It is the first day of spring and, naturally, Igor Stravinsky is on everyone’s mind. Well, perhaps not everyone’s, but he is powerfully on the minds of The Bad Plus. That trio of restless and sometimes disturbing seekers are adapting Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a piece that nearly a … [Read more...]
Archives for March 20, 2011
Spring, Part 2: Spring Songs
Here are two great spring songs, performed at European festivals. First, Ellis Marsalis at Spain’s Jazz Vitoria Gasteiz in 1992 with Tommy Wolf’s and Fran Landesman’s “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most.>†Randy Brecker played at Plovdid Jazz Nights 2009 in Bulgaria’s … [Read more...]