It is my understanding that springtime is the best time to hear good jazz- and boy, is there plenty of it. Here’s just a few of the fine musical fruits that you can pick this Spring, and what’s been hot so far. How do you like them apples?
Top Ten Charts:
1 AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint Blue Note
2 DAVID KRAKAUER The Big Picture Self-Released
3 BAD PLUS The Rite Of Spring Sony Masterworks
4 JEFF BALLARD TRIO Time’s Tale OKeh
5 SHAWN MAXWELL’S ALLIANCE Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance Chicago Sessions
6 KROM Krom Self-Released
7 RENE MARIE I Wanna Be Evil: With Love To Eartha Kitt Motema
8 SAM BOSHNACK QUINTET Exploding Syndrome Shnack
9 SNARKY PUPPY We Like It Here
10 IAN CAREY AND BEN STOLOROW Duocracy Kabocha
Top Adds to KZSC Jazz:
1 MARK EGAN About Now Wavetone
2 ZARA MCFARLANE If You Knew Her Brownswood
3 ZAN STEWART The Street Is Making Music
4 PETE MCGUINNESS JAZZ ORCHESTRA Strength In Numbers Summit
5 BAD PLUS The Rite Of Spring Sony Masterworks
So, the irresistable jazz power trio The Bad Plus has come out with their latest album – The Rite of Spring, their rendition of a ballet composed by classical legend Igor Stravinsky. Did you know that the original performance of this piece caused a riot in Russia in 1913? Well, I guess folks just weren’t ready for such an intensity of sound at that time…But things are different now, The Bad Plus surely takes Stravinsky’s composition to a new level in this release. Check out the 2011 live debut of their arrangement below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdE49jdfn6Y&w=560&h=315