The Live Music Report
October 2005 |
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| Tara Davidson Quartet |
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...it’s not often one hears such a young bandleader present a program entirely of her own compositions...
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| by Joyce Corbett |
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| Badi Assad |
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...Badi Assad’s performance is what live music is about: expert and spontaneous expression that lifts you out of yourself into the joy of creativity...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Galina Gorchakova |
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...portraying a Russian Don Juan allowed Gorchakova to convey shifting attitudes of seduction, bravado, energy, and a bit of satire...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Ralph Irizarry and Son Café |
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...Ralph Irizarry played at Lula Lounge’s opening night three years ago and lucky for Toronto, this cat keeps coming back...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Erin Crosby |
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...Erin Crosby has people who believe in her, she has awareness of life around her, and she can sing beautifully about her experience...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Ravi Shankar's Festival of India II |
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...Mr. Shankar's playing throughout was direct and highly vocalized. He bent and vibrated notes and stayed mostly in the mid and lower range...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Carol Welsman |
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...Well known for her soft-voiced, swinging but smooth approach to jazz standards...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| The Music of Jörg Widman |
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...Widman’s music is close to nature, and oddly close to words, because of its onomatopoeic elements...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Victor Wooten's Soul Circus |
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...the performers groove and strut the stage — pulsing spotlight patterns punctuating their movement...
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Mike Murley and David Occhipinti |
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...A CD release performance is about musicians playing rather than working...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| The Sun Ra Arkestra |
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...Marshall Allen is the leader, no doubt about it. Honking and squeaking fiercely on his alto sax, the fingers of his right hand savaging the keys...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Eliot Fisk |
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...Mr. Fisk’s playing over the ensemble was mesmerizing, like water dripping from a rock into a forest pool...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Karin Plato |
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...Karin used her classically trained but definitely got swing voice to phrase intricate rhythms...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Dulce Pontes |
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...The spectrum of sensuality
Is what she projects
Like sunrise and sunset
Melting into the sky...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Ornette Coleman |
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...Ornette mostly played alto tonight, this night of music and feelings deeply turning and so definitely blue-toned, wisps of delicacy these alto cries...
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| by David Fujino & Stanley Fefferman |
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| Charanga Habanera |
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...High-voltage, hard-driving timba is the music this high-energy fourteen piece band puts out...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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