MUSIC

The Knights feat. Aaron Diehl

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2022
7:30 PM

92nd Street Y In Person & Live Stream
1395 Lexington Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan

$20-$45 in person; $20 live stream
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The Knights have put together a good concert, but the reason it gets Listed is the inclusion of portions of the orchestral version of Mary Lou Williams’s Zodiac Suite that the splendid pianist Aaron Dhiel has been playing around lately. Williams is America’s great lost jazz composer, up there with Morton and Monk: if only she had possessed a penis she’d already be a part of established history. Well, that’s changing now. As for the rest, Rhapsody in Blue (not a patch on Williams), the Third Brandenburg (it doesn’t hurt to hear it on modern instruments every once in a while), and a reduction of the dazzling The Firebird for chamber orchestra (are we sure that’s a good idea???????).

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, fun, enjoyable South African food and wine at Kaia Wine Bar. At home, have a Jack Rose: pour 2-1/2 oz. Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy, 3/4 oz. lemon juice, and 1/2 oz. Grenadine into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.