TT 21: American piano music/John Scofield
Hello from Langnau, Switzerland, where I’m part of a great faculty at a jazz workshop here.
(Shane Endsely, Angie Sanchez, Chris Tordini, Aurora Nealand, me, Chris Speed, John Hollenbeck, Hilmar Jensson)
On Saturday I play duo with Ron Carter as part of Langnau Jazz Nights.
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New big DTM: I’ve been meaning to do this for a while: now it’s done, so I can move on: Write It All Down, an overview of 20th-century American classical music for piano.
Other recent DTM includes Anthology (recent records) and Edwin Fischer and Rosalyn Tureck play Bach.
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The second Chronology for JazzTimes is online: John Scofield, Steve Swallow, and Adam Nussbaum's December 1981 European tour. Next up: Mary Lou Williams, followed by Don Cherry…