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Hat: Twins

by Vincenzo Roggero
December 19, 2014

La band nasce a Barcellona nel 2004 grazie all'incontro nella città catalana di quattro musicisti i cui percorsi si erano già incrociati in passato sia in terra iberica che oltreoceano. Le buone sensazioni scattano immediate, l'alchimia non stenta a manifestarsi ed ecco che il gruppo si ritrova in sala d'incisione. A distanza di dieci anni esce il loro terzo lavoro che li presenta ancora in ottima forma, ancora carichi di giovanile entusiasmo, ancora impegnati ad esplorare i territori contigui al ...

HAT: Local HAT

by Mark F. Turner
July 26, 2010

Too much of it might be undesirable but a little psychedelia is good thing. The Catalan-based group simply called HAT offers it up on Local HAT, with its unique blend of modern jazz that touches on everything from abstract, rock, avant-garde, catchy pop-influenced hooks, and whatever else spawns from its richly diverse music environment surrounding Barcelona, Spain. The group's leaders--guitarist Jordi Matas and keyboardist Sergi Sirvent--have collaborated in various works with forward-thinking momentum, as heard in Matas' ...

Hat: Hi Ha

by Ian Patterson
November 2, 2007

What is immediately striking about the music presented on Hi Ha by the youthful Catalan quartet Hat, is just how original it is. This is in no small part due to the influence of Sergi Sirvent, who contributes the lion's share of the tunes and plays piano in a style which is tremendously personal.

The title track opens with skipping brushes and a chittering bass which lays the foundation for restrained solos by guitarist Jordi Matas followed by ...

Jazz to hang your hat on

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
March 14, 2015

Judi and Alex Glover worked the cruise ships and the casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City for more than two decades. Eighteen months ago, without any job prospects lined up here, they decided to take a gamble on Florida. They haven't looked back. For most of those years up north, Alex was in the spotlight as vocalist and leader of Alex Glover & Company, which ranged from small groups to larger ensembles and even a big band. His wife ...
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Where The Cerebral And The Visceral Meet... Fortunes And Hat-Tricks, Vol. 2 by Mike Davis

Source: Mike Davis
November 28, 2013

The latest album from Tmpf Records features Mike Davis on double bass, Jacob Duncan on alto saxophone and Jason Tiemann on drums. All songs were spontaneously composed by the trio utilizing two compositional concepts created by Davis. The first he calls “Fortunes," and the second he calls “Hat-tricks." “Fortunes" is a spontaneous compositional concept based on immediate and undiscussed interpretations of evocative song titles. Mike first explored this idea in his band Conundrum around 1999/2000. This band was comprised of ...
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Ben Goldberg Quintet - The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact (2006)

Source: Something Else!
October 17, 2011

By Mark Saleski Too bad that the clarinet was the instrument guys were embarrassed to be stuck with in band. None of those kids ever got to hear what musicians like Steve Lacy (yes, I know, soprano sax. Close enough), Don Byron or Ben Goldberg could do with it. Goldberg, a member of the group Tin Hat (formerly the Tin Hat Trio, they of off-kilter chamberisms and surprising Tom Waits guest vocals), brings Tin Hat violinist Carla Kihlstedt together with ...
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Rockwired.com’s Latest Edition Of Jazzed And Blue Presents: The Multimedia Extravagance Of The King Hat Review And Music From Dee Dee Bridgewater, Veronneau And Tracy Nelson

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
August 23, 2011

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Bobby Bragg of The King Hat Review regarding their exciting multimedia production which details the history of American music through song and dance. In this opening segment, Bragg discusses the inspiration behind the project, working with co-creator Johnny Williamson and their plans for an all out, tour de force production. The second half of this ...
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Band of Heathens New CD is "Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster's Son:

Source: conqueroo
January 24, 2011

Produced by George Reiff (Chris Robinson, Courtyard Hounds, Ray Wylie Hubbard), new album comes on heels of Austin City Limits (PBS) appearance, festivals and #1 Americana record AUSTIN, Texas: 2010 was a year of making noise and news for the Band of Heathens. With 200-plus show dates, a fifth anniversary celebration, appearances at Lollapalooza and other top national festivals and a taping of Austin City Limits with Elvis Costello, it is remarkable that the Heathens even found time to write ...
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New Releases From Hat Hut Records: Dave Douglas, Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6, Ran Blake/Anthony Braxton and more

Source: Michael Ricci
December 14, 2009

Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio: Constellations

Dave Douglas - trumpet Brad Shepik - guitar Jim Black - drums

Constellations is a new set of songs written and arranged for the trio. It was recorded in mid tour, and so has a different, perhaps more live, character... Many thanks go to Brad and Jim for their dedication and commitment to the music. They are two of the finest listeners around, and in our three years as a ...
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Charlotte Glasson: A Cat, Hat and a Grammy

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2009

Musician Charlotte Glasson named her cat after Bernard Herrmann, the Oscar-winning composer of Alfred Hitchcock's films including the famous Psycho shower scene. Now Herrmann's widow, Norma Dice, who says her husband would have been more moved by this personal tribute than by all the film honours bestowed upon him, has given Charlotte one of his three surviving awards Herrmann's Grammy Award nomination for the 1977 film Taxi Driver. Herrmann threw away all his awards, but three were rescued from the ...
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Hat Hut Records Celebrates 35th Anniversary with 65% Off Sale!

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2009

Dear Friends, Hat Hut Records turns 35 this year, and it is our hope to continue on our path for many years to come as there is always more “music for the future" which waits to be discovered and released.

To celebrate our entry into the 35th year, Jazz Loft will offer our biggest and best sale ever from April 9th to April 19th, 2009.

65% Off Anniversary Sale! Buy any 10 items from the Hat Hut back catalog ...
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Morton Feldman "For Bunita Marcus" (Hat(Now)Art 174)

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Morton Feldman For Bunita Marcus performed by Hildegard Kleeb hat(now)Art 174

Feldman once wrote that... “Renoir said that the same color, applied by two different hands, would give us two different tones. In music, the same note, written by two different composers, gives us—the same note. When I write a B flat, and Berio a B flat, what you get is always B flat. The painter must create his medium as he works. That’s ...
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Luciano Berio & Edison Denissow "Works for Voice and Chamber Ensemble" (Hat(Now)Art 168)

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Luciano Berio & Edison Denissow Works For Voice And Chamber Ensemble performed by Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich Hedwig Fassbender - mezzo-soprano hat(now)ART 168

Luciano Berio: ‘Time after time, I find myself returning to folk music. I want to take possession of this treasure-store, using my own resources. Even though I know it cannot come true, I have a utopian dream, namely to forge a single entity from our own ...
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