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When Manatees Attack
By Brad Dutz
Label: pfMentum
Released: 2007
Track listing: Spongy Bark; I
Brad Dutz: When Manatees Attack
by Erik R. Quick
Percussionist Brad Dutz has an astounding range of performance and recording credits, from Leo Kottke and Kiss, to Frank Sinatra and Kenny Loggins. On When Manatees Attack, the Los Angles based musical chameleon both inspires and confuses. The result is a strange mix of improvisatory eclecticism rooted within twentieth century classicism. Although compositional in texture, the ...
Brad Dutz: When Manatees Attack
by Jim Santella
As percussionist Brad Dutz leads this improvising quartet in a program of his own compositions, he draws a connecting line between the classical music literature and modern jazz. With instruments such as oboe, English horn, cello and clarinet, you get the distinct feeling that you're sitting in on an afternoon of chamber jazz in a small ...
Brad Dutz: When Manatees Attack
by AAJ Italy Staff
When Manatees Attack è un lavoro piuttosto sorprendente per chi è abituato ad ascoltare musiche che ruotano all'ambito della classica contemporanea. Non che il suo compositore, il percussionista americano Brad Dutz, si presenti al pubblico con l'intenzione di sovvertire l'ordine costituito, nè si propone come testa di punta di una qualche avanguardia. I sette pezzi da ...
Brad Dutz: When Manatees Attack
by Mark Corroto
Growing up with Warner Brothers cartoons created a subliminal soundtrack for life. Certainly the rising notes you heard in your head were for someone walking up a staircase, then there was the creeping-around-the-corner music. Later we learned this music was all produced with great thought and skill by Carl Stalling and an orchestra of highly skilled ...
Nine Gardeners Named Ned
By Brad Dutz
Label: pfMentum
Released: 2005
Track listing: Look at the Pretty Weeds
Brad Dutz: Nine Gardeners Named Ned
by Rex Butters
Los Angeles percussionist Brad Dutz spends more time outside on Nine Gardeners Named Ned. With names like Kris Tiner, John Fumo, Sara Schoenbeck, and Ellen Burr joining the ensemble for a session of snails and adventure, the listener can expect some rare and exotic blooms. Throw William Roper's wry words into the mix, and they morph ...
Brad Dutz: Nine Gardeners Named Ned
by John Kelman
West Coast percussionist Brad Dutz may have a lot of more conventional work to his credit--he's contributed to television and film scores including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Mission Impossible, as well as performing and/or recording with artists including Tribal Tech, Rickie Lee Jones, and Frank Sinatra--but when it comes to his own recordings, he's ...
Brad Dutz: Nine Gardeners Named Ned
by Jim Santella
Percussionist Brad Dutz leads an all-star ensemble on this program of his creative compositions. Each piece tells a story. The ensemble, including many of Southern California's leading improvising artists, accurately shades each piece with colors and patterns that evoke various moods. The session's standout instrumental voices include Dutz on marimba and vibraphone, Kim Richmond on clarinet, ...
