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Sketches of Influence: The Grind - Sketches of Influence
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Shortly before the COVID pandemic went full force lockdown, Troy, New York drummer Joe Barna and his group, Sketches of Influence" recorded this live album at the Middle C Jazz Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The audience that evening was either the most polite as listeners, or, more likely they were taken up by the killer performance of this ensemble. This album verifies the latter. The performance offers six extended tracks, all Barna originals. The opener, The ...
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by Mark Sullivan
Joe Barna & Sketches of Influence Middle C Jazz Charlotte, NC March 13, 2020 Drummer/composer/bandleader Joe Barna brought his band Sketches of Influence to Middle C Jazz (a recently opened jazz club in Charlotte, NC) to record a live album on March 13-14, 2020. Barna had come down from upstate New York to check out the club when it opened, and knew he wanted to be part of the family. Like everyone else, neither he ...
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