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The Book of the Storm

Label: Reddy Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Spacious Skies/Faithless Bells; God Damn; Fool's March; Amongst The Ruins.

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Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm

Read "The Book of the Storm" reviewed by Donald Elfman


This “Small Town --Reddy's large ensemble--has created a massive statement that shows just where jazz composition, new music, collective improvisation and individual expression meet. The leader, though a vital and engaging instrumentalist, envisioned this four-part suite as a situation where he would not play his saxophones. What took shape, instead, was a huge structure that revolved ...

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Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm

Read "The Book of the Storm" reviewed by Nic Jones


This is a break with precedent for saxophonist and composer Reddy, as it's the first time he's recorded an extended composition for a large ensemble of which he's not a performing member. His role here is that of both composer and conductor, and he's fortunate indeed to have a group so clearly capable of making his ...

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Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm

Read "The Book of the Storm" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Rob Reddy puts his saxophone aside to concentrate on composition for The Book of the Storm. Reddy has already shown that he has germane ideas and brings that facet into prominence once more. The idea for a large ensemble came to him in 2001. Reddy could not contain the ideas that went through his imagination in ...

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Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm

Read "The Book of the Storm" reviewed by Troy Collins


Multi-instrumentalist and composer Rob Reddy premiers his most ambitious work to date with The Book of the Storm, a jazz symphony in four movements. The premiere of his large ensemble, the aptly titled Small Town, is not only his first official live recording, but his debut as a conductor. Similar to contemporary classical composers, ...


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