Sound Bites: January 10, 2010
Short takes on recent CD releases by Wayne Escoffery (Uptown), Von Freeman (Vonski Speaks), Komeda Project (Requiem), Donny McCaslin (Declaration) and James Weidman (Three Worlds).
Short takes on recent releases by Rez Abbasi (Things to Come), Coke/Marsh/Feld (It’s Possible), Jonathon Haffner (Life on Wednesday), Darryl Harper (Stories in Real Time), Arturo Stable (Call) and Marcus Strickland (Idiosyncracies).
From the start of his stunning late afternoon set at the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Garden Stage, Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez made it clear that his was music for serious listening.