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Doug Richards: Through a Sonic Prism
by Angelo Leonardi
Interpretare le canzoni di Antonio Carlos Jobim, come fossero forme luminose che attraversano un prisma. Questo è l'intento dichiarato nel titolo del disco da Doug Richards, che rilegge con la sua orchestra quattordici composizioni dell'autore brasiliano in modo personale. Professore da quattro decenni alla Virginia Commonwealth University, dove ha fondato il dipartimento jazz, Richards è un validissimo arrangiatore che ha privilegiato l'attività di educatore: nelle sue orchestre si sono formati decine di professionisti, anche di primo piano ...
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by Jack Bowers
If the title of the Doug Richards Orchestra's new album, Through a Sonic Prism, seems a bit esoteric, its subtitle--"The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim"--should help set the mind at ease. This is undeniably beautiful music, handsomely arranged by Richards and flawlessly performed by his eighteen-member Virginia-based ensemble and vocalist Laura Ann Singh, whose seductive voice enhances ten of the album's fourteen numbers--most of which were recorded during the pandemic. Some of the songs are familiar--indeed, at ...
Continue ReadingThe Series Finale - All Jazz is Local (2011 - 2018)
by Russell Perry
So far, we have broadcast ninety-nine one-hour programs to tell the story of the first 100 years of recorded jazz. We have heard the creative work of hundreds of players, composers, arrangers, and bandleaders, famous and obscure. Each of the contributors to this rich history had colleagues and bandmates with whom they played as they grew up and matured; teachers formal and informal; and mentors. They played in basements, living rooms, classrooms, high school gyms, churches, clubs and theaters. They ...
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