The Live Music Report
April 2006 |
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| Wayne Shorter Quartet | Brad Mehldau |
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...Shorter's music quickly drew us into the subconscious and intuitive flows of life...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Russ Little |
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...This is music anchored in tradition and craft but not constrained by it. We had some risk taking on solos but with a professional polish...
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| by Dave Barnes & Roger Humbert |
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| Cesaria Evora | African Guitar Summit |
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...Cesaria performed songs from her latest album as well as familiar songs “Lisboa” and “Saudade” that her mesmerized audience...
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| by Amanda Martinez |
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| The Rempis Percussion Quartet |
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...When Rempis re-joined the music making, the intensity grew to Xtreme, climaxing with crashing cymbals. That was the opening...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| James Hunter |
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...Hunter also trills with his tongue, squawks like a Macaw and jumps from one octave up a few in one leap...
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| by Sue Bullas & Roger Humbert |
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| Bio Ritmo Salsa Machine |
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...a stretch of Arabian perfect-for-belly-dancing rhythm, Afro-Cuban percussion with chant, salsa dripping with sensuality and a hint of rock...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| The David Wall Band | The Spell I Was Under |
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...The diversity of talents and the range of voices offered a rich and encompassing sound that could have filled any venue, large or small...
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| by Sue Bullas & Roger Humbert |
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| The Worst Pop Band Ever |
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...A unique band very much of its time with lots of sublety and musicianship, exploring and playing what they find interesting...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Diane Schuur |
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...Schuur is clearly drawn to the blues but her instinct is to entertain and this she did in abundance...
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| by Dave Barnes |
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| Interview |
| Robert Aitken |
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" ...In fact, if you take an inch and put six notes in there in a certain way, it’s more accurate than if you put it in sixteenth notes... "
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Kerry Stratton |
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" ...if ever there was a man I wish I could have a beer with, it’s Malcolm Arnold. Such good wit. He knows how to write for the instruments... "
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Theatre |
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| The Woman I Am |
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...With her respectful delivery of her lines, and a will o' the wisp sensitivity in her playing of proto-Feminist Dorothy Livesay, Jennifer Dale was very much...
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| by David Fujino & Stanley Fefferman |
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