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Mike Pope: The Parts You Keep

by Jack Bowers
You have to admire a bandleader who enhances an album by dedicating one of his compositions to an Uber driver and inviting his 85-year-old mother to play piano on the last two numbers. That is exactly what bassist Mike Pope does on The Parts You Keep, and they are two of the recording's more pleasing episodes. Pope also adds a four-member string section on the standard That Old Feeling" and his quirky composition Past Is Prologue" (both of which encompass ...
Continue ReadingSimone Baron & Arco Belo: The Space Between Disguises

by Angelo Leonardi
Simone Baron debutta con quest'eclettico album, che mette in luce il suo talento nel comporre e orchestrare temi particolarmente articolati, dove musica da camera, jazz e suggestioni folk convivono strettamente. Di lei non sappiamo molto, eccetto le sue origini in parte italiane (in linea materna), che ha avuto incarichi al Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity e altre istituzioni, ha ricevuto prestigiosi riconoscimenti (un grant dal DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities -Chamber Music America) e ...
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Barolo Blue
From: The Parts You KeepBy Peter Kibbe