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The Tortoise

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Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. On a Clear Day - 08:46; 2. The Sands of Maundune - 04:33; 3. Sleepless Lullaby - 04:44; 4. Jupiter - 06:31; 5. What Snowflakes are Plotting - 01:45; 6. Twilight - 10:23; 7. Silhouette of the Man in the Fog - 07:51; 8. The Tall Tales of Todd Toven - 01:11 ; 9. March of the Elephants - 07:55; 10. Joy - 04:56; 11. The Forgotten - 09:17; 12. 1920’s Car Chase - 02:16; 13. Farewell, Goodbye - 03:02. Tutte le composizioni sono di Rob Mosher.

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Rob Mosher's - Storytime: The Tortoise

Read "The Tortoise" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Giovane compositore canadese, Rob Mosher, da qualche tempo si è trasferito a New York proseguendo anche un percorso da polistrumentista poliedrico, alternandosi tra sax soprano, oboe e corno inglese. A colpire fin dal principio di questo album autoprodotto The Tortoise, sono soprattutto varietà stilistica e un ensemble di 10 elementi aventi caratteristiche e background musicale assai ...

Album

The Tortoise

Label: Old Mill
Released: 2008
Track listing: On a Clear Day; The Sands of Maundune; Sleepless Lullaby; Jupiter; What Snowflakes Are Plotting; Twilight; Silhouette of the Man in the Fog; The Tall Tales of Todd Toven; March of the Elephants; Joy; The Forgotten; 1920's Car Chase; Farewell, Goodbye.

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Rob Mosher's Storytime: The Tortoise

Read "The Tortoise" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The compelling debut of Canadian-born, New York-based reed man and self-taught composer Rob Mosher is a thematic composition for his 10-piece ensemble Storytime. Using Storytime, featuring young composers and reed men Sam Sadigursky and Peter Hess, Mosher succeeds in orchestrating vividly sophisticated, highly melodic suite-like musical stories. These cinematic narratives reflect Mosher's diverse influences, ranging from ...

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Rob Mosher's Storytime: The Tortoise

Read "The Tortoise" reviewed by Troy Collins


The Tortoise is the debut of Canadian-born, New York-based multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher's ensemble Storytime. The album's twelve tracks encapsulate a wealth of influences, which span everything from jubilant early jazz styles and rich classical forms to harmonically intricate post-bop and edgy free improvisation. A far more nuanced hybrid than the early experiments of the Third Stream ...


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