The Live Music Report
May 2006 |
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| Lula World Festival |
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| Bollywood Fever |
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...dressed in camouflage pants and black crop tops accessorized with a black glove on one hand à la Michael Jackson...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Adam Solomon & Tikisa |
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...Adam Solomon and Tikisa were inspired, engaging and, above all, ‘itching’ to share their music with the world...
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| by Anne Vaughan & Roger Humbert |
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| Kellylee Evans |
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...Kellylee Evans moves effortlessly from note to note, savouring the vibrations of those she chooses to hold onto...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Kobo town |
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...Drew Gonsalves introduced the next piece talking about the history of calypso, or kaiso as it used to be called...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| The Bebop Cowboys |
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...They are country(ish) but they don’t play a bunch of cryin’ in yer beer songs. They don’t sound like cowpokes...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Las Estrellas De Lula |
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...The Lula Salsa All-Stars was made up of musicians selected from six different bands who play regularly at Lula Lounge...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Art Of Jazz Celebration |
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| More than Concerts |
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There is more to this jazz festival than concerts, there is a whole jazz culture being celebrated and nurtured...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Barry Harris Clinics |
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...He proclaims that jazz musicians are continuing the development of classical music and if Bach and Chopin were alive today...
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| by Joyce Corbett |
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| Rashied Ali / Sonny Fortune |
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...Like the extended blowing sessions in the 80's, the music poured forth freely from the stage of the terrific new concert space...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Afro Cuban Jazz and Dance Party |
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...a tribute to the days when jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton and Charlie Parker would hurry over to New York City’s Palladium...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Eddie Henderson / Kenny Barron |
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...The masterful relaxation, solid craft, and artistic vision of each musician was there from the first tune...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Ravi Coltrane / Luis Perdomo |
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...Ravi spoke beautifully for himself this afternoon, conversing with his duet partner, Luis Perdomo...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Concerts |
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| Warsaw Village Band |
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...Sylwia Swiatkowska plays the old polish fiddle, a 16th century predecessor to the violin...
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| by Sue Bullas & John Leeson |
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| Keiji Haino |
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...The sound was thick, blasting with fury and as he used feedback and delays liberally, the place shook and so did we...
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| by Tom Sekowski & Artur Wiszniewski |
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| Elliot Carter |
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...Elliott Carter's music distinguishes itself in its endings, for instead of a dramatic crash and bang, his pieces stop smoothly...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Theatre |
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| Song & Dance |
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...Ms. Pitre is a consummate performer, and certainly squeezed every bit of content that she could out of this flimsy and dated scenario...
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| by Lesley Mitchell-Clarke |
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