Manhattan jazz residencies (my new City Arts column)

"Maximalist to minimalist" was the headline of my first City Arts column, last month, wherein I urged listeners to hear Dee Dee Bridgewater at Zankel Hall, Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso at City Winery, Cecil Taylor at Merkin Hall -- and in the clubs, Hank Jones with Frank Wess, Enrico Rava with Stefono Bollani and Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, guitarist John Scofield's New Orleans gospel band. That was stuffing a lot in, trying to establish the breadth of music presented in New York -- and at a generally inviting level of access, for broad audiences. The picks were strewn over four weeks, and suggested some dimensions of the jazz-and-otherwise I'm apt to recommend. 

Speaking of which, check out this video of Dee Dee Bridgewater singing "Real Compared to What?"

 

and sort of but not completely different Dee Dee with her Malian project from French tv.

 

Having had columns or long runs previously in the Village Voice, Ear and New York Press, among other publications, I admit enjoying being read on home turf. What's most comforting about writing from New York is there's no fear of running out of topics.