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OF HOT HOUSE P33 February 2017 www.hothousejazz.com Cutting Room Page 21 Birdland Page 10 Matthew Shipp Noah Haidu MOPDTK Dianne Reeves Cornelia Street Underground Page 10 JALC Page 17 Where To Go & Who To See Since 1982 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 2 2 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 3 3 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 4 4 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 5 5 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 6 6 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 7 7 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 8 8 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 9 9 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 10 WINNING SPINS By George Kanzler HE TWO ALBUMS THAT COM- "Glen Riddle" begins as two-beat Dixie prise this Winning Spins both feature that veers through decades with Ron and smallT groups with a three-horn frontline, Moppa going modern before Brandon as well as original compositions by the brings the vintage sound back. The album leaders. They also have one musician in ends with "Five (Corners, Points, Forks)," common—saxophonist Jon Irabagon. And, a piece incorporating trad conventions in each case, they present work inspired by with contemporary attitudes. literature. Infinite Distances, Noah Haidu (Cellar But the results are startlingly different: Live), finds a very different, adaptable Jon while pianist Noah Haidu develops his again on soprano and tenor saxes; Jeremy music solidly within the conventions of the Pelt, trumpet and flugelhorn; Sharel mainstream of today's jazz, bassist Moppa Cassity, alto sax; and either Peter Elliott conjures up flights of fancy that Brendler or Alejandro de la Portilla, bass; challenge conventional ideas, creating a John Davis or Mark Ferber, drums. Noah, funhouse mirror take on early jazz styles. who dominates a lot of the solo space on Loafer's Hollow, Mostly Other People the album, studied piano with Kenny Do the Killing (Hot Cup), is from the lat- Barron at Rutgers, and his playing shares est configuration of MOPDtK, Moppa's flu- some of the architectonic sense of form and idly configured small group, this time a flow we hear in Kenny's work. septet with Jon on soprano or tenor sax, Central to this 11-track CD is the six- joined in the frontline by Steven Bernstein, part suite, "Infinite Distances," inspired by trumpet and slide trumpet, and Dave a passage from the writer Rainer Maria Taylor, bass trombone. Rounding out the Rilke: "Among the closest people there group are Brandon Seabrook, banjo and remain infinite distances." Piano soloing, electronics; Ron Stabinsky, piano; Moppa against the horns and in a drop-out a cap- on bass, and Kevin Shea, drums. pella section, and Jon's tenor share the Brandon's ubiquitous banjo sound perme- space on the suite's eponymous first move- ates most of the music, bringing a vintage ment. Alan's drums dominate the short hue to a warped, surrealistic take on tradi- "Against the Sky." tional jazz. "Hanaya" is a leisurely waltz infused The CD's opening track, "Hi-Nella," with passion by Noah's piano and Sharel's steps jauntily along on a two-beat sax solos; swirling lines weave through the Dixieland rhythm, Ron's strums and slaps fast rhythms of "The Great Darkness;" are prominent throughout. Jon's soprano "Can We Talk" has a catchy, short melodic sax evokes Sidney Bechet and New line and gospel beat, Noah's piano solo Orleans; Steven's sliding, smeared notes appealingly accessible. Suspended time vies creating an a cappella centerpiece. The with accelerating, ostinato-fueled rhythms trad jazz feel continues on "Honey Hole," on the suite closer, "Guardians of Solitude," Ron's banjo and Moppa's bass anchoring Noah soloing at different tempos and the Twenties pulse as Kevin ranges toward Sharel closing it out with convincing flair. post-bop rhythmic freedom on his drum Four more tracks complete the album: kit—all under a shower of wah-wah solo- three reworked Noah tunes originally ing from Steven and Dave. recorded in a piano trio format, plus the The next five tracks are all dedicated to, late Joe Henderson's "Serenity." The latter and inspired by, the writing of novelists is a quartet feature for piano and Jon's Moppa admires: James Joyce, Kurt soprano sax. Both soprano and Sharel's Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, Cormac alto sax share solo space on the boppish McCarthy and David Foster Wallace (in "Juicy," along with John's chattering that order). "Bloomburg" evokes Joyce's drums. Jeremy is front and center on onrushing prose through Jon's cascading "They Who??," a sinuous, rolling excursion. tenor sax and tag-team solos, climaxing in Jeremy and Sharel comprise the frontline, tandem improvisations, from muted trum- and tandem solos, on the riff tune pet and trombone. "Momentum." All in all, this is an ambi- Off-kilter rhythms vie with strains of tious and highly successful showcase for stride from Ron's piano, periods of near Noah's piano, compositions and ensemble silence and mouthpiece exhalations on conception. "Kilgore;" "Mason and Dixon" features a stop-time banjo solo and Jon's tenor lead- Mostly Other People Do the Killing ing a polyphonal ensemble; Steven and Jon perform at Cornelia Street Under- (tenor again) share solo space on the slow- ground Feb. 19. Noah Haidu has a CD er "Meridian," with echoes of "Makin' release gig at Birdland for Infinite Whoopee." Distances with his band on Feb. 9. 10 MOPDTK cover photo by Peter Gannushkin, Reeves by Jerris Madison, Shipp by Barbara Januszkiewicz. 178430_HH_Feb_0 1/24/17 10:36 AM Page 11 Sign-up for our E-ALERT at www.hothousejazz.com and be the 1st to know when the latest Hot House is available on line PUBLISHER/MANAGING EDITOR: For advertising requests and Gwen Kelley (formerly Calvier) listing info contact Gwen Kelley [email protected] Toll Free Phone: COPY EDITOR: Yvonne Ervin 888-899-8007/[email protected] [email protected] Hot House Jazz Magazine is published monthly and all PRODUCTION & ART DIRECTOR: copyrights are the property of Gwen Kelley. All rights Karen Pica [email protected] reserved. No material may be reproduced without written CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: permission of the President. No unsolicited manuscripts Ken Dryden, Yvonne Ervin, Ken Franckling, will be returned unless enclosed with a self addressed stamped envelope. 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