May 2009 • Overdue Ovation
Ernestine Anderson: A Strong Second Act
The story of rock ’n’ roll is usually told as a triumphant march...
Departments
May 2009 • Artist Profiles • By Michael J. West
Ray LeVier: Against All Odds
Drummer Ray LeVier has chops. His Web page includes video of a drum clinic near his home in New York’s Hudson Valley that places his virtuosity beyond question, as do his heavy beats behind singer-songwriter KJ Denhert. But on his postbop-oriented leader...
May 2009 • Artist Profiles • By Brent Burton
Arve Henriksen: Through European Eyes
The sun had just gone down when Arve Henriksen ducked into a coffee shop. “It’s freezing cold in Oslo now,” the Norwegian trumpeter said, laughing. “It’s quite nice, actually, the winter here.” Accompanying him on this mid-February evening was his girlfriend...
May 2009 • Artist Profiles • By David R. Adler
John Hollenbeck: Big Apple to Brotherly Love
Gongs ring out, loud and long, followed by the boom of timpani and the sparse rattle of percussion. Then, from the rear of Philadelphia’s Painted Bride Art Center, out of view, several horns begin an achingly dissonant rubato theme. Soon the players emerge...
More Departments
April 2009 • Artist Profiles
Tarbaby: Back to Basics
I don’t want to hug the tar baby …” With these words, sampled...
April 2009 • Artist Profiles
Peter Bernstein: Straight, No Chorus
In devoting an entire album to Thelonious Monk’s repertoire, Peter...
April 2009 • Artist Profiles
Kermit Ruffins: A People Person
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in New Orleans and trumpeter Kermit...
April 2009 • Overdue Ovation
Arild Andersen: Burning in the Cold, Dark North
"I think I've finally found it," says this ECM artist
March 2009 • Artist Profiles
Joshua Redman: Three Times Two
Joshua Redman didn’t set out to make a double-trio record, but...
March 2009 • Artist Profiles
Tony DeSare: Radio Days
Christopher Loudon profiles young jazz singer Tony DeSare and...
March 2009 • Artist Profiles
Greg Tate’s Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber: Paint the Sky Red
In September of 1999, author, critic and Black Rock Coalition...