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Article: Liner Notes

Mike DiRubbo: Human Spirit

Read "Mike DiRubbo: Human Spirit" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


In an era that seems to more fully embrace the idea of the 'tough young tenor,' alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo puts forth a singular voice that stands apart from the crowd. With exceptions such as Kenny Garrett, Steve Wilson, and Vincent Herring, DiRubbo is one of the few musicians of this generation to choose the alto ...

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Article: Interview

Thomas Marriott: Balance in Life and Music

Read "Thomas Marriott: Balance in Life and Music" reviewed by Paul Rauch


If one should by chance be curious of what is happening with jazz in the city of Seattle, and the Pacific Northwest, one would do well to check out what trumpeter Thomas Marriott is up to. Thomas has established himself as one the most exciting artists to emerge on the national jazz scene in the past ...

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Human Spirit

Label: Chaos Collective
Released: 2015
Track listing: Opening Sequence; She Knew Him; Brighter Days; Prelude; Pirates; Blinded; Human Spirit; More Than Just A Fairytale; Closing Sequence.

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Article: Album Review

Laura Jurd: Human Spirit

Read "Human Spirit" reviewed by Ian Patterson


With her debut as leader, Landing Ground (Chaos Collective, 2012), Laura Jurd laid down her marker as a precociously talented composer and musician. Folk, classical and jazz threads united the Ligeti String Quartet with improvising musicians to create a powerful octet that was greater than the sum of its parts. On Human Spirit (Chaos Collective, 2015) ...

News: Performance / Tour

Human Spirit Kicks Off Their West Coast Tour

Human Spirit Kicks Off Their West Coast Tour

Starting Monday, October 15, Human Spirit will kick off their West Coast Tour which starts nearly on the one-year anniversary of their live recording which resulted in their current release, Dialogue, on Origin Records. Joining them will be pianist Orrin Evans and bassist Essiet Essiet who are also featured on the CD. Seattle appearances include a return engagement at the Earshot ...

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Article: Album Review

Human Spirit: Dialogue

Read "Dialogue" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The three players who now call themselves Human Spirit--drummer Matt Jorgensen, trumpeter Thomas Marriott and alto saxophonist Mark Taylor--have a very successful track record of recording together. They teamed up on Jorgensen's magnificent Tattooed by Passion (2010) and Another Morning (2008), and on Marriott's strange and splendid Crazy: The Music of Willie Nelson (2008) and Flexicon ...

Album

Human Spirit

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: You Don't Know What Love Is; Hiding in Public; Human Spirit; Low Key Lightly; Side Walk; Yakima; Lisa; The Brown Hornet.

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Song of the Day

Yakima

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Label: Origin Records
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Article: Album Review

Thomas Marriott: Human Spirit

Read "Human Spirit" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Human Spirit is trumpeter Thomas Marriott's seventh critically well-received recording for the West Coast Origin Records label. Marriott shakes things up by using an organ trio format as his vehicle, to quite great effect. Marriott and his merry Origin Records band pushes forth the definition of the “new" West Coast jazz, while at the same time ...

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