The Live Music Report
December 2007 |
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Concerts |
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Kahil El'Zabar & Hamiet Bluiett |
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...this relaxed duo offered a sound experience that was both healing and somehow fortifying...
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by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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The Free Burma Concert |
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...While a room of about 120 Canadians savoured a rich variety of music...
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by Sebastian Cook & Roger Humbert |
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Eliana Cuevas Quintet Vidas CD Release |
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...this is a unit that has developed a fierce cohesion over the five years they have been playing together...
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by Jeremy Ledbetter & Roger Humbert |
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The Engines & Oswald/Aldcroft/Valdivia |
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...mash-up of R&B / blues / jazz / noise into big city serious, stout-hearted and sophisticated tunes that were made for improvisation...
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by David Fujino |
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Alpha Yaya Diallo |
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......Watching Diallo playing two small set-up djembes with sticks, all whilst still wearing his guitar, was a surprise...
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by Lee Haas |
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Jamaica to Toronto |
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...wowing everyone instantly with his downright astonishing voice...
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by Jeremy Ledbetter & Roger Humbert |
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Alex Goodman John Galt Suite |
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...But hey, this stuff was funky, and trance-y, and it was jazz...
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by David Fujino & Mike Colyer |
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Art of Time Source and Inspiration II |
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...Burashko invited six songwriter/performers to write two songs each based on Robert Schumanns Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44...
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by Stanley Fefferman |
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Frode Gjerstad Trio & Sea of Song |
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...Splitting his time between horns, Gjerstad had ample opportunity to show both sides to his improvisational fury...
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by Tom Sekowski & Damian Jankowicz |
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The Gospel Christmas Project |
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...Masterfully, Craig paced the show, taking the audience from rousing choral gospel to reflective solo vocals...
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by Carol Lipson |
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Theatre |
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Irving Berlins White Christmas |
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...Larry Blank and Bruce Pomahac have freshened and revitalized the musical material...
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by Lesley Mitchell-Clarke |
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