Savion Glover Jazz in Motion: Tapping into Monk Glover, Savion performer Davis, Marshall, Jr. performer Chestnut, Maurice performer Concert 2005-10-28 Rose Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center Savion Glover digs into the music of Thelonious Monk alongside a jazz quartet (Gerald Cannon, bass; Ted Nash, saxophone; Herlin Riley, drums; Cyrus Chestnut, piano) in a program entitled Jazz in Motion: "Tappin' Into Monk". "Bright Mississippi"; "epistrophe"; "Misterioso"; "Ruby, My Dear"; "Rhythm-a-Ning"; "Shuffle Boil"; were "perfect vehicles for his brand of frenetic cool. In "Bright Mississippi" Mr. Glover kept up a clattering but fluid commentary, punctuating each 16-bar phrase with a triplet tattoo; his pugnacious litheness suggested the drumming of Roy Haynes, a Monk alumnus with firsthand knowledge of bop-era tap lore" wrote Nate Chinen, ("Knotty Syncopations Via a Tap-Happy Percussionist") in New York Times review 31 October 2005; this is a rare piece of writing about Glover's dancing style from a jazz music critic that opens up Glover's sonic style, which never gets dealt with by dance critics. Maurice Chestnut and Marshall Davis joined Glover for a cleverly choreographed "Bye-Ya." They returned for a dazzling "Trinkle, Tinkle" tagging the cascading triplets with grace notes before separately launching fusillades." (New York Times 31 October 2005 B5.) Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Savion Glover (biography) loc.music.tdabio.98 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1135