"I feel good about these offerings, but they have one serious limitation. No one can see these musicians live at a club; no one can ask for an autograph or respectfully shake a hand. I remind myself that this blog (eighteen years old next February, in case anyone wants to invite it out for a mojito) is called JAZZ LIVES, and thus has an obligation to living musicians in present tense. And fortunately for us, the living jazz is happily in evidence all around us."
"Here are selections from an evening of ravishing music performed by Dan Block, tenor saxophone and clarinet; Robert Redd, piano; Sean Smith, double bass, at the welcoming Cafe Ornithology in Bushwick, Brooklyn. (Looking ahead: this same trio will again perform there on October 30, the music beginning at 7:30 PM.) This trio is a compact orchestra, full of dear surprises. And the "beyond" encompasses Carmichael, Berlin, Kern, and so much more."
Archival performances by Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Sidney Catlett (1948 concert) and the Count Basie–Lester Young session (November 1936) offer monumental music but lack live audience interaction. Living musicians remain present in local venues. Selections feature Dan Block (tenor saxophone and clarinet), Robert Redd (piano), and Sean Smith (double bass) performing ravishing music at Cafe Ornithology in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The trio functions as a compact orchestra with surprising breadth, exploring standards from Carmichael, Berlin, Kern, and more. The trio will perform again on October 30 at 7:30 PM. The performer intends to record the upcoming set.
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