Before Shorter’s band went on, bassist Esperanza Spalding, a current and deserving darling of the jazz world, shone while playing demanding arrangements of Shorter tunes in a trio with pianist Geri Allen and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. In an opening set, yet another bassist, Linda Oh, ...
Before Shorter’s band went on, bassist Esperanza Spalding, a current and deserving darling of the jazz world, shone while playing demanding arrangements of Shorter tunes in a trio with pianist Geri Allen and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. In an opening set, yet another bassist, Linda Oh, ...
” and “The Drunkard’s Doom” at Shank, showing that, like Dylan before him, he can perform and mine folk songs not only to immerse himself in tradition but to feel his the syllables of tradition forming on the vocal chords that create the sounds of his own songs....