http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/ben_ratliffArticles by BEN RATLIFF, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:56:32 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:56:32 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cd7429c65f0c0de73180fcb6628c4eb1Savion Glover, the tap dancer, has been performing this week at the Blue Note with four major figures in jazz. It’s all being recorded for video, but also for audio. Audio? Does that make sense? Would you want to listen to it? Savion Glover, with Andy ...Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:34:40 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cd7429c65f0c0de73180fcb6628c4eb1Savion GloverJack DeJohnetteMcCoy TynerRoy HaynesEddie Palmierihttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=62d368081ce4469e3dbe13a2fa8445c4Can we put to rest this Talmudic thing about band reunions? In the right circumstances, with the right people, they can be very, very good. Does it matter whether the band makes more records, whether it is still a going concern, whether it is part of ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:35:07 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=62d368081ce4469e3dbe13a2fa8445c4Jesus LizardFillmore New York at Irving PlazaThe Jesus Lizard (musician)Sean Pennhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=68c4847649e8a3e24380bb772c54d4eeBlack metal and doom metal are musical styles, but they are also modes of being. They’re body and brain and nature. That furious black-metal clog of screams, strums and beats is rain or wind or anxiety or catatonic excitement. That deep-frequency ...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:11:30 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=68c4847649e8a3e24380bb772c54d4eeKralliceShrinebuilderTrey AnastasioScott Kelly (musician)Melvins (musician)http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=86312cb7a5f2d62dc24dbe91c8a5b848The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. For all his importance as an originator of bossa nova, João Gilberto hasn’t written a lot of music. But all the adepts know ...Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:48:39 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=86312cb7a5f2d62dc24dbe91c8a5b848KralliceJaguarhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c6952a7ce1904e3b821f80b935af08edDick Katz, a pianist, record producer, educator and writer whose knowledge of jazz from the stride-piano era to 1960s modernism made him a valuable presence on New York’s jazz scene for six decades, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 85. The latest ...Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:10:13 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c6952a7ce1904e3b821f80b935af08edTeddy WilsonArt TatumFats WallerAaron KatzUniversity of North Carolinahttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b0019a3c584018f696412affa629b4aeAs the future of the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals continues to unfold, its recorded past has suddenly been thrown open. An audience at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival. In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash ...Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:24:09 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b0019a3c584018f696412affa629b4aeCount BasieArt BlakeyAhmad JamalJoe WilliamsThelonious Monkhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7b6381794fe77b36824b022f61068736Vijay Iyer’s trio lights up through improvised, viruslike rhythms. It’s not a situation in which the drummer’s steady swing underpins whatever the pianist is doing; that did happen sometimes at the Jazz Standard on Friday, but it wasn’t where the ...Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:48:15 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7b6381794fe77b36824b022f61068736Vijay IyerAndrew HillJulius HemphillStevie WonderJason Moranhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=285b7a51f757eceffd8626c011e09d6dStacy 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 ...Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:25:39 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=285b7a51f757eceffd8626c011e09d6dhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f6c17cef293407cf8c18258a0a41a597“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 ...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:55:42 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f6c17cef293407cf8c18258a0a41a597Mount EerieNeil YoungWill Oldhamhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=6613f05664c18b65119f2b6f92b25ca3Wynton 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, ...Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:04:12 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=6613f05664c18b65119f2b6f92b25ca3Wynton MarsalisRose TheaterDuke EllingtonSean JonesCount Basie