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Scott DuBois Quintet feat. David Liebman: Monsoon
by Jeff Stockton
Scott DuBois plays a fair amount of electric guitar on Monsoon , his debut as a leader, but it's when he plays acoustic that he makes his most coherent and provocative statements. Strumming, plucking and pulling strings as if he were rearranging them on the neck of his instrument, DuBois injects the classical sound of Segovia's Spain into jazz music. With a band featuring two horn players, each doubling on soprano, DuBois' tunes favor the upper end of the scale ...
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by John Kelman
Sometimes a recording can be academically impressive, filled with strong intention and all the ingredients for greatness, yet not quite reach the soul. Such is the case with guitarist Scott Dubois' Soul Note début, Monsoon. Aside from his quintet of the past four years, the album also features saxophonist David Liebman, who taught Dubois at the Manhattan School of Music. As a writer and a player, Dubois clearly demonstrates many attributes that, with time, should see him develop into a ...
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