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Colin Cannon: Intermission

Read "Intermission" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Thank heavens Colin Cannon divided Intermission (Farewell) into three parts because there's so much going on in this recording that it'd almost impossible to review otherwise. Intermission (Farewell) is the young guitarist's fourth recording as a leader. The fact that he's been recording with the same core musicians (bassist Zak Croxall, drummer Tom Hartman, and keyboardist Manami Morita) since 2009 says something. The music on Intermission (Farewell) is so multi-faceted, so detailed and so complex, that its success would almost ...

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Colin Cannon: Intermission (Farewell)

Read "Intermission (Farewell)" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Reading the spare (and tongue-in-cheek) liner notes of guitarist/composer Colin Cannon's Intermission (Farewell), one could easily get the idea that Cannon wrote, arranged and produced the album for a relatively small inner circle of friends, family and associates. Referring to that cohort, he writes, ..."and besides you people, I don't particular care who else listens to this--it wasn't made for them." As with Mel Brooks' “The Producers," Cannon has failed to marginalize his wider audience by turning out one of ...

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Colin Cannon: Glenville

Read "Glenville" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Though still in his twenties, guitarist Colin Cannon has been performing in New York and along the East Coast for a decade. His debut as leader, In Summary (Self Produced, 2009) revealed a young composer with ideas aplenty, and a guitarist with a broad musical palette. If that album was slightly Pat Metheny-influenced--Cannon and Metheny were both tutored by Mick Goodrick at Boston's Berklee College of Music--on Glenville, Cannon establishes a more personal identity, without sacrificing the melodic and lyrical ...


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