{"id":10250,"date":"2018-09-10T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T23:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=10250"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T23:56:44","slug":"monday-recommendation-emil-viklicky-humoresque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/09\/monday-recommendation-emil-viklicky-humoresque\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Emil Viklick\u00c3\u00bd, Humoresque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday Recommendation, <strong>Emil Viklicky<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cdmusic.cz\/en\/czech-jazz\/humoresque-e.viklicky-piano-p.dvorsky-double-bass-e.adams-drums-2018-%5Bid%3DAF003%5D\">Humoresque<\/a><\/em> (NCML)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/af003-e1536622816908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/af003-e1536622816908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a>Last spring Czech pianist Emil Viklick\u00c3\u00bd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 traveled from Prague to visit relatives in the American Midwest. Never one to forego a playing opportunity, while he was there he gave a concert at the National Czech &amp; Slovak Museum &amp; Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of several he has performed there for enthusiastic partisan audiences. With Viklick\u00c3\u00bd was bassist Petr Dvorsk\u00c3\u00bd, a prominent member of the Czech jazz community since his 1990 graduation from Jeroslav Jezek\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jazz conservatory in Prague. Drummer Ernie Adams is a veteran of work with dozens of major musicians\u00e2\u20ac\u201damong them Clark Terry, Joe Williams, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Williams Benny Golson and Phil Woods. In Cedar Rapids, Viklick\u00c3\u00bd followed his customary practice of including interpretations of traditional Czech music. His extended arrangement of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Love, Oh Love\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a highlight of the concert. The concert is a highlight of his discography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday Recommendation, Emil Viklicky, Humoresque (NCML) Last spring Czech pianist Emil Viklick\u00c3\u00bd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 traveled from Prague to visit relatives in the American Midwest. Never one to forego a playing opportunity, while he was there he gave a concert at the National Czech &amp; Slovak Museum &amp; Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of several he has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}