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Alan Broadbent Michael Bisio Wallace Mcmillan OCTOBER 2015—ISSUE 162 YOUR FREE GUIDE TO THE NYC JAZZ SCENE NYCJAZZRECORD.COM LAROY ALAN MICHAEL WALLACE WES BROADBENT50BISIO MCMILLAN MONTGOMERY Managing Editor: Laurence Donohue-Greene Editorial Director & Production Manager: Andrey Henkin To Contact: The New York City Jazz Record 66 Mt. Airy Road East OCTOBER 2015—ISSUE 162 Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 United States Phone/Fax: 212-568-9628 New York@Night 4 Laurence Donohue-Greene: Interview : Alan Broadbent 6 by alex henderson [email protected] Andrey Henkin: [email protected] Artist Feature : Michael Bisio 7 by clifford allen General Inquiries: [email protected] On The Cover : AACM 50th Anniversary 8 by kurt gottschalk Advertising: [email protected] Encore : LaRoy Wallace McMillan by ken waxman Editorial: 10 [email protected] Calendar: Lest We Forget : Wes Montgomery 10 by ken dryden [email protected] VOXNews: LAbel Spotlight : V.S.O.P. by ken dryden [email protected] 11 Letters to the Editor: [email protected] VOXNEWS 11 by katie bull US Subscription rates: 12 issues, $35 International Subscription rates: 12 issues, $45 In Memoriam 12 by andrey henkin For subscription assistance, send check, cash or money order to the address above or email [email protected] Festival Report 13 Staff Writers David R. Adler, Clifford Allen, CD Reviews 14 Fred Bouchard, Stuart Broomer, Katie Bull, Thomas Conrad, Ken Dryden, Donald Elfman, Miscellany 43 Brad Farberman, Sean Fitzell, Kurt Gottschalk, Tom Greenland, Event Calendar Alex Henderson, Marcia Hillman, 44 Terrell Holmes, Robert Iannapollo, Suzanne Lorge, Marc Medwin, Russ Musto, Joel Roberts, John Sharpe, Elliott Simon, Jazz is a music based on and dependent upon community. This was true in its earliest Andrew Vélez, Ken Waxman beginnings when it was an expression of displaced cultures and is still true today when it struggles for visibility in the musical marketplace. No one knows this better than the Contributing Writers Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), which has been celebrating Shaun Brady, Kevin Canfield, Brian Charette, 50 years of progressive, collective music-making throughout 2015 and continues the party Brad Cohan, Phil Freeman, Anders Griffen, with four Friday nights this month featuring luminaries from its roster like co-founder Muhal George Kanzler, Mark Keresman, Ken Micallef, Richard Abrams, Thurman Barker, Roscoe Mitchell, Amina Claudine Myers, Wadada Leo John Pietaro Smith, Henry Threadgill and George Lewis, the latter author of A Power Stronger Than Itself, an exhaustive history of the organization. And continuing the theme, pianist Alan Contributing Photographers Broadbent (Interview), playing three nights at Mezzrow, and bassist Michael Bisio (Artist Richarda Abrams, Torben Christensen, Feature), celebrating a new CD at Zürcher Gallery along with other appearances, have both Gary Firstenberg, Yngve Froyen, established themselves in the scenes of one (or more) cities and then relocated to be embraced Peter Gannushkin, Marek Lazarski, by our local community of players. Susan O’Connor, Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen, Jack Vartoogian And community is a worldwide phenomenon, evidenced by three festival reports from Detroit, Chicago and northeastern France, all of which feature players from their respective deep talent nycjazzrecord.com pools. So know that when you listen to jazz, you