The Live Music Report
April 2007 |
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| Glenn Buhr Ensemble – Thru the Wounded Sky |
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...Buhr's music has a satisfying whole sound. It's richly compositional in its various sound textures and changing moods...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Ullman / Swell 4tet + Hat & Beard |
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...it was a perfect mixture of ideal acoustics and interplay between all four members that made me sit up and gawk in amazement...
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| by Tom Sekowski & Roger Humbert |
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| NOJO |
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...Occhipinti and Paul Neufeld clearly see a jazz orchestra in highly personal and creative terms...
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| by David Fujino & Mike Colyer |
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| Chris Bottomley & Brainfudge |
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...Brainfudge guided their audience on a wild musical odyssey through caves of funky soul, rivers of Latin jazz and valleys of reggae...
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| by Laila Boulos & Roger Humbert |
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| Harry Manx and Kevin Breit – In Good We Trust |
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...Manx is sagely rooted in acoustic raga-blues meditation, while the gangly Breit bounces around, cradling the electric guitar...
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| by Sebastian Cook & Roger Humbert |
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| Loreena McKennitt |
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...Her voice was unspoiled by time, her play flawless, and her songs even more moving in person than on record...
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| by Andy Frank |
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| David Braid and Hideaki Tokunaga |
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...I listened to two sets of music performed by the duo of Braid and Tokunaga, a musical compatibility was immediately evident...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Mike Colyer |
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| Lina Allemano Four and Wilbert de Joode |
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...Allemano's "Ba-Ba-Dee" — was an elastic, bluesy, medium bop tune, filled with long trilling trumpet lines and alto tonal bursts...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| The Shuffle Demons |
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...make no mistake, just like the Sun Ra Arkestra, these are not just eccentric dudes in eye-catching costumes, these are incredible and wildly creative musicians...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Nnenna Freelon |
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...Ms. Freelon is a passionate vocalist, producing equal amounts of emotion and spiritual energy. She radiates a beauty that is warm and captivating...
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| by Paul J. Youngman |
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| A 97-Note Octave – The Piano in Sixteenth Tones |
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...the 16-tone piano has the "sound of voices" — long fluttering breath-like sounds, at times sounding like briskly shuffled air...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Special Event |
Theatre |
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| National Jazz Awards |
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...For just over three hours, jazz was the most popular music once again, the biggest jazz show in town was taking place to honour the nation’s greatest...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Roger Humbert |
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| 36 Views |
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...In 36 discrete scenes — structured in a collage-like fashion — the notion of art as fiction, versus reality, was carefully examined by the play's six main characters...
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| by David Fujino |
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