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Bob Gluck & Aruan Ortiz: "Textures And Pulsations: CD Release Concert

Source: Bob Gluck
December 29, 2012

Pianists Bob Gluck and Aruán Ortiz will celebrate the release of “Textures and Pulsations," their new duet recording on Ictus Records at the Booklyn-based Shapeshifter Lab on Thursday, February 7. The 9pm show will feature improvisational works for two pianos, Moog Synthesizer, and digital processing. The duo's improvisations range across genres and musical forms, and feature poignantly etched live electronics, creating a colorful, virtuosic brew of subtly shifting textures, lyrical melodies, and great grooves. Dave Sumner (eMusic “Jazz Picks") writes: ...

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Performance / Tour

Bob Gluck Trio NYC Performance to Mark the Release of "Returning" (December 22)

Source: Bob Gluck
October 4, 2011

The Bob Gluck Trio will celebrate the release of its second CD, Returning (FMR) at a December 22 performance in New York City. The Thursday evening show will take place at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street (between Fifth and Madison), at 8:00 pm. Returning has received rave reviews since its release in Spring 2011. John Book (Book's Music) calls iit “a fantastic listen... something exceptional." Bill Millkowski (Jazz Times) writes that the CD is “a perfect balance between ...

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Book / Magazine

Book blog: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band

Source: Bob Gluck
October 2, 2010

A new book in progress by Bob Gluck traces the evolution of Herbie Hancock's music through 1973, focusing on the Mwandishi band. The title is: You'll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band (University of Chicago Press, forthcoming). The blog discusses the most poignant issues that have arisen in the process of writing the book, which should be out in a year. Herbie Hancock has always followed his own muse. During the Mwandishi period, 1970-1973, his ...

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