are never alone... On The Cover: AACM 50th Anniversary (logos taken from concert posters from 1965-75). Page 8 photo: Muhal Richard Abrams’ Experimental Band (seated left to right: Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams, Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Roscoe Mitchell, LaRoy Wallace McMillan; standing left to right: Reggie Nicholson, George Lewis, Leonard Jones, Thurman Barker, Henry Threadgill; photo by Richarda Abrams) All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission strictly prohibited. All material copyrights property of the authors. 2 OCTOBER 2015 | THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD WWW.BLUENOTEJAZZ.COM OCTOBER 2015 LEE RITENOUR THE JOHN SCOFIELD REBIRTH BRASS BAND OCTOBER 6 - 11 & JOE LOVANO QUARTET OCTOBER 2 - 4 OCTOBER 13 - 18 TM DOUBLE FEATURE: DIZZY GILLESPIE ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ TRIO KENNY G ALL STARS + HAROLD LÓPEZ NUSSA TRIO OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 1 OCTOBER 20 - 25 OCTOBER 26 - 28 TALIB KWELI WITH LIVE BAND OCTOBER 5 • ROMAIN COLLIN - CD RELEASE SHOW OCTOBER 12 • GATO BARBIERI OCTOBER 19 SUNDAY BRUNCH REBIRTH BRASS BAND OCTOBER 4 • BRAD SHEPIK’S NYU ENSEMBLE OCTOBER 11 ALEXIS COLE OCTOBER 18 • SVETLANA SHMULYIAN & DELANCEY FIVE FT TAP DANCER MICHELA MARINO LERMAN OCTOBER 25 LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES REBIRTH BRASS BAND OCTOBER 2 & 3 • JULIAN CORYELL OCTOBER 9 • SHARI PINE SEP 10 • STRINGS ‘N SKINSOCTOBER 16 THE RUFF PACK OCTOBER 17 • LOUD APARTMENT OCTOBER 23 • TBA OCTOBER 24 • TBA OCTOBER 30 • DAVID WEISS & POINT OF DEPARTURE OCTOBER 31 RD bluenotenyc l3l WEST 3 STREET NEW YORK CITY • 2l2.475.8592 • WWW.BLUENOTEJAZZ.COM @bluenotenyc TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY 8PM & l0:30PM • FRIDAY & SATURDAY LATE NIGHTS: l2:30AM TELECHARGE.COM TERMS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLY @bluenotenyc SUNDAY BRUNCH, ll:30AM & l:30PM, $35 INCLUDES BRUNCH MUSIC AND DRINK 2751 Broadway NYC, NY (btw 105th & 106th Streets) www.smokejazz.com 212.864.6662 sets at 7, 9 & 10:30PM + Late Night OCTOBER 2015 Th 10/1 TOMMY CAMPBELL & VOCAL-EYES F 10/16 ONE FOR ALL Sa 10/17 Jim Rotondi [tpt.] Eric Alexander [ten. saxophone] Steve Davis [trb.] F 10/2 STANLEY COWELL QUARTET Su 10/18 David Hazeltine [piano] John Webber [bass] Joe Farnsworth [drums] Sa 10/3 Bruce Williams [alto saxophone & flute] Stanley Cowell [piano] Su 10/4 Jay Anderson [bass] Victor Lewis [drums] W 10/21 CAROLYN LEONHART QUINTET Th 10/22 Carolyn Leonhart [vocals] Myron Walden [tenor saxophone] Helen Sung [piano] Hans Glawischnig [bass] Rodney Green [drums] W 10/7 ALEXIS COLE QUINTET F 10/23 Th 10/8 Featuring special guest Eric Alexander Sa 10/24 Alexis Cole [vocals] Eric Alexander [tenor saxophone] MARY STALLINGS WITH THE BRUCE BARTH TRIO John DiMartino [piano] Yasushi Nakamura [bass] Kenny Hassler [drums] Su 10/25 W 10/28 FLEURINE F 10/9 ”SPHERICAL” Sa 10/10 A THELONIOUS MONK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Su 10/11 Eddie Henderson [trumpet] Tim Warfield [tenor saxophone] JIM SNIDERO QUINTET Th 10/29 Jim Snidero [alto saxophone] Alex Sipiagin [trumpet] Victor Gould [piano] Ben Wolfe [bass] Mark Whitfield, Jr. [drums] Andy LaVerne [piano] Ugonna Okegwo [bass] Jason Tiemann [drums] W 10/14 FREDDIE HENDRIX QUARTET F 10/30 Th 10/15 Freddie Hendrix [trumpet] Brandon McCune [piano] Sa 10/31 JD ALLEN TRIO Chris Berger [bass] Chris Beck [drums] Su 11/1 JD Allen [tenor saxophone] Gregg