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Colin Cannon: Intermission

Read "Intermission" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Thank heavens Colin Cannon divided Intermission (Farewell) into three parts because there's so much going on in this recording that it'd almost impossible to review otherwise. Intermission (Farewell) is the young guitarist's fourth recording as a leader. The fact that he's been recording with the same core musicians (bassist Zak Croxall, drummer Tom Hartman, and keyboardist ...

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Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition

Read "Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition" reviewed by Ian Patterson


1st Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music Luslawice/Krakow Poland July 16-19, 2014 He was one of the great jazz virtuosos, right up there some would say with Django Reinhardt, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker. Most frequently, however, he was compared to John ...

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Manami Morita: When Skies Are Grey

Read "When Skies Are Grey" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Japanese pianist Manami Morita has made a name for herself in Boston since arriving in 2006 to study at Berklee College of Music. Whether solo, in guitarist Colin Cannon's quartet or leading her own trio, Morita's impressive technique harnesses energy and finesse in equal measure, qualities to the fore on her fourth release as leader. Morita ...

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When Skies Are Grey

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: What a Wonderful World; Yellow Bunny Dance; Tiny Shiny Stars; Unpredicted; The Peacocks; Tamayakul; Cold Bowl of Soup; 3235; Blackbird; You are my Sunshine.

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Colin Cannon: Glenville

Read "Glenville" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Though still in his twenties, guitarist Colin Cannon has been performing in New York and along the East Coast for a decade. His debut as leader, In Summary (Self Produced, 2009) revealed a young composer with ideas aplenty, and a guitarist with a broad musical palette. If that album was slightly Pat Metheny-influenced--Cannon and Metheny were ...

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Colors

Label: Manami Morita
Released: 2010
Track listing: My Little Blue Sweetie; Jungle Book; Sleeping Tiger; My Favorite Things; Esp; Interlude; Goodbye at 12 am; Goin' Home.

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Manami Morita: Colors

Read "Colors" reviewed by Ian Patterson


The cover of Color, pianist Manami Morita's debut recording as leader, is a mosaic of child-like drawings, all round shapes and primary colors. It's somehow a reflection of her music which is unselfconsciously joyous and optimistic. There are few shades and little introspection in her playing, only boldness and, like the colors of nature, harmony. The ...


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