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David Six: Dance With The Ghosts III

Read "Dance With The Ghosts III" reviewed by Daniel Mège

by Daniel Mège
October 17, 2026

On the Greek island of Lesbos, Moria was the largest refugee camp for those crossing the Mediterranean toward Europe, and one of the most sinister, before its destruction by fire in 2020. Shortly before, at the beginning of the pandemic, David Six, a composer, pianist and also percussionist, composed and recorded Moria (feat. Saied Silbak) (Self Produced, 2020) with oud player Saied Silbak, in solidarity with these refugees. This was the starting point of the Dance with the Ghosts ...

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Emiliano Sampaio: Music for Large Ensembles Vol II

Read "Music for Large Ensembles Vol II" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
February 2, 2021

Emiliano Sampaio is a guitarist from Brazil who is currently headquartered in Graz, Austria. His basic band is a three-piece unit called Meretrio which also serves as the foundation of a nonet he calls Mereneu Project. The tracks on this CD are music he has composed for different expanded versions of this large group, one with strings, one adding French horn, oboe and harp and one, a full blown big band with seventeen musicians. In all these groups, ...

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Jure Pukl: EARchitecture

Read "EARchitecture" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
September 12, 2010

Saxophonist and composer Juri Pukl is a man of many parts. He has ensconced himself in jazz, but he is also involved with pop, rock and hip hop. His compositions are strongly ingrained in the written note but he views a distant horizon as he and his band mates set out on the road to improvisation. All of this serves him well on EARchitecture.Pukl balances muscularity with gentleness on this well selected passel of tunes. As an improviser ...