24 de janeiro de 2020

E é verdade...

"To do something, anything, is hard. It's much easier to blame your father, your mother, the environment, the government, the lack of money, but even if you find a place to assign the blame,it doesn't make the problems go away."



Take the Lead (2006), Liz Friedlander

18 de janeiro de 2020

Big guys

Sobre o jazz #2




"It takes black keys and white keys to make good music."

14 de janeiro de 2020

Com algum atraso...

... Os melhores CD's de jazz de 2018.



Jazz Journalists Association


Record of the year - 2018



Honey and Salt: Music Inspired by the Poetry of Carl Sandburg (Palmetto)
Matt Wilson





Top Ten JazzTimes - 2018




1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon (Blue Note)


2. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

3. Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret - The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

4. Kenny Barron Quintet - Concentric Circles (Blue Note)

5. Cécile McLorin Salvant - The Window (Mack Avenue)

6. Joshua Redman, Ron Miles, Scott Colley, Brian Blade - Still Dreaming (Nonesuch)

7. Bill Frisell - Music IS (Okeh/Sony Masterworks)

8. Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution! (Nonesuch)

9. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen Is a Reptile (Impulse!)

10. Miguel Zenón Featuring Spektral Quartet - Yo Soy la Tradición (Miel)





66th DownBeat Critics Poll - 2018




1. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Dreams and Daggers (Mack Avenue)


2. Anat Cohen Tentet - Happy Song (Anzic)

3. Charles Lloyd New Quartet - Passin’ Thru (Blue Note)

4. DeJohnette/Grenadier/ Medeski/Scofield - Hudson (Motéma)

5. Ambrose Akinmusire - Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note)

6. Matt Wilson - Honey and Salt (Palmetto)

7. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die (International Anthem)

8. Fred Hersch - Open Book (Palmetto)

9. Bill Charlap Trio - Uptown, Downtown (Impulse!)

10. Chick Corea - The Musician (Concord)





NPR Critics Poll - 2018




1. Wayne Shorter - Emanon (Blue Note)


2. Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra - Agg Dirt . . . And More Dirt (Pi)

3. Andrew Cyrille - Lebroba (ECM)

4. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (International Anthem)

5. Ambrose Akinmusire - Origami Harvest (Blue Note)

6. Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Pi)

7. Mary Halvorson - Code Girl (Firehouse 12)

8. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret - The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12)

9. Cecile McLorin Salvant - The Window (Mack Avenue)

10. Thumbscrew - Ours/Theirs (Cuneiform)

Ba wang bie ji

"A smile ushers in the spring.
A tear does darken all the world."




Farewell My Concubine (1993), Kaige Chen