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Kevin Goss: Gratitude

by Kevin Goss
As I approached the big five-oh," I started doing some thinking about how much I have to be grateful for: a supportive family, meaningful friendships, and music. I wasn't supposed to make it to the big oh-five," but I beat the odds and, in the years since, it is my family, friends, and music that have made my life better, along with a couple of goofy dogs. Ted's Kick" is a boogaloo blues with a bridge. I wrote ...
Continue ReadingThe David Restivo Trio: Arancina

by Dan McClenaghan
The David Restivo Trio's Arancina is all about home," whether it is pianist Restivo's ancestral home in Sicily, projected with a beautifully-painted homage on his four-part Sicilian Suite," or his brief home in Nova Scotia with Raven's Wing," inspired by the dark birds soaring over the Northumberland Strait which separates Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island. Then there is Restivo's coming home to his bebop roots with It's You Or No One," the Jules Styne-Sammy Can song from the 1948 ...
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Ted's Kick
From: GratitudeBy Jim Vivian
Raven's Wing
From: ArancinaBy Jim Vivian