The Live Music Report
June 2008 |
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| SoundaXis '08 |
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| Robin Minard and Jaap Blonk |
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...The spatial aspect was evident throughout and musique concrète was the order of the day, especially during the two “Homage to Schaeffer” pieces ...
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| by Tom Sekowski |
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| Continuum Contemporary Music INform |
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... The chosen repertoire of the night was of new and previously existing works by both accomplished and aspiring composers ...
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| by Jessica Lombardi |
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| Cage-fest |
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... It's the sort of thing you walk in and out of, like looking at a painting, and that's what BirdCage is really, a sound painting, not a musical composition ...
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| by Zoë Guigueno |
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| Art of Jazz |
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| Randy Weston and Billy Harper |
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... Weston and Harper played a complex music. The initial forms, melodies, and rhythms, were bare-boned, mesmeric, and at times dance-like ...
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| by David Fujino & Mike Colyer |
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| Steve Kuhn Piano Workshop |
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"In my opinion he is one of the most under-rated pianists in jazz”. This is how Sheila Jordan introduced her friend and frequent musical accompanist Steve Kuhn ...
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| by Christopher Butcher & Mike Colyer |
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| The Nancy Walker Trio |
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... A fearless use of the piano’s low end for percussive stabs, the occasional tightly clustered voicing used like a fine spice ...
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| by Christopher Butcher & Mike Colyer |
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| Hermeto Pascoal |
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... Hermeto Pascoal has a truly individual voice and would break any preconceived musical rule to express it ...
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| by Christopher Butcher & Mike Colyer |
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| Cindy Blackman Quartet |
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... She hits, builds, prods — and explodes — all the things a drummer's 'supposed to do' — but more than that, she gets right down to business ...
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| by David Fujino & Mike Colyer |
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| Art of Jazz in Photos |
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| by Mike Colyer |
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| Concerts |
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| Strunz & Farah |
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... Musically inseparable since their meeting in 1979, Iranian Ardeshir Farah and Costa Rican, Jorge Strunz have been consistently gathering awestruck fans ...
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| by Laila Boulos |
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| The Gryphon Trio Quartet for the End of Time |
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... The musicians, one entity, that of immortal Olivier Messaien, and we sitting not merely listening with our ears — one being ...
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| by Zoë Guigueno |
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| Gordon Monahan | Olivia Block | Joda Clement |
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... Using the piano as a feedback source and pounding a mish-mash of throbbing hits on the metal sheet ...
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| by Tom Sekowski |
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| Evan Parker Trio |
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... While Parker blew a flurry of screeching notes into the sax, Guy and Lytton were solid as a rock ...
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| by Tom Sekowski |
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| The Toronto Jazz Festival |
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| Joe and Pat LaBarbera |
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... They played originals and standards, uptempo bop and blues and jazz waltz and something whose feel I kept changing my mind about ...
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| by Tova G. Kardonne |
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| Ivana Santilli |
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... Like the funk of old, Santilli exudes a sexy sultry energy that comes through the music ...
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| by Afro P. |
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| Michael Occhipinti Sicilian Jazz Trio |
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... the push-pull of opposing forces was a recurring theme of the evening, both in the music and the lyrics, whether it be tension amid bliss, riches in poverty ...
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| by Tova G. Kardonne |
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| Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio |
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... As he played, gliding all over the neck up to the highest possible note, he developed his solo melodically and rhythmically ...
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| by Zoë Guigueno |
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| Oliver Jones and Ahmad Jamal |
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It is easy to have high expectations when you're going to see some big names at the mainstage of a festival ...
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| by Zoë Guigueno & Mike Colyer |
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| Oliver Jones and Ahmad Jamal |
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... But for listeners who prefer to be transported to another place, Ahmad Jamal's distinctly African-American approach was the ticket ...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Ernestine Anderson and Houston Person |
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... Disappointingly, she did not let her voice be unbound often enough on this evening, instead demonstrating a penchant for whispering lyrics ...
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| by Laila Boulos |
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| Charles Lloyd New Quartet |
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... to hear "Forest Flower" — a big hit for Lloyd, back in the day — was to be recalled and refreshed by the swift sweep of his melodies ...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Maryem and Ernie Tollar |
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... stirring sensibilities, carrying the listener effortlessly, dreamily as if ascending and descending a lovingly handcrafted circular staircase ...
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| by Laila Boulos |
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| DMBQ |
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... their compositions and solos are ripe with Coltrane, Rollins, bop, hard bop, classical music, free jazz, and Gospel as some of the most obvious influences ...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Michel Donato Trio |
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... The trio performed mostly Donato's originals, though they sounded like old standards and were hardly memorable ...
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| by Zoë Guigueno |
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| Salif Keita + Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa |
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... As Salif Keita's band opened with seductive pentatonic rhythms layered over sultry guitar riffs and hypnotic beats ...
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| by Laila Boulos |
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| Photos from the Toronto Jazz Festival |
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43 photos > gallery
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Photos from the Toronto Jazz Festival |
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37 photos > gallery
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| by Mike Colyer |
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