The Live Music Report
September 2005 |
|
|
|
| The 12th Annual Guelph Jazz Festival + Colloquium |
|
|
• Sticks and Stones
• Satoko Fujii Four |
 |
|
...The dark foreboding with which the group’s music started, arcs back to Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain or...
> report |
| by Joyce Corbett |
|
• Ewart, Leo Smith, Parker & Drake
• The Art Ensemble of Chicago |
 |
|
...Excitement remained high as the celebrated Art Ensemble of Chicago walked on stage...
> report |
| by David Fujino |
|
|
|
| Guelph Jazz — True to its tenets |
 |
|
...the GJF offers a satisfying experience for anyone seeking musical, spiritual and intellectual refreshment...
> report |
| by Joyce Corbett |
|
|
|
|
| Concerts |
|
|
| Nick "Brownman" Ali —
A Tribute to Miles Davis |
 |
|
...trumpeter Nick "Brownman" Ali and his kinetic bandmates, richly rewarded listeners with creative music performed in a spirit of fun...
> report |
| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
|
| Tons of Fun University |
 |
|
...brilliant time that leaves you feeling more awake at midnight than you were at noon...
> report |
| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
|
|
|
| John Hammond |
 |
|
...His right hand is armed with thumb and finger-picks that savage the steel without mercy...
> report |
| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
|
| Curtis Fuller and Marcus Belgrave |
 |
|
...Curtis Fuller stomped off the tempo with his right foot. "The Clan" — 'the other clan', he joked...
> report |
| by David Fujino |
|
|
|
| Mariza |
 |
|
...Mariza floats in slowly from the far side, an impossibly tall, slim, stately shadow moving smoothly, like a manikin on wheels...
> report |
| by Stanley Fefferman |
|
| Michael Penn |
 |
|
...looks a bit like Leonard Cohen, dark with prominent, rounded features; sounds a bit like Elvis Costello—raspy pushing into the high register...
> report |
| by Stanley Fefferman |
|
|
|
| Composers Workshop |
 |
|
...There were many cries heard throughout, and in this evening's performance, the human cry and the Great City co-existed...
> report |
| by David Fujino |
|
| Jorane |
 |
|
...Jorane is an enchantress. Possessed of marmoreal beauty, and commanding that most commanding of instruments, a cello...
> report |
| by Stanley Fefferman |
|
|
|
|
|
| Theatre |
|
|
| The Affairs of Anatol |
 |
|
...Anatol, with no other interests but love to distract him, is appealing because he can focus the full force of his ardour on a woman...
> report |
| by Stanley Fefferman |
|
| Banana Boys |
 |
|
...'Banana' means an Asian trying to make it in a white world, playing by the white world's rules, like the banana boys in this play...
> report |
| by David Fujino |
|
|
|
|
