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Jack DeJohnette, Project/Object, William Bell and Johnny Winter
by Martin Longley
The Jack DeJohnette GroupBirdlandJanuary 6, 2010 This was the second night of a residency featuring the debut of a new fusion-orientated quintet. Drummer Jack DeJohnette is no stranger to electrification, but this lineup presented an intriguing proposition, confounding the audience in any attempt to predict exactly where the music would ...
February 2010
by AAJ Staff
Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...
Rez Abbasi: Things To Come
by Glenn Astarita
With his sixth outing as a leader, Pakistani-American guitar hero Rez Abbasi continues to reinvent himself, both musically and ideologically. He intertwines the quest for growth with a sense of humanity on this compelling release. Interspersed with ceremonious Eastern song-forms, Abbasi helps turn a new leaf on the sometimes staid, progressive-jazz realm. Featuring the highly-regarded and ...
Apti
Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: Looking Out, Looking In; Apti; Vandanaa Trayee; Adana; Palika Market; IIT; Baladhi; You Talk Too Much.
Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions
by Dan McClenaghan
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith blows in two different directions on this two-CD set, Spiritual Dimensions. The recording is comprised of two live sets, one by Wadada Leo Smith's ongoing Golden Quintet, the second by his new Wadada Leo Smith's Organic. The Golden Quartet, recently expanded to quintet, changes players with time. The line-up that ...
Clean Feed Records: Eat the Plate
by Mark Corroto
Clean Feed records, founded in 2001, has been the most prolific and adventurous label for jazz this new century. Based in Lisbon, Portugal their offerings have included many of jazz's old guard including reed players Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Charles Gayle, Vinny Golia and Anthony Braxton and trumpeters Dennis Gonzalez and Herb Robertson, along with current ...
Danilo Pérez: la aventura del momento
by Joan A. Cararach
Al otro lado de la pantalla (gracias, Skype), aparece Danilo Pérez (Pueblo Nuevo, Monte Oscuro, 1965). Sonriente, comunicativo, afable, interrumpe de vez en cuando la conversación para ir presentando a las personas que pasan por su despacho en el Berklee College of Music. El pianista panameño acaba de regresar a los escenarios tras una lesión en ...
Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity
by Troy Collins
The art of the piano trio has enjoyed a healthy renaissance over the past two decades, as a plethora of new stars have ascended the ranks to uphold and advance the tradition. Ethan Iverson, Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran, and Matthew Shipp are just a few of the adventurous younger artists whose notion of the trio is ...
Mauger in the Elm City October 2
(photo by Scott Friedlander)The trio of Mark Dresser (bass), Gerry Hemingway (drums, percussion) and Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone), collectively known as Mauger, performs 2 sets (8:30 and 10 p.m.) of exciting new works and improvisations Friday October 2 as part of the Firehouse 12 Fall 09 Concert Series.Dresser and Hemingway ...
Jazz Middelheim 2009
by Martin Longley
Jazz Middelheim 2009Park Den BrandtAntwerpenBelgium The Jazz Middelheim festival is nearing its fortieth anniversary, but it's a weekender that hasn't relinquished a fondness for adventure. Nuzzling up against its stellar bookings are acts, Belgian and otherwise, who seek to jolt the expectations of many audience members. The entertaining middle way ...
