by Mike Errico | Feb 14, 2012 | So Good
One of those moments when I realized that music is even bigger than I thought. Side note: David Gilmour is one of my all-time favorite guitarists. Here’s another reason...
by Mike Errico | Feb 4, 2012 | So Good
The seventh and final chapter of “But Beautiful,” by Geoff Dyer deals with Art Pepper. My guess is that Dyer put him last because he seems to embody so much of the other six players – his sound has hints of each, and his life had chaos and jail and tragedy to burn. ~FIN~ There is an afterword that discusses the major themes in jazz history, and also includes a great discography that I’ll be listening through, perhaps over years. I didn’t know some of these players, but I know them now, far better than I would have by simply listening. I’m going to miss this book. You really should pick it up. More video accompaniment to the jazz artists in Geoff Dyer’s “But Beautiful”: http://www.errico.com/tag/but-beautiful/ More So Good:...
by Mike Errico | Feb 3, 2012 | So Good
Chapter six of “But Beautiful,” by Geoff Dyer finds a way into the void of Chet Baker’s tone, vocally as well as on the horn. He’s just…gone, ghost like and out of frame. A glimpse. More video accompaniment to the jazz artists in Geoff Dyer’s “But Beautiful”: http://www.errico.com/tag/but-beautiful/ More So Good:...
by Mike Errico | Jan 30, 2012 | live shows
FIRST SHOW OF 2012: Arlene’s Grocery, NYC w/strings Arlene’s Grocery 95 Stanton St. NY NY 10003 21+/$8 cover info, tix: http://www.arlenesgrocery.net/calendar/index.html NOTE: The door is “polled” meaning they ask patrons which band they came to see. So let them know! 8p: LUFF http://www.luffmusic.com/ 9p: MIKE ERRICO 10p: Becca Schack http://www.beccaschack.com/ 11p: Bob Lanzetti http://www.myspace.com/boblanzetti1 12p: Luke Rathborne...
by Mike Errico | Jan 27, 2012 | So Good
Chapter five of “But Beautiful,” by Geoff Dyer: Mingus is hard. There’s a bullying, angry quality to him, an angular poke in the chest at each chord change, a snarl in the attack of his bass. Meanwhile, the form feels like it’s deconstructing as he pushes it relentlessly forward. Dyer captures it in lines like, “If he had been a ship the ocean would have been in his way.” More video accompaniment to the jazz artists in Geoff Dyer’s “But Beautiful”: http://www.errico.com/tag/but-beautiful/ More So Good:...
