The Live Music Report
February 2005 |
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| Humber Music with Dave Holland |
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...these student players are not just starting out, but that, as far as their accomplishment is concerned, they have arrived…
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Tommy Makem |
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...What a thrill to bathe in Makem’s baritone broguish intonations unfolding ribald tales like the one…
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band |
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...the mariachi trumpet of leader David Buchbinder signals the ensemble into a kind of Bauhaus oompah oompah...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Emilie-Claire Barlow |
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...Transparent also means that you may not notice how perfect her diction can be, especially as on one of her fast-talking specialty numbers...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Montuno Police |
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...Montuno Police is a jazz group, built around drums and bass and percussion. They combine the improvisation and harmony of jazz with...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Special Event |
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| Africa Sings |
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...Dr. Modesto Amegago opened the concert with a traditional libation for the ancestors that included Martin Luther King...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Young Stars of the Young Century |
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...The program was wonderfully varied, with pieces from over twenty different composers, lots of Russians of course...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Dance |
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| COBA |
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...with its cocktail of dynamic dance and exhilarating music performed by talented dancers and drummers...
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| by Francine Poirier |
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| CanAsian Dance Festival |
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...The black shape then unfolds into a human silhouette standing upright...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Perú Negro |
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...The rhythmic foundation is the cajón, a percussive box. The players usually sit astride it, hitting the front of the wooden box...
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| by Joyce Corbett |
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| Theatre / Spoken Word |
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| David Fujino trumpet poems |
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...Drum establishing rhythm
Trumpet establishing mood
Words...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Pinter & Pirandello |
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...an ambitious pairing of one act plays”...
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| by Lesley Mitchell-Clarke |
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