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Article: Album Review

Charles Pillow: Van Gogh Letters

Read "Van Gogh Letters" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Those who like Debussy's Nocturnes will love what this trio does on the crossover Van Gogh Letters. Three master musicians venture into saxophonist Charles Pillow's softly articulated, impressionistic/minimalist tone poems. Inspired by Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, Pillow translates the great artist's phrases and sentences into painterly sounds evocative of a quieter, less-pressured epoch. The trio ...

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Article: Interview

Charles Pillow: Sound Crafter

Read "Charles Pillow: Sound Crafter" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Charles Pillow is a musician's musician who works with diverse ensembles from jazz to pops to classical, small group to large ensemble, straight-ahead to avant-garde. He grew up in Baton Rouge, La., and studied music at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, before eventually settling in the New York City area as a working professional.

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News: Interview

Reed/Woodwind Multi-Instrumentalist Charles Pillow Interviewed at All About Jazz

Reed/Woodwind Multi-Instrumentalist Charles Pillow Interviewed at All About Jazz

Charles Pillow is a musician's musician who works with diverse ensembles from jazz to pops to classical, small group to large ensemble, straight-ahead to avant-garde. He grew up in Baton Rouge, La., and studied music at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, before eventually settling in the New York City area as a working professional. ...

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Quake

By Mike Holober

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Quake; Twist & Turn; Roc & A Soft Place; Here Comes The Sun; Note To Self; Thrushes; Ruby Tuesday.

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Charles Pillow: Part 2 - Pictures at an Exhibition

By Charles Pillow

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2008
Track listing: Tracks: 1. Opening; 2. Gnomus; 3. Promenade 1; 4. Il vecchio Castello; 5. Bydlo; 6. The Hut of Baba Yaga; 7. Into the Catacombae; 