilla (trombone), Vincent Chancey (French horn) and Marcus Rojas (tuba) with Nasheet Waits manning ...
Zakir Hussain, Melody Gardot, Revive Da Live, Cornell Dupree, Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan & Chris Potter
by Martin Longley
Zakir HussainCarnegie HallApril 26-29, 2009The Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain is probably having his best week of the year. Hussain is visibly proud of being able to present his tabla skills over four nights at Carnegie Hall, three times in its smaller Zankel Hall, and then climaxing on the main stage ...
Marc Ducret: Le Sens De La Marche
by Martin Longley
Marc Ducret is usually experienced either as a highly noticeable sideman or, if he's leading his own band, a dangerously pointed guitar brandisher. Mostly, he's known for working with Tim Berne, as part of Bloodcount and Big Satan. This solo album reveals one of Ducret's other aspects: composer and bandleader on a particularly ambitious scale. His ...
Positive Catastrophe: Garabatos Volume One
by Martin Longley
This large New York City ensemble is co-led by cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and the less well-known percussionist Abraham Gomez-Delgado, both of whom divide its original material between themselves. Despite potential difficulties in convening their 10-piece lineup, the band has been gigging steadily around the city, refining its carefully controlled form of anarchy. ...
Live Latin Jazz From New York: The Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra, Emil
by Martin Longley
The Pedro Giraudo Jazz OrchestraJazz Standard April 21, 2009 The Argentinian bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo is throwing a two-night cd-release party for El Viaje, his fourth album. The first night's opening set has managed to cram the joint completely with a very attentive audience. Of course, they have to be attentive ...