August [bass] Nate Smith [drums] ARTIST RESIDENCIES ’ROUND MIDNIGHT SESSIONS M THE SMOKE JAM SESSION BIG BAND MONDAYS: ORRIN EVANS & THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND Tu EMMET COHEN ORGAN TRIO W CAMILLE THURMAN QUARTET Th NICKEL & DIME OPS B-3 TUESDAYS: MIKE LEDONNE’S GROOVER QUARTET F JOHN FARNSWORTH QUARTET or PATIENCE HIGGINS & THE SUGAR HILL QUARTET Sa JOHNNY O’NEAL & FRIENDS SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH WITH ANNETTE ST. JOHN Su WILLERM DELISFORT QUARTET NEW YORK @ NIGHT When saxophonist Jon Irabagon took the stage at the On the strength of last year’s Code Red, David Jazz Standard (Sep. 2nd) with his quartet of pianist Matt Fiuczynski’s Screaming Headless Torsos, a 25-year- Mitchell, bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Nasheet old border-destroying ‘rock’ band from Boston, is Waits, the format and approach certainly seemed to fit experiencing a revival, their recent premiere at the venerable Gramercy club’s taste for malleable Rockwood Music Hall (Sep. 4th) proving the point. postbop of the Blue Note generation. Yet it was clear Fronted by operatic soul singer Freedom Bremner, from the opening salvo (of five) that something else was fired by the eclectic pyrotechnics of Fiuczynski’s in store. Irabagon is a versatile soloist and breathtaking double-necked (one fretted, one not) guitar, backed by scalar technician, but for all his influences (he stuck to bassist David Ginyard and the too-tough rhythm team the tenor for this concert), he owns his phrasing and of drummer James “Biscuit” Rouse and percussionist works dramatic statements with delicate grapple, as Daniel Sadownick, the Torsos delivered their highly though he were meticulously pulling at a loaf of intelligent, incessantly morphing originals with a punk sourdough. His partners were all given ample room to edge. Opening with a cover of Miles Davis’ “Smile in a stretch out, as Irabagon gleefully encourages the notion Wave”, which featured a fast bebop scat melody with a of a band. Lightcap and Waits stoked with dry and Stevie Wonder-style B-section, a theremin-like guitar colorful insistence and Mitchell was a continual delight solo with swooping slides and Jimi Hendrix-inspired with a penchant for minimal, cellular elaboration and psychedelic lyrics, the Torsos soon set heads a-bobbin’ voluminous, toothy rhapsody. It wouldn’t be accurate to across the SRO hipster crowd. And that was just the divide the set into uptempo numbers and reflective first number. The set was a study in contrasts and ballads since each piece was structured around roiling paradoxes: somehow the band’s beat stayed funky-to- shifts just under the surface, but one particularly gentle the-bone even as it sped up, slowed down or modulated tune, a folksy modal plateau dedicated to Irabagon’s through relentless textural shifts; and, in spite of its late grandmother and titled “100 Summers”, was a quirky ethos and frenetic pace, the music was steeped disarmingly pretty take on the language of Pharoah in soul. Three songs were reprised from the group’s Sanders and late-period Coltrane. All four musicians debut disc, but most came from the new album, plus a proved themselves masters of knotted form and cover of Hendrix’ ballad “Angel”. Was it jazz? Does it continually wowed, although a bit more elegant matter? It certainly wasn’t what Duke Ellington would simplicity could have been equally breathtaking.
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