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Monday, September 17, 2012

Live Review PHOTOS: Michael Feinberg's Elvin Jones Project at the Schwartz Center

Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM

Dustin Chambers
Michael Feinberg's Elvin Jones Project

Bass player and Atlanta expat Michael Feinberg played host to a happy homecoming Saturday night at Emory University’s Schwartz Center, headlining the CD release party for his latest offering, the Elvin Jones Project (Sunnyside). With two previous offerings released under his name, 2010’s Evil Genius and 2011’s With My Hands, Feinberg emerged as a promising up-and-comer in the contemporary jazz world. With the Elvin Jones Project, however, he's switched gears a bit, focusing less on original composition while digging into the music of one of his all time favorite drummers, Elvin Jones. By delving into the late drummer and backbone to the classic Coltrane Quartet’s extensive body of work, Feinberg returned with a handful of songs that not only inspired him early in his career, but still resonate with him, carrying a sense of universal energy that’s both earthy and cerebral (the Jones-penned “Three Card Molly,” “Earth Jones,” Coltrane’s “Miles Mode,” et al.).

Standing at the center of an ensemble of world-class players, featuring pianist Leo Genovese, saxophone player George Garzone, and drummer Billy Hart, Feinberg worked the strings Saturday night, leading the group through a set of both strange and familiar arrangements that tastefully honed the dark matter swirling between hard bop and the avant-garde. The sound in the Schwartz Center is unrivaled, which provided an perfect canvas for Genovese’s fast and nimble finger work on the piano, and Hart's staccato yet colossal drumming. Garzone stood at the front of the show, occasionally strolling to the side, only vaguely aware of the audience in front of him. Rather, he seemed lost in the music as it unfolded around him, taking the lead every time he leaned into his horn. And in the end it was “Earth Jones” that stood out as the musical high mark of the evening, ebbing and flowing through various rhythmic hooks, hard bop excursions and bouts of freer sound, all swelling and bursting wide open, but never losing their swing.

Dustin Chambers

Dustin Chambers
George Garzone

Tags: Atlanta, Jazz, hard bop, avant-garde, Michael Feinberg, Elvin Jones, John Coltrane, Emory University, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Leo Genovese, George Garzone, Billy Hart, Evil Genius, With My Own Hands

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Live Review PHOTOS: Michael Feinberg's Elvin Jones Project at the Schwartz Center

Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM

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