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Seeing Terry Riley, one of the most impressive modern composers and performers, in an intimate setting, was very special.
This dig-deep quartet with vocals swings hard. Their sold-out show at Sometime was just the right place to hear them.
In the summer of 1957, at the Five Spot jazz club in Manhattan, the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane created daily queues almost halfway around the block of jazz aficionados eager to hear that modern music.
Listening to this trio is like standing at the confluence of three large, surging rivers. The three musical currents flow together into a powerful new music that rises over the banks and floods the senses. The trio’s show at Koen-Dori Classics was a testament to how musicians with such different backgrounds and approaches can create truly masterful improvised music.
What makes this big band special is not just the stellar musicianship and intriguing arrangements, but the original approach to tunes based on, adapted from and influenced by Japanese music. That multi-cultural approach to creating music is, after all, at the heart of jazz.
Brazilians artists have this incredible ability to build a full party from what is supposed to be a live concert.
Though the evening was a CD release party for his latest work, “From This Moment On,” what was nicest about the evening was the birthday vibe.
The trio layers on delicate musical tissues, waiting to be teased apart into fuller imaginings.
Palmieri and his orchestra are, as the phrase has it, a genuine force of nature. But really, the band is a force of culture!
King Cake Baby is a superb unit dedicated to New Orleans music and the great culture the music sprang from. Don’t miss them.
Geila rides the deep grooves SSJ sets down, but also knows how to step aside and let each member show their talent with tasteful soloing.