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Savage & Smit: Of Course
by Mike Jurkovic
It was pretty much etched in stone that by the middle of the Grateful Dead's second set--and those second sets of its post-Jerry Garcia spin-offs--there occurred a period of musical and mental improvisation they wisely named “Space." That indefinite stretch of musical time aptly defines the dreamscapes within of course. Hosted by the Hudson Valley collaborative of Rick Savage- trumpet/flugelhorn, Ian Smit-guitar/fx, pianist/composer Joe Vincent Tranchina, bassist Steve LaSpina and drummer Pete MacDonald the disc's ten lucid fluidities hit the ...
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by David A. Orthmann
Rick Savage 4Tet UpFront Exhibition Space Hudson Valley Jazz Fest Port Jervis, NY August 20, 2022 The most impressive jazz performances offer a variety of opportunities for the attentive listener. Regardless of stylistic orientation, a first-class jazz band often incorporates rapidly shifting alliances as players deftly juggle collective and individual functions. There is something profoundly gratifying about witnessing musicians working together to produce a sound that is impossible to replicate yet lingers in the ...
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