Music
One of the most astonishing sets of my week in Montreal featured two Frenchmen, accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Émile Parisien.
Among the festival’s highlights: pianist-singer Jeremy Dutcher, who arrived on the stage of the tiny space Gésu dressed in shorts and a long flowing black robe with a hood.
Pianist Constantine Finehouse and violinist Daniel Kurganov are well-matched musicians, and have recorded a superb album.
Nels Cline 4 is a group that can cross musical and cultural boundaries with exhilarating ease.
Lionel Loueke is a unique voice, who has managed to bring a number of influences together without weakening or undermining any of them.
For the moment, it is refreshing to see how carefully the music is being recorded and packaged.
Why would anyone think a good-time rocker like “Fun, Fun, Fun” needed strings?
Pianist Harold López-Nussa is his own bold and expressive rhythm section.
On these two discs you’ll find masterfully played, engaging excursions into the tonal beyond.
Music Commentary: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — Women are Locked Out
“They travel the world and have for years,” says Ellen Seeling, “sending the message that there are no women good enough to be in this organization.”
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