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Emiliano Sampaio: We Have a Dream

Read "We Have a Dream" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
November 18, 2022

The worlds of classical and jazz frequently intersect. Composers such as Igor Stravinsky and George Gershwin are known for incorporating jazz motifs into their work. In contrast, compositions by such jazz artists as Duke Ellington and The Modern Jazz Quartet often show the influence of classical music. With We Have a Dream, Brazilian guitarist and composer, Emiliano Sampaio offers a fresh collection of jazz works, unmistakably inspired by classical music.Sampaio earned a music degree in Brazil, and later ...

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Ivan Kapec 5tet: Crta

by Mike Jurkovic
December 22, 2020

From the start, this one promptly pulls listeners into its jumpy orbit with its antic, gravitational bass line and percussion hijinks as Croatian baritone guitarist Ivan Kapec begins to separate, distinguish and mark out what is chaos from what we tell ourselves is organized space. Talk about a mission simultaneously fraught and ripe with possibility! That is a slippery slope along the horizon line but Kapec and his buoyantly athletic side-kicks are more than happy to bring the listener along, ...