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Stacy Rowles, Jazz Musician, Is Dead at 54

Stacy Rowles, a jazz trumpeter, fluegelhorn player and singer who had been active on the Los Angeles jazz scene since the 1980s, died on Oct. 27 at her home in Burbank, Calif. She was 54. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Music Review | Mount Eerie: A One-Man Band Plays Left-Coast Rock

“We’re Mount Eerie, from Anacortes, Washington,” said Phil Elverum, a compact, penitent-looking man with an electric guitar. His audience, on Sunday night at Le Poisson Rouge, cheered at him. “Yes,” he said. “Thank you. It’s a beautiful place.” Mount ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mount Eerie,  Neil Young,  Will Oldham

Music Review | Wynton Marsalis: His Bands, His Music, His Way

Wynton Marsalis translates life into jazz. Duke Ellington liked to do that too, but Mr. Marsalis needs to. Wynton Marsalis led two ensembles at the Rose Theater on Thursday. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wynton Marsalis,  Rose Theater,  Duke Ellington,  Sean Jones,  Count Basie

Music Review | 'The Long Count': Mayans, Baseball, Twins, All Coexisting in Music

The multimedia orchestral-rock song cycle “The Long Count” is theoretically about the prehistory of time, ballgames and twins. Practically, it’s about a semipopular indie-rock band with some contemporary classical-music experience not embarrassing ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Matthew Ritchie,  Brooklyn Academy of Music,  Cincinnati Reds,  New York Yankees,  Pete Rose

Music Review | Brad Paisley: Unabashed Chicken-Picking Dudeness

In a version of Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer” on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, the country star Brad Paisley started his last and longest guitar solo of the night. He took long steps toward stage right, scurried down a ramp and ambled down ...

From BEN RATLIFF, International Herald Tribune,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Brad Paisley,  Don Henley,  James Burton,  Mark Knopfler,  Tony Bennett

Music Review | Blackout: Jazz and Funk Roots, Joyfully Unearthed

Stefon Harris stood before a vibraphone and a marimba on Thursday night at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, the instruments positioned at right angles. That’s unusual in general, if usual for him. But the red keytar sitting on the side of the stage had a ...

From BEN RATLIFF, International Herald Tribune,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Stefon Harris,  Jackie McLean,  Miles Davis,  Thelonious Monk,  Stevie Wonder

Music Review | R. Kelly: A Stream of Medleys, a Flash of Sincerity

R. Kelly was aiming to have a new album, “Untitled” (Jive), out by now. Its release has been postponed until Dec. 1, but the dates for his Ladies Make Some Noise! tour stayed fixed, and the delay of the record either freed or forced him to put more ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: R. Kelly,  Michael Jackson,  Sam Cooke

Music: Misterioso No More: Book Debunks Image of a Jazz Giant

Let’s say goodbye forever to an old jazz myth: Thelonious Monk as inexplicable mad genius. Thelonious Monk, backstage at the Village Gate in 1962. Monk, on keyboard, with the saxophonist Charlie Rouse in an undated photo. Throughout much of his music ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Thelonious Monk,  University of Southern California

Music Review | Kylie Minogue: Coming in for a Landing After All These Years

The Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue has been a very big banana in other parts of the world since the late 1980s. On Tuesday, at the Hammerstein Ballroom, she played the final date of what was, unbelievably, her first-ever North American tour. The ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Kylie Minogue,  Madonna,  Hammerstein Ballroom,  Jean-Paul Gaultier

Playlist: Doom Metal, Melodic Jazz, Boiled-Down Funk

The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. The jazz singer Fay Victor. Her new record is The FreeSong Suite. Coati Mundi, a k a Andy Hernandez, who has returned to ...

From BEN RATLIFF, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Scott Kelly (musician),  Melvins (musician),  Myspace,  Animal Collective (musician),  Betty Carter

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