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Joel Springer
Joel Springer was raised in Bloomington, Indiana and moved to Boston in 1984 to study with master saxophone teacher Joe Allard. That same year he began a three-year adventure with Volo Volo, a Haitian dance band, that included touring Martinique, France, Canada,and New York, and playing many parties in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
He joined Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet (YNSQ) in 1989, and with that group has performed at Merkin Hall, New York (WNYC's "New Sounds Live"); Bang on a Can Festival, New York; Mellon PSFS Jazz Festival, Philadelphia; Bimhuis, Amsterdam, and other venues on four European tours; a Midwest tour; and numerous clubs & concert halls in New England. Joel recorded two CDs with YNSQ: "Plutonian Nights: The Music of Sun Ra" (Coppens, 1991) and "Wolftone" (Coppens, 1994).
Since 2003 Joel has made numerous trips to Brazil to visit his in-laws, and the beauty of Brazil's nature, music, and people have influenced his recent compositions. His latest project, Macuco Quintet, features those compositions and others brought to life by an all-star group.
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Fernando Huergo: Relentless
by Jack Bowers
Argentine-born bassist and composer Fernando Huergo's heavy-duty Massachusetts-based big band delivers the goods on Relentless, a taut and vibrant review of oppression, discrimination, environmental challenges and other social issues, interwoven with Huergo's lively tribute to the saxophonist Ornette Coleman and a charismatic and thought-provoking survey ("La Vida Sigue") on life after the Covid-19 pandemic, with all compositions and arrangements by the leader. This is well-designed, no-holds-barred big-band jazz, delivered with verve and enthusiasm by eighteen well-prepared musicians ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
