The Live Music Report
November 2005 |
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| Art of Time Ensemble That Crazy American Music |
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...Melissa Stylianou’s pure-voiced, tasteful, renditions integrated into the ensemble as if she were the voice of another instrument...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Habana Sax |
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...they are creating Cuban Classical Music, in the way that Dizzy Gillespie and Mingus were creating African-American Classical Music...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Continuum Contemporary Music |
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... banging on a can (of Fresca), strings played with chopsticks, or the bow applied to the body rather than to the strings...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| The Amanda Martinez Sextet |
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...Then she turns us inside out. Accompanying herself on guitar, she bends notes and hearts with the subtle modulations of her voice...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Talisker Players – Rumours of Peace |
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...The lesser known, less demanding texts, particularly those presented after intermission, seemed to soar with the music...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| David Buchbinder Shurum Burum Jazz Circus |
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...Shurum Burum Jazz Circus is kaleidoscopic: Bebop, circus, European village fanfare, klezmer, Roma, Latin, Middle-eastern...
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Tiger Lillies |
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...Underneath the veneer of paint and poses and putrid taste are impeccable musicianship, superior showmanship...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| A Scelsi Centenary |
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...What a rare opportunity this was to hear the spiritual music of the famously unknown 20th century Italian composer, Giacinto Scelsi...
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| by David Fujino |
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| John Cale |
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...John Cale is a take-charge guy, and the minute he steps onto the stage, you know it. The packed room at Lula Lounge just let go...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Borodin Quartet |
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...the world’s longest lived string quartet, founded in 1945, is unquestionably one of the great musical ensembles of the 20th Century...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Charlie Ringas – Gold of Hours |
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...The music is simple, almost minimalist, repeating phrases apparently representing musically the primordial pairing of elements...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| New Zealand String Quartet |
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...The sounds they feel at ease with include traditional Haydn and Beethoven structures as well as New Music explorations...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Dione Taylor |
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...Dione is so good, so authentic, we had to try and guess who she had learned all this from...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Bettye LaVette |
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...she can scare you: scare you with her intensity, scare you with the visible and palatable pain...
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| by John Leeson |
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| Theatre |
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| Storm Warning |
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...The actors seemed to be totally comfortable and natural in their stage environment which became a perfect framework for...
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| by Lesley Mitchell-Clarke |
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| Compagnie Marie Chouinard |
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...The mechanical parts provided a kind of structure which enhanced the fluidity of muscle and bone animated by oxygenated blood...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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