All About Jazz Reviews

June 10, 2009 — Mike

From All About Jazz:

10-Jun-09 Sun Ra
Sun Ra (featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold) (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Jerry D’Souza

10-Jun-09 Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy
Spirit Moves (Greenleaf Music)
Reviewed by Martin Longley

09-Jun-09 Steve Lehman Octet
Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

08-Jun-09 Tyft
Smell The Difference (Skirl Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

07-Jun-09 Joelle Leandre / William Parker
Live At Dunois (Leo Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

06-Jun-09 Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali: Meditations, Live in Europe and Art-Work
Reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

06-Jun-09 Multiple Artists
Solo Septuagenarian/Octogenerian Piano: Abdullah Ibrahim, Ran Blake, Paul Bley & Martial Solal
Reviewed by Ken Dryden

06-Jun-09 Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

06-Jun-09 Steve Swell
Steve Swell: Magical Listening Hour & Planet Dream
Reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

06-Jun-09 Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann – Sweet Sweat & The Brain of the Dog in Section
Reviewed by Ted Gordon

06-Jun-09 Multiple Artists
Bass Clarinetists: Rudi Mahall, Matt Lavelle & Jacques Foschia
Reviewed by Fred Bouchard

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Steve Lehman: Finding an Asymmetrical Pulse at Le Poisson Rouge

June 10, 2009 — Mike

From NYTimes.com:

One misperception about jazz, insidious enough to be shared by many of its proponents, is that the music adheres to a rigid code. But like any language, jazz accommodates mutation; it’s subject to the whims of usage. That doesn’t mean the music must respond to every new signal, but it does mean there’s still a place for substantive innovation.

Steve Lehman, a studiously intense alto saxophonist and composer, brought these issues to the fore at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday night. He was leading his octet, the same group featured on a staunchly contemporary new album, “Travail, Transformation and Flow” (Pi). As on the album, his compositions proposed a whorl of luminous dissonance and off-kilter propulsion, suggesting trace fragments of electronic dance music. They also recalled the more adventurous strains of 1960s postbop, in spirit if not in style.

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June Point of Departure

June 10, 2009 — Mike

The latest Point of Departure magazine is out.

Issue 23 – June 2009

Page One: a column by Bill Shoemaker

What’s New?: The PoD Roundtable

A Fickle Sonance: a column by Art Lange

The Book Cooks:
Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley by Derek Ansell &
The jazz composer: moving music off the paper by Graham Collier

Far Cry: a column by Brian Morton

Moment’s Notice: Recent CDs Briefly Reviewed

Ezz-thetics: a column by Stuart Broomer

Travellin’ Light: Rhodri Davies

Future Shock: a column by Kevin Patton

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This Week at Ars Nova Workshop

June 10, 2009 — Mike

From Philly’s Ars Nova:

Wednesday, June 10, 8pm
JEMEEL MOONDOC SOLO
+ Anri Sala‘s Long Sorrow
+ Network for New Music with Todd Reynolds (video installation by Laurie
Olinder and Bill Morrison)

Thursday, June 11, 8pm
MARSHALL ALLEN SOLO
+ Anri Sala’s Long Sorrow
+ Network for New Music with Todd Reynolds (video installation by Laurie
Olinder and Bill Morrison)

The Royal Theater, 1524 South Street
$20 General Admission

Friday, June 12, 8pm
ODEAN POPE / SUNNY MURRAY DUO
with Odean Pope, tenor saxophone; and Sunny Murray, drums

Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street
$12 General Admission

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