The Live Music Report
December 2005 |
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| Takács String Quartet |
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...Familiarity in music often leads to cliché. However, this does not happen with the Takács...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Sophie Milman |
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...Sophie can sing: her honey alto sparkles like silver and rings like gold. Her vibrato ripples pure and even as she ends a phrase...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Nathaniel Dett Chorale |
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...Burleigh’s Nguzo Saba Suite, a modern and sophisticated work, fuses elements of jazz, blues...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Ronnie Hawkins | I'm Back! |
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...Why is this man such a significant figure? If you didn’t already know, you would have gained an idea through the songs he sang and...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Quartette |
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...Chief among the particular joys of this performance were Sylvia’s harmonic contribution of vocal organ bass tones...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Andrea England |
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...Andrea England works songs like a vintner works vines: sowing, pruning, nourishing, sacrificing, refining...
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| by Andy Frank |
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| Daniela Nardi |
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...The resonance of her voice eludes the usual similes like silver and gold and brass and wind...
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| by Stanley Fefferman & Greg King |
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| Warren Chiasson |
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...Warren is poised by the vibraphone, each raised hand holding two blue-tipped mallets...
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| by Andy Frank |
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