The Live Music Report
June 2005 |
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| Donné Roberts |
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...Donné Robert played his guitar like an electric fire — a dreadlocked rock star ripping out the songs of ancient Africa...
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| by Natasha Elkington & Roger Humbert |
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| La Salsa de Hoy |
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...the entire evening was a highlight. So much talent on one stage....
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Jane Bunnett presents |
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...she started off the evening with her band of Larry Cramer (trumpet)....
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Hilario Durán All Star Big Band |
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...He can play with great subtlety and with great fire but his dramatic flourishes are always essential to the music...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Chicago’s 22nd Annual Blues Festival |
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| Chicago Blues Festival |
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One of the largest free blues festivals in the world took place on June 9 – 12, 2005 in downtown Chicago on the grounds of Grant Park...
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| by Gloria Ellis |
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| Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival |
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| N.O.J.O. |
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...N.O.J.O., the Toronto-based jazz orchestra, opened this year's TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| David Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters |
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...Under the blinding anvil of the sun, David Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters burned with a compelling Afro intensity...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Sonny Rollins |
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...an outpouring of sheer love and respect for a consummate musical artist, as we filed into Massey Hall to honour the jazz great...
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| by David Fujino & Barry Thomson |
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| Arturo Sandoval |
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...Arturo. A one man musical phenomenon. His band? All Miami-based Cubans...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Glen Hall Trio |
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...Instead of an assaultive approach to free jazz, these musicians went 'inside' the music to explore group inter-dynamics...
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| by David Fujino & Barry Thomson |
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| Ed Thigpen Scantet |
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...This master drummer, known for his quiet swinging style and his mastery of the brushes, has had a distinguished career playing with the likes of...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band |
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...Slide Hampton, gentle, urbane, elegant leader of the band who was handed a trombone at the age of 15 by his father...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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| Medeski Martin and Wood |
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...The music at this concert relies heavily on electronics yet retains a warm and funky feeling...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Roy Hargrove's RH Factor |
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...a brass-rich melody, stately and very South African, is playing and prevailing above a head-tossing grounded bass ...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Roberta Gambarini |
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...Roberta sings like an instrument. She clearly understands harmony and delivers a lyric with great timing...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Jean-Luc Ponty, Béla Fleck and Attila Darvas |
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...Jean-Luc Ponty and Béla Fleck invited Attila Darvas to stand in for Stanley, and ‘jamming with the locals’ worked out all right...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Tim Posgate Horn Band |
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...instead of pained outcries and stories about broken hearts, we hear a nimble tuba outlining a scenario about fleeting and quietly weird moments in life...
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| by David Fujino & Barry Thomson |
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| Kenny Garrett |
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...a heads-down open arms approach to playing that strives to bring players and listeners into a trance-like state...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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| Joshua Redman |
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...he's clearly trying for a good balance between composition and improvisation
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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Our coverage of the
2005 Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival
continued in
> July < |
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| The Midnight Court |
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...The singing is gorgeous, and the enormous acting demands of this intimate chamber opera form are well met by the cast...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| National Jazz Awards |
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On a limpid first night of summer in Toronto, Bill King and Patrick Taylor produced a café style dinner party at the Phoenix...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Roger Humbert |
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