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William Hooker: The Symbol of the Unconquered
by Ivana Ng
William Hooker The Symbol of the Unconquered Media Sanctuary 2009 It must be challenging to play the drums solo, but it must be even more so to improvise an hour-long soundtrack to a silent movie. Percussionist William Hooker took on this daunting task with the 1920 silent film, ...
Barranquijazz Festival
by Fred Bouchard
Barranquijazz FestivalBarranquilla, ColumbiaSeptember 9-13, 2009Who knows touristic Colombia? Precious few Americans and what a pity! Cartagena's Spanish fortress and charming old town make it a cruise circuit favorite and Bogota is its large, chilly Andean capital, but coastal metropolis Barranquilla falls below tour radar, except as an artsy launch-pad for world-class novelist Gabriel ...
Jon Irabagon: The Observer
by John Sharpe
Back in the day this might have been seen as an “In the tradition" statement for someone like saxophonist Jon Irabagon--last heard in freely improvised settings on I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues {Loyal, 2009), with drummer Mike Pride, and the RIDD Quartet's Fiction Avalanche (Clean Feed, 2008), or artful deconstructions of the Blue Note ...
Vijay Iyer: Historicity
by Chris Kompanek
Pianist Vijay Iyer's compositions are ferociously paced and fractured with a sense of urgency that informs each note he plays. Historicity's title track opens the record, grabbing the listener immediately with the pianist's unique touch, carrying through on other original compositions such as “Helix"--a ballad on the surface that explodes midway through with frenetic energy. This ...
John Abercrombie Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, November 13th at 7:00 P.M.
John Abercrombie Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, November 13th at 7:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, November 13th, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with seminal jazz guitarist, John Abercrombie. Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New ...
Frank Gratkowski: Accept Everything
by Martin Longley
Virtuoso German reed specialist Frank Gratkowski enjoys a particularly fertile range of collaborations, settings and directional thrusts. He was back in New York in October, 2009 with a trio that has released three albums during the last six years: Kwast (Konnex, 2004), Unearth (Nuscope, 2005) and Palaë (Leo, 2006). Appearing at Roulette, Gratkowski was joined by ...
Meredith Monk, Richard Thompson, Wu Man and Bonerama
by Martin Longley
Meredith Monk's Songs Of AscensionBrooklyn Academy Of MusicOctober 22, 2009 Meredith Monk's Songs Of Ascension has been a public work in progress, continuously shaped by its environment. When the multi-dimensional composer had an afternoon devoted to her work at the Whitney Museum Of American Art (February 2009), the piece took ...
James Weidman: Three Worlds
by Donald Elfman
Three Worlds is the product of a thoughtful musical soul. Pianist James Weidman is well-versed in the traditional and modern jazz vocabulary and has found ways of deftly incorporating what's he's heard into his playing and composing. And here he adds color to his pianistics with melodica and the exotic xaphoon, a single-reed keyless bamboo wind ...
Noah Baerman Trio: Bliss
by Karen Hogg
Bliss, the new CD from pianist Noah Baerman's trio, is a collection of nine original compositions by the leader, a respected player and jazz educator. It is extremely rare for a recording to translate effectively the energy an ensemble has during a live performance. Bliss successfully manages to be an exception to this phenomenon.
Uri Gurvich: The Storyteller
by A. Henkin
Despite the fact that alto saxophonist Uri Gurvich is Israeli and that his debut CD is on the Tzadik label (as part of its “Radical Jewish Culture" series), The Storyteller only sounds parenthetically Jewish. Yes, some of the titles are in Hebrew (translated as “The Builders," “I Believe" and “Chant" and a type of hummus) and ...
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