The Live Music Report
March 2007 |
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| The Gryphon Trio |
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...heir ‘one-mind’ display of perfect unison created a sharpness that allowed us to experience the excitement of Berger’s dramatic and varied composition...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| MusicDish Canadian Music Week Showcase |
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...the evening provided much variety musically and energetically, and carried the crowd to a myriad of levels. Everyone came in, feasted and left satisfied...
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| by Laila Boulos, Mike Colyer & Roger Humbert |
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| Treasa Levasseur |
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...Levasseur is an artist with a gift for naturally and unpedantically inspiring her audience to feel the resonance of her stories...
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| by Sebastian Cook & Roger Humbert |
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| Serena Ryder |
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...Ryder displayed her innate gift for the shift, between gospel-soul and country-blues tempo and voice. Her knack for the crescendo, which is hair-raising...
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| by Sebastian Cook & Roger Humbert |
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| Penderecki String Quartet |
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Musical, visual, and scientific artistry combined to stimulate our senses and enhance our sensibilities...
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| by Anna Lisa Eyles |
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| Mr. Something Something with Ikwunga |
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...These guys don’t patronize you with trendy “let’s change the world” platitudes; they understand the issues on deeper levels and they don’t pull any punches...
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| by Sebastian Cook |
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| Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra |
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...Wynton Marsalis, at the back of the orchestra stand, in the far left position of the trumpet section, lifted a microphone and spoke...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Roger Humbert |
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| Jake Langley Trio |
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...Langley's creativity as a jazz player was rousing as he repeatedly kept finding new things to say in the blues cadences...
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| by David Fujino & Luis Enriquez |
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| Gilberto Gil |
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...Performing with only his guitar, his velvet voice drew the crowd in the moment he took the stage...
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| by Amanda Martinez |
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| Grüvoria |
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...The 7 piece combo started off the set with a John Scofield tune that set the pace with a fat-funky groove...
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| by Craig Pady & Roger Humbert |
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| Alex Dean Quintet |
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...This night the Alex Dean Quintet held court, the program under review, The Blue Note Era. The tenor saxophone playing of Mr. Dean is...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Mike Colyer |
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| Whirling into Peace |
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...Followers of Mevlana became known as Mevlevis or Whirling Dervishes, their whirling being a type of meditation...
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| by Anna Lisa Eyles |
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| Johnny Winter |
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...so frail! And yet the guitar rang out! When he played, it was almost as if the years were washed away...
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| by Dougal Bichan |
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| Adam Solomon & Tikisa – Roots Rhythms |
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...The night began with “Baraka” and “Bua”, two new songs found on the Roots Rhythms CD. Solomon delivered them looking solemn...
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| by Tony Shivpershad & John Leeson |
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| Reza Derakshani – A night of Persian fusion |
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...the audience was willingly being swept away on a magic carpet ride by the passion-soaked melodies...
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| by Laila Boulos & Mike Colyer |
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| Roberta Gambarini |
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...A singer of tremendous passion, with a range of emotions as diverse as the songs that she sings — songs of love, anger, sadness, wonder and joy...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Mike Colyer |
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| Dance |
Interview |
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| Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
| Rubberbandance Group |
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...Humanity, with its love, anger, hate, sadness, joy and violence, manifested itself in an orgy of styles, dynamics and methods...
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| by Paul J. Youngman & Mike Colyer |
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An interview with
Bryan Vargas |
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Bryan Vargas was in town recently playing a 2-night stand at Trane Studio...
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| by Craig Pady |
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