The Live Music Report
November/December 2004 |
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| Ron Davis Trio |
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...What kind of handle can you make to grasp the music of a performer like stride-and-swing-based pianist Ron Davis...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Sahra Featherstone & Fig for a Kiss |
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...If you can imagine the elegant voice of the Irish harp tinkling delicate and crisp above the...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Madeleine Peyroux |
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...Madeleine Peyroux, (pronounced, in the media, 'Peru') is a folkrootsbluesjazz diva-in-the-making...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Michael Kaeshammer |
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...There's a sage blues saying about cool moves that goes "Don't let your right hand know what your left hand is doing."...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Vito Rezza and 5after4 |
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...5After4 is a band built around a drummer–Vito Rezza...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Downchild |
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...Otis Span used to say, "The blues is a doctor," meaning, playing the blues chases the blues away...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Eric Andersen |
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...Last night Eric Andersen performed looking back in his rear-view mirror over forty years of singing and songwriting...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Willie and Lobo |
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...Willie and Lobo pleased the crowd that filled Hugh’s Room in Toronto last night...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Brandi Disterheft/Laila Biali/Tara Davidson |
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...Three women, variously gifted, play together well, or, I’m tempted to say...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Bill Mays Trio |
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...Bill Mays is a huge somebody–pianist, composer, arranger...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Eric Reed & Steve Wallace |
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...Eric Reed is back in town...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Humber Music Presents Fall Showcase |
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...There is an especially attractive aura around young musicians who have placed themselves to make the leap into a pool of professionals where they hope...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| African Guitar Summit |
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...Jowi Taylor, bright-eyed inevitable host of CBC Radio One’s Global Village, mastered the ceremonies at the spacious Lula Lounge...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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XXI Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza
Havana Jazz Festival |
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| Gala De Inauguración |
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...The spacious and beautifully lit stage is all set: the piano, congas, microphones, etc. waiting for the musicians that will bring them to life...
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Chucho Valdés y Michel Legrand |
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...Michel Legrand makes his entrance to a roaring welcome. Habaneros love Michel and they know him well for he stays in their city a couple of times each year...
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Concierto de pianistas |
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...Opening the evening program is pianist/composer Aldo López-Gavilán Junco. Aldo is a shining new star in the world of Cuban music...
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Gala De Clausura |
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...This closing concert was dedicated to the singer Mayra Caridad Valdés in celebration of her 25 year career...
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Theatre |
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| Small Returns |
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“We are born astride the grave,” writes Samuel Beckett,,,
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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