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Becoming

Label: Barking Coda Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Belew’s Knot; Harvie Livingston Seagull; Three Simple Truths; Don’t Forget; Canto Belo; Garry on a Bike Ride; For Lou Lou, Where Ever You Are; Spring Forward.

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Becoming

Label: Sunny Sky
Released: 2023
Track listing: Becoming; Suddenly Autumn; Where the Winds and Waters Call; Sound of Summer; The Heart May Race; Make the Jump; Nicotune; Becoming (alternate take).

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Sunna Gunnlaugs: Becoming

Read "Becoming" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Raised on a small peninsula in Iceland and later educated in New York City, Sunna Gunnlaugs, could easily have followed a different musical path if it hadn't been for the gift of a Bill Evans record in her teens. That gift set her on a path that has led to Becoming, the fifth album Gunnlaugs has ...

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Skip Grasso: Becoming

Read "Becoming" reviewed by Jack Bowers


If guitarist Skip Grasso's name was not so prominently displayed on the album cover, a listener would be hard-pressed to ascertain that Becoming was his gig. Yes, Grasso does bring a lot to the table, but no more than pianist Anthony Pocetti, bassist Harvie S or drummer Billy Drummond who together round out Grasso's impressive quartet. ...

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Skip Grasso

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Skip Grasso is a guitarist, composer, and educator based in Baltimore, Maryland.  He has performed in a wide variety of musical settings from solo guitar to big bands throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. His 2021 release Jagged Spaces with the Grasso-Ravita Jazz Ensemble reached #31 on the JazzWeek chart. This recording of all original music featured four of his compositions including the title track. Following the success of Jagged Spaces, Skip was awarded the 2022 Pathways to Jazz Grant. In 2023, Skip released his debut recording as a leader Becoming which showcases him as both a guitarist and composer. The critically acclaimed recording introduced eight diverse originals in collaboration with Anthony Pocetti on piano, organ and electric piano, bassist Harvie S, and drummer Billy Drummond. Reaching #42 on JazzWeek chart, Becoming spent sixteen weeks in the top 100. As a sideman, Skip recorded The Don Junker Big Band’s Junkyard Dog, and The Hank Levy Alumni Band’s An Odd-Time Was Had By All. He has performed with such artists as Randy Brecker and The Lakewood Jazz Ensemble Big Band, singer Ethel Ennis, and saxophonists Chris Vadala, and Claire Daley.

Album

becoming

Label: Gateway Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: D'isms; Another Boring Day At The Institute; If It Was...; Pension Ingeborg; Beleagured; In Defense Of Beauty; Hey Patrick, Nice Tan!; Dynamite Superstar.

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Article: Album Review

Quarterpounder: becoming

Read "becoming" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Bassist/writer Mathias Wedeken founded Quarterpounder in 2011. Based in Copenhagen, one of Europe's leading jazz centers, with an impressive range of studios and sound engineers, the band is notable for its front line of trombone and tenor saxophone, a combination that leads to some delightful harmonic partnerships underpinned by tight, tough, bass and drums. becoming is ...

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Label: Neuklang Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 05:30


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