Resilient Curves
By Kirk Silsbee
Blowtorch saxophones will light up the weekend. Altoist Kenny Garrett, one of the fortyish players reshaping the mainstream, is at Catalina’s. Pharoah Sanders, the torrential veteran of modality, is at the Jazz Bakery. Each continues through Saturday. Vocalist Susan Krebs debuts her new album, Jazz Aviary (GreenGig Music), at Gianelli Square (19451 Londelius Square, Northridge; 7:30 p.m.; $15/20; 818-772-1722) Saturday. She’s assembled bird-themed songs, from Lennon-McCartney, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bob Marley, Little Benny Harris (“Ornithology,” natch) and others and arranged them for voice and small band in an interesting way. Krebs reprises the show Tuesday at the Bakery. Friday at Dangerous Curve (1020 E. Fourth Place, downtown L.A.; 7 p.m.; $7-10; 213-617-8483), tabula rasa guitarist Jim McAuley communes with like-minded improvisers: trumpeter Kris Tiner, percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani and reedman Vinny Golia. McAuley can make an acoustic guitar sound like rain on a tin roof, a berimbau, or – a guitar. As part of the World Stage’s ongoing oral history program, Fritz Wise, one of our best drummers, shares stories about his career on Friday. Charles Lloyd, the resilient, liquid-toned tenor saxophone master, stops in at Catalina’s Sunday. He’s been counted out several times in the past fifty years but Lloyd always seems to confound his critics and come back stronger than ever. He should never be missed. Janis Mann, certainly one of our surest and strongest local vocalists, lights up Catalina’s Wednesday. So, will Roy Haynes show up and sit in on her gig?
For info, see Jazz, Blues, Latin listings.
Published: 03/26/2008
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