The Live Music Report
May 2007 |
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Lula World
A celebration of Lula Lounge's 5th Anniversary |
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| Bollywood Fever |
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...The kick-off of Lula World is Bollywood Fever Take II, a star-studded fund-raiser to support the Monayr Asha Aid Foundation...
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| by Tony Shivpershad & Roger Humbert |
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| Ba Cissoko |
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...the koras were deftly producing fireflies in a night sky landing briefly to playfully light up a song. The evening was a veritable cornucopia of aural delights...
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| by Laila Boulos & Roger Humbert |
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| Ray Barretto Tribute |
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...The theme of the evening was celebration — celebration of the music, celebration of Lula Lounge’s fifth birthday and well, just plain celebration...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Humber College Latin Jazz Big Band |
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...What a show it was, starting hot right out of the gate with Dizzy Gillespie’s “Manteca”. It was powerful, punchy, percussion-rich and of course, brassy and bold...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Vinicio Capossela with Marc Ribot |
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...Donning masks and costumes from Minotaur to Medusa to Army Redcoat, Capossela held our attention with a variety of musical styles and moods...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Havana Norte |
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...And so it was that a who’s-who of the very finest Toronto-based Cuban musicians ... gathered on a misty Saturday night...
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| by Sebastian Cook & Roger Humbert |
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| Redsan with Ladder Ranks and Fulani Band |
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...His lyrics are astoundingly poignant messages of unity, celebration and love delivered at warp speed yet still clear as an African sky...
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| by Sebastian Cook |
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| Concerts |
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| Arlene Smith – Two For The Road |
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...A singer who interprets jazz standards with a wonderfully warm and inviting voice; harmony and melody, phrasing and timing all performed with the skill...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Mike Colyer |
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| DiggingRoots |
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...During the vocally stunning gospel-blues number “Going Back” I had one thought — if DiggingRoots aren’t Canada’s blues heir apparents, who is?...
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| by Sebastian Cook |
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| Sonny Rollins |
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...At 76, Sonny Rollins is still going strong, an inspiration in his endurance and determination to play with the intensity and the energy of someone half his age...
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| by Paul J. Youngman |
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| Sundar Viswanathan’s Induswest Project |
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...What we heard was modern composed and improvised jazz mixed with a slight Indian/South Asian influence...
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| by David Fujino & Mike Colyer |
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| Esprit Orchestra |
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... Ms. Ralston’s cello slides and whines over rolling piano thunder and drum rattle, her tempo ever accelerating...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| BabyOil |
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...(was like) watching the Stray Cats in heat as an unhinged energy took over oozing with creative guitar riffs and an intensely....
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| by Laila Boulos |
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| KoenjiHyakkei & IHETBD |
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...Publicized as a loud volume 'prog-rock' group, KoenjiHyakkei sounded a lot like Return to Forever...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Daniel Barnes Quintet – Classic Beauties |
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...The band arrived on stage, Barnes counted the number in and the band started out of the gate with “Short Bop”, a powerful, driving melody...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Mike Colyer |
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| Ernest Dawkins Trio |
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...Ernest Dawkins further demonstrated a sweeping mastery of instrument and improvisation...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Dance |
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| Amjad performed by La La La Human Steps |
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...a dramatic dance en pointe; it looked like classical ballet, with many of its individual movements sped up. It was well done...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Floor Play |
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...Floor Play is the latest in several wildly successful international shows produced by the U.K. based company Burn the Floor...
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| by Lesley Mitchell-Clarke & Mike Colyer |
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