This event took place at Issue Project Room on May 25, 2013. Since previews on the Time Out New York website now disappear from view once an event is passed, I'm preserving it here for personal posterity. Sadly, I was... Continue reading

Charles Gayle in 'Rising Tones Cross' Jazziz July 1999 The early 1980s were a period of transition for the avant-garde fringe in New York. The loft scene – the days in which Ornette Coleman's hom on Prince Street and Sam... Continue reading

John Shiurba Jazziz May 1999 Bay Area guitarist and free-improvisor John Shiurba hit upon the idea of his new Limited Sedition record label soon after buying a CD burner last year: "I just wanted to put out CDs of my... Continue reading

Kenny Kirkland Jazziz February 1999 Word leaked over the Internet before any official sources were heard. But in the end, the stories were the same: Pianist Kenny Kirkland was found dead in his Queens home on Friday, November 13. He... Continue reading

Sometimes the road ahead is simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time…and knowing the right people. Back in the spring of 2000, with my illustrious public-relations career at an impasse after BMG Classics eliminated... Continue reading

Ken Thomson, by James Hirschfeld Ken Thomson and I first crossed paths back in 1997, when I was the publicist for the Knitting Factory and its first-annual [sic] Texaco Jazz Festival (formerly What Is Jazz?), and he was part of... Continue reading

To everyone who surfed into Night After Night yesterday after news of my winning an ASCAP Concert Music Award became public – including the many who came via a supremely kind citation on my brilliant colleague Alex Ross's blog, The... Continue reading

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic (DGM) Travis & Fripp - Follow (Panegyric) Ashley Paul - Line the Clouds (Rel) Antoine Beuger - Méditations poétiques sur quelque chose d’autre; Lieux de passage; Jürg Frey - Canones incerti - Ensemble... Continue reading

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King Crimson - The Savoy, New York, NY, Nov. 7, 1981 (late show) (DGMLive) Riccardo Zandonai - Francesca da Rimini - Magda Olivero, Mario Del Monaco, Giampiero Malaspino, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan/Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Hallmark > MOG) Incantation... Continue reading

Jon Gillock, by Kenneth Dickerman/The New York Times Jon Gillock at the Church of the Ascension, March 5, 2013 The New York Times, March 7, 2013 A gripping account of Messiaen's awe-inspiring Méditations sur la Mystère de la Sainte Trinité,... Continue reading

Marcello Giordani, Eva-Maria Westbroek and Mark Delavan, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Francesca da Rimini at the Metropolitan Opera House, March 4, 2013 The New York Times, March 7, 2013 I don't often get much direct response to my... Continue reading

Jennifer Koh, by Jennifer Taylor/The New York Times Jennifer Koh at the 92nd Street Y, March 2, 2013 The New York Times, March 5, 2013 I specifically remember thinking, as Jennifer Koh managed to give each voice in Bach's fugues... Continue reading

Quartz Safari - Quartz Safari (Fadeaway Tapes) Jean Sibelius - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 - Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä (Bis) Philip Glass - Symphony No. 7 "Toltec" - Linz Opera Chorus, Bruckner Orchestra Linz/Dennis Russell Davies (Orange Mountain Music) Osvaldo... Continue reading

Collegiate Chorale, by Richard Termine/The New York Times Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall, February 27, 2013 The New York Times, March 2, 2013 Here we are at Night After Night post No. 1,000. Feels auspicious, even if it's just a... Continue reading

Matoaka Little Eagle, Cleek Schrey, Mary MacKenzie and Jessica Schmitz, by Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times Avant Music Festival at the Wild Project, February 16, 2013 The New York Times, Feb. 20, 2013 Last month I was lucky enough to... Continue reading

Lauren Worsham, by Kristin Hoebermann Interview with Lauren Worsham Time Out New York, Feb. 21–27, 2013 An excruciatingly short snippet from a lengthy, wide-ranging and brilliantly fun conversation with Lauren Worsham (full name: Lauren Worsham Jarrow), who plays Flora in... Continue reading

Allison Cook and William Ferguson in Powder Her Face, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Powder Her Face at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February 15, 2013 The New York Times, Feb. 18, 2013 New York City Opera opened its... Continue reading

Brentano String Quartet, by Karsten Moran/The New York Times Brentano String Quartet at Zankel Hall, February 12, 2013 The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2013 The world premiere of Steven Mackey's thoughtful, engaging One Red Rose, a fascinating reflection on... Continue reading

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 - Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Richard Strauss (Naxos Historical) Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8 - Berlin Philarmonic/Hans Pfitzner (Naxos Historical) Robert Schumann - Frauenliebe und -Leben; Dichterliebe -... Continue reading

<a href="http://recordings.irritablehedgehog.com/album/dennis-johnson-november-2" _mce_href="http://recordings.irritablehedgehog.com/album/dennis-johnson-november-2">Dennis Johnson: November by R. Andrew Lee</a> Pianist R. Andrew Lee, whose previous recordings for the Irritable Hedgehog label have featured illuminating performances of works by Tom Johnson, Ann Southam, William Duckworth and Jürg Frey, has just released... Continue reading

Trombonists of the Juilliard Orchestra, by Michael Nagle/The New York Times Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, February 9, 2013 The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013 Not many people know it, but we live in a golden age for contemporary... Continue reading

Soloists and the Orchestra for the Next Century, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall, February 6, 2013 The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013 Given that Penelope, a large-scale song cycle composed by... Continue reading

Kenneth Hesketh - Dei Destini Incrociati; Aphorisms; Fra Duri Scogli; Three Pieces in the Shape of a Shoe; Theatre of Attractions - Psappha/Nicholas Kok (Psappha) Thomas Adès - Powder Her Face - Jill Gomez, Valdine Anderson, Niall Morris, Roger Bryson,... Continue reading

Musical America reports that the great American conductor James DePreist passed away this morning in Scottsdale, AZ, at 76, due to complications from an earlier heart attack. Born in Philadelphia in 1936, and the nephew of Marion Anderson, Mr. DePreist... Continue reading