Jazzing

Read the book about NYC's Unseen Scene by Tom Greenland

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RIP guitarist extraordinaire Vic Juris, a modest man but a phenomenal talent. Could really get around the fretboard blending fluid chordal techniques w/single-note melodies. Will miss seeing him play around town.

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RIP Steve Dalachinsky, one of the most dedicated and passionate creative music fans I ever met or heard of. He was never hard to find: just head out to a promising gig and like as not he'd be there...

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RIP Harold Mabern, the man with the big hands, just dripping with blues feeling..

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Do yourself a flavor: catch Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orch @bcngipsybalkan fronted by Sandra Sangiao @SangiaoSandra live! They packed & rocked the house for 2 hours last night at NYC's Cutting Room! @CuttingRoomNYC

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Sad that this year marked the 20th & final Chhandayan all-night Indian music concert led by tabla drummer Samir Chatterjee. @SamirChatterj18 @chhandayan I've gone 12 years now, & it's consistently been the most spiritually satisfying improvised musical experience in NYC.

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Thanks 2 Yoko Suzuki 4 a supportive review of my book Jazzing! Check it out: https://t.co/qbSVrfoidS in the journal Critical Studies in Improvisation.

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Jazz in Norway, still going strong. Read my review of Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Kjetil Møster @kjetilmoester & Sigurd Hole @SigurdHole , who delivered an ultra-fine solo bass album. See @nycjazzrecord page 16.

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Chris Potter @chrispotterjazz : unstoppable. Read my review of his 21st album as a leader, Circuits: @nycjazzrecord page 19

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John Zorn & Julian Lage: @JulianLageMusic great combination! Read my review of their Village Vanguard @vanguardjazz gig: @nycjazzrecord page 4.

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Wendy Oxenhorn, @WendyOxenhorn tireless, is still @ it, helping needy jazzers, blowing some blues on her harp. Read my review of the JFA annual gala here: @nycjazzrecord page 4

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Alma Matters (i.e. matters of the soul), eclectic project produced by Berkeley percussionist/vocalist Jeff Weinman features the ever-satisfyin' Peter Apfelbaum @Petroglyphics , Natalie Cressman @natcressman & her talented family! Soulful stuff.

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Much liking Cuong Vu 4tet's Change in the Air w/guitarist @BillFrisell bassist Luke Bergman & drummer Ted Poor @tedisted on @RareNoise !!!

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Listening: 3 cds by @jimblackdrums : Visitors (w/@JPSchlegelmilch & @jongoldberger ); Brief (w/Robert Landfermann, Christian Weidner, Sebastian Gille, Elias Stemeseder); & Azul (w/Carlos Bica, Frank Möbus). Is he the John Bonham of jazz? @skirlrecords @pirouetrecords

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Pianist/composer/arranger Jamie Lawrence's NY Suite draws on everything from big band call&response & Saturday Night Live-style soulful funk. Dense but transparent arrangements. Hard-hitting band: Marty Ehrlich, J. D. Parran @jdDotjd , Jim Pugh, Carlos Henriquez, @petererskine

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Listening: pianist/composer Gabriel Zucker's Weighting @espdisk feat drummer @tyshawnsorey , trumpeter Adam O'Farrill @adamontrpt ,& saxist Eric Trudel. Tripartite suite based on Rachel Kushner's book The Flamethrowers, itself a suite of 'stories' by hungry young NYC artists.

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Listening: Kristo Rodzevski's The Rabbit & the Fallen Sycamore. Imagine Roy Orbison (or Jessie Colin Young) singing avant/alt/prog-rock backed by @MaryHalvorson (g), @krisdavismusic (p), Ingrid Laubrock (tenor), Brian Drye @dryebone (tbn), Mike Blanco (b), & @TomasFujiwara (d)!!!

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Very cool jazz-meets-punk-meets-metal release led by keyboardist Dave Morecroft: Serve. Socially conscious music w/a chainsaw edge. On @RareNoise The shape of punk-jazz 2 come?

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Journeyman guitarist Gene Ess @jazzgenemusic turns out Apothesis (his 9th cd for SIMP) featuring tasteful tune-driven guitar & the exuberant/soulful vocals of Thana Alexa @Thanalexa

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Listening: Malita-Malika, duet w/pianist/vocalist Carol Liebowitz & tenor saxist Birgitta Flick. Empathetic. Sympatico. Non-standard standards. On Leo Records.

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Phillip Johnston @PJohnston_sax is just fine, thank u, w/2 new releases Sydneyside: Diggin' Bones, by the Cooleraters, a roots-rock/jazz quartet w/organist Alister Spence; and The Adventures of Prince Achmed, a silent movie soundtrack.