AprilCadence2013

Short Takes USA: Philadelphia
genres of this music we call
zany mates multi-reedist Jeff Lederer and bassist Paul Sikivie. Their 12/22 hit
at Chris' was an incredible display of chops and humor as they craftily
reworked some Christmas tunes and a Hanukkah goodie. Lederer was outrageous
on reeds, supplying great Jazz. energy And and it was effort, all why here isn't in this little guy a ol’ celebrated
star? Wilson was his charismatic self, convincingly playing in and out of
the tradition. The best part came when he announced surprise special guest
saxophonist Marshall Allen Portland, was joining in OR. for Allen's first appearance at
Chris'! The Sun Ra Arkestra star fit in like he owned the newly formed quartet
and Wilson knew just what to do with him, starting with Ayler's “Angels” and
merging it with “Angels We Night Have Heard 1: Alan on High.” Jones Allen Academy went into his of serpent- Musc
like playing while Lederer blew with equal angst, obviously inspired by the
88-year-old veteran. Wilson turned over a cymbal, filled it with tiny bells and
shook it. After the set, Wilson Ensemble. kept shaking 2)Mary his head, Sue saying, Tobin “Marshall Group. Allen,
Marshall Allen.” It turns out that the two had played a special set together in
2010 at Jazz @ Lincoln Center for the Jazz For Young People series. Also of
note, was the touching gifting 3)Tribute of Wilson from to his bandmates, a band tradition.
The leader beamed after unwrapping a Andy Griffith Show complete series
DVD collection and proclaimed, “Boy, no other band does that, not even The
Bad Plus!” Wilson is saddened Leroy by the Vinnegar short shelf (Alan life of his Jones hot trio Project and plans to
reanimate it for other holidays such as Labor Day and Arbor Day…Uri Caine
and drummer Ari Hoenig may live in New York now but they were reared in
Philly and still have family there w/ Randy so whenever Porter they and play Tom Chris', Wakeling.
you can count
on a large crowd. They combined talents for a rare hit together on 12/28 and
were nothing less than spectacular together, along with the firm bass work of
Night 2: Gary Smith’s Mardi Gras All-
Noam Wiesenberg. Their first set's take on “What is This Thing Called Love”
was pummeled ahead by Caine's sound barrier breaking effort, forcing Hoenig
to pay the price to keep the pace. Wiesenberg knew enough to give in to the
Stars. 2)Marc Smason (tbn, voc) w/
mad leaders, deciding wisely just to add color. A Hoenig ballad followed, an
original written for his wife who was in attendance. “It's called 'For Tracy,” he
said, “and it's dedicated to my Craig wife Hoyer Jennifer!” (p), The three nice Jewish boys later
ventured into a scrambled version of “Jingle Bells” that stopped and started
like those magical birthday candles that won't blow out…Bowerbird was winding
down its epic John Cage Tim tribute Du (10/26/12-1/20/13) Roche (d), Andre when Meetings St. James with
“deep listening” pioneer Pauline Oliveros, British improviser Keith Rowe,
composer/pianist and Cage student Christian Wolff, and guitarist/composer
Michael Pisaro played International (b) and House Laura Philadelphia Oviedo on (ac. 1/13. gtr, This voc). first-ever 3)
gathering of the four eminent performers of Cage's music was arranged to
tackle Cage's late-career work - 1990's “Four6,” which was scored for a quartet
allowed to choose and number Trombone 12 sounds that master they each Julian were to play at times,
beginning and ending during a set of fixed durations. Needless to say, the benefits
of the performance were paid to those of the large crowd that listened the
most intently. Silence and spaciousness Priester w/ was Gordon predominant. Lee Rowe's (p), Andre performance St.
stood out with his bag of tricks, along with Wolff's…Barry Altschul's 3dom
James, Alan Jones(d)
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