Recent Listening In Brief: Hersch, Davis-Coltrane & Hamilton
Fred Hersch Trio, Live In Europe (Palmetto) Hersch opens his new trio album with Thelonious Monk’s “We See” and closes it with an unaccompanied performance of “Blue Monk.” A longtime source of … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2018-05-12
Fragile fool
A friend of mine has just discovered the music of Chet Baker, about whom I wrote sixteen years ago in The Wall Street Journal. Since that piece, a review of James Gavin’s Deep in a … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-05-11
The Times Are Changing
Kyle Abraham’s company, A.I.M., performs at the Joyce Theater. Marcella Lewis (L) and Keerati Jinakunwiphat in Kyle Abraham’s Drive. Photo: Ian Douglas Kyle Abraham used to call his company Kyle Abraham/Abraham in Motion. Now it’s … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2018-05-10