Tag: Village Vanguard
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Jazz Listings From the New York Times
Image via Wikipedia From NYTimes.com: THE BAD PLUS (Tuesday through Thursday) The pianist Ethan Iverson, the bassist Reid Anderson and the drummer David King constitute the Bad Plus, a delivery system for smartly sweeping original songs, as well as wryly affectionate renditions of pop tunes. (Through Jan. 3.) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard,…
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Jazz Listings From The New York Times
Dave Douglas via last.fm From NYTimes.com: BASSDRUMBONE (Sunday) Nearly 30 years ago the bassist Mark Helias, the drummer Gerry Hemingway and the trombonist Ray Anderson first began knocking about together as BassDrumBone. A few years ago they released a taut update, “The Line Up” (Clean Feed), that affirmed the haleness of their rapport. At 8:30…
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Upcoming Shows at Ars Nova
From Philly’s Ars Nova Workshop: Friday, September 11, 8pm MARY HALVORSON QUINTET with Mary Halvorson, el. guitar; Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet; Jon Irabagon, alto saxophone; Trevor Dunn, bass; and Tomas Fujiwara, drums International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street $12 General Admission A veteran of esteemed composer Anthony Braxton’s ensembles and “probably the most original jazz guitarist…
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Jazz Listings From the New York Times
From NYTimes.com: ALHAMBRA TRIO (Wednesday) “Alhambra Love Songs” (Tzadik), a new album by John Zorn, features his compositions exclusively, with a style uncharacteristically skewed toward romance. Two of its three cast members — the pianist Rob Burger and the drummer Ben Perowsky — reconvene here with the bassist Shanir Blumenkranz (filling in for Greg Cohen).…
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Tweaking the Familiar and the Unfamiliar at Village Vanguard
Image via Wikipedia From NYTimes.com, a review of Iverson / Anderson / Motian. The pianist Ethan Iverson and the bassist Reid Anderson make up two-thirds of the Bad Plus, which resembles a jazz piano trio but functions, broadly and stubbornly, as a band. There is no substitution clause in the group’s playbook: take away one…
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Jazz Listings From The New York Times
From the Times: HARRIS EISENSTADT TRIO / IDEAL BREAD (Saturday) In the headlining late shift of this double bill (at 10 p.m.), Mr. Eisenstadt, a creatively restless drummer and composer, leads a trio with the tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin and the cellist Christopher Hoffman. An earlier set (at 9) will feature Ideal Bread, a collective…
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Jazz Listings From the New York Times
Bill Frisell (via last.fm) In the Times: DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY (Friday) “Infernal Machines” (New Amsterdam) is the long-awaited debut of this modern big band, led by Mr. Argue, an indefatigable young composer. Girded with indie-rock textures and a generous sense of drama, it deserves the big unfurling that has been organized here. At…
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