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Liva at Birdland Neuberg

By Enrico Rava & Michael Flugel Quartet

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2000

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Madeline Bell was born in New Jersey where she was influenced early on by Sam Cooke, sang on street corners, in talent shows and at local clubs. She became part of one of the more popular gospel groups in the country, the Alex Bradford Singers. But it wasn't until she moved to England in 1962 that ...

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Enrico Rava & Michael Flugel Quartet: Liva at Birdland Neuberg

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2000

With Live at Birdland Neuberg (Germany) the “Michael Flugel Quartet” receives some predictably superb support from the highly regarded trumpeter Enrico Rava. On “My Funny Valentine” Rava demonstrates how to turn a time honored classic into a vehicle for the optimum in artistic expressionism as he stretches the inherent scope of this classic via fiery and ...

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Albert Mangelsdorff & Reto Weber Percussion Orchestra: Live At Montreux

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2000

German trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff splits notes by overblowing and humming into his mouthpiece while also crossing octaves with relative ease as he is one of the very few trombonists capable of employing this difficult technique known as – multiphonics. With that and his noted brilliance as an improviser, Mangelsdorff tries his hand at working with a ...

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Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra: New Works (Celebration)

by Douglas Payne
January 1, 2000

Bob Brookmeyer, at age 70, is enjoying renewed celebrity as an artist. But, unlike so many others who ascend to legendary status late in life, it's not because he's out-survived his peers. Still known primarily for his distinctive and lyrical valve trombone playing (he's also an especially deft touch on piano), he's now evolved ...

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