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Joe Magnarelli: Hoop Dreams

Read "Joe Magnarelli: Hoop Dreams" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


As Duke Ellington would often remind us, music comes in two varieties, that which is good and that which is bad. This suggests that genre and category are really of little concern and that overall quality is really the defining factor in considering the validity of any musical expression. Taking this axiom one step further, let ...

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Hoop Dreams

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Genet; Division Street; Paris In The Spring; Ask Me Now; Hoop Dreams; I Mean You; Old Folks; Dance Only With Me; Monk's Mood; Barretto's Beat.

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Article: Album Review

Joe Magnarelli: Hoop Dreams

Read "Hoop Dreams" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Over the past dozen years trumpeter Joe Magnarelli has gradually transformed a bebop-derived vocabulary into a highly personal style. Utilizing a full-bodied tone that never turns strident, Magnarelli invites the listener to focus on the substantive dimensions of his playing, rather than drawing attention to technique, velocity and influences. Beautifully crafted melodies spring from his horn ...


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