Day 13 – 9/22: 0 miles, Amherst MA A relaxed and much needed day of rest in preparation for the evening’s duo concert. Took a nice walk into town from the UMass campus and had a great lunch at Amherst Chinese Food (where I again hit the bitter melon), but let my legs chill otherwise. [...]
Category Archives: Anthony Braxton
Is it a small orchestra or a large ensemble?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
I was asked for a list of my five favorite big band recordings, for a downbeat feature Frank Hadley is writing. Even though I know there was a bit of blog-world discussion about this a few months ago (as usual Darcy James Argue was on the case with the roundup), it still ended up being [...]
A to Zooid
Saturday, February 7, 2009
A few months ago, I had the chance to hear Henry Threadgill’s Zooid at the Jazz Gallery in New York, on a cold November night in front of a handful of dedicated listeners. It was probably the best live music I caught all year. The band (Threadgill on alto and flute, Liberty Ellman on acoustic [...]
