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Tim Hagans: The Moon is Waiting
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Trumpeter Tim Hagans shares a couple of things in common with Miles Davis. One is his absolute belief that his instrument shares something visceral with keeping fundamentally correct time--and therefore, on The Moon is Waiting, with drummer Jukkis Uotila. The other is his dalliances with the notes he plays; it is not that he always plays ...
Marc Copland / John Abercrombie: Speak to Me
by John Kelman
Plenty of artists explore that most naked of musical couplings, the duo, but few have mined its intimate potential the way pianist Marc Copland has. Since 2003, the light-of-touch, impressionistically lithe pianist has put out no less than six duo records amongst the more than 15 albums he's released on half a dozen labels--though since 2007, ...
Perry Robinson, Ron Carter, Dave Liebman and Valery Ponomarev
by Martin Longley
Perry Robinson/Diane Moser/Max Johnson The University Of The Streets August 30, 2011 Native New Yorker Perry Robinson is not one of the better known free improvisers, but his stature is no less significant as a result. Within a certain scene the clarinetist has accrued importance, his activities ...
Tim Hagans: The Moon Is Waiting
by Dan Bilawsky
Those who mine exploratory veins of music often eschew structure, confusing lack of form with freedom, but trumpeter Tim Hagans knows the difference. The new quartet that he's convened for The Moon Is Waiting is a malleable unit that thrives on bringing unpredictable ideas into structured environments. The music it makes isn't fusion, free jazz, or ...
Kelley Suttenfield: Mondays With The Masters Concert Series - 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10
On four consecutive Mondays this Fall, jazz vocalist Kelley Suttenfield will take to the stage of the Metropolitan Room in a series called “Mondays with the Masters." Suttenfield, New York based with Southern roots, is known internationally as an offbeat, jazz storyteller with an unusual spin on American music, and a diverse repertoire ranging from the ...
Ahmad Jamal's Identity Crisis
by Fradley Garner
Ahmad Jamal's Identity CrisisAhmad Jamal aterrorist? Surely not the renowned American pianist who's given hundreds of concerts over the last half century. So it was puzzling why the $10,000 that the Festival da Jazz in Moritz, Switzerland ordered paid to Jamal in advance of his July 16 appearance, was promptly frozen by U.S. authorities. ...
Dave Liebman Group at Café Paradiso
by John Kelman
Dave Liebman Group Café Paradiso Ottawa, Canada May 20-21, 2011 When saxophonist and recent NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman brought his longstanding group to Ottawa's Café Paradiso a little over three years ago in April, 2008, it was truly one of the hottest, most memorable shows this city has seen in ...
Mike Rood: The Desert And The City
by Dan Bilawsky
The music on guitarist Mike Rood's debut recording straddles two different worlds. Sparse settings of relative quietude represent the isolation and beautiful spaciousness of the desert, while lively demonstrations of technical sophistication and motion paint a vivid picture of the non-stop energy of the city. The title of this recording points to these opposing sound locales, ...
Jazzkaar 2011: Tallinn, Estonia, Days 7-8
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 Dave Liebman Quintet / European Jazz Orchestra Jazzkaar Festival 2011 Tallinn, Estonia April 26-27, 2011 As Jazzkaar 2011 heads into the home stretch, it's important to remember that, with Tallinn selected as European Capital of Culture for 2011, ...
Jay Anderson: Driving the Bus
by Ian Patterson
The term “sideman" really doesn't do justice to bassist Jay Anderson, as his beautifully melodic, lyrical lines and in-the-pocket-grooves lift and shape any music that he is a part of. And while the term “journeyman" holds some truth--Anderson has played with a huge number of people--one glance at his extensive discography reveals that most of the ...
