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Marek Balata: Improvisation is a marvelous adventure!

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Marek Balata is one of the most remarkable personalities on the Polish jazz scene. From 1990 until 2000 he was a constant winner of the Jazzforum annual chart for best jazz vocalist. His vocal art flows from several roots: a colorful and extraordinarily wide-ranging voice, an expressive variety combined with rich melodic inventiveness ' an archetypical ...

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Brink Man Ship: It's not music for teenagers!

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Saxophonist Jan Galega Br'nnimann belongs to the younger generation on the Swiss jazz scene. He stands in apparent creative schizophrenia ' he respects the tradition of jazz but he also likes to experiment. The result of this typical post-modern contradiction is the music of Brink Man Ship: a futuristic vision of jazz without stylistic and racial ...

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JazzFest Brno, Czech Republic 2003

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The second annual JazzFest Brno opened with Czech double bassist Jaromir Honzak and his international quintet. The program was comprised of compositions from his current album Present Past, which also was christened during the concert. In his group concept Honzak emphasizes harmony and playing with atmosphere. His music lacks strict jazz timing and its rhythmic contours ...

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Article: Album Review

Brink Man Ship: Translusion

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Brink Man Ship (BMS), a project led by young flute/saxophonist Jan Galega Brönnimann, isn't today's typical one-man band. The core of this music relies on live performance by four musicians, with minimum use of overdubs. After a superficial listen, one might label this album as “electronic" and put it on the same shelf with ...


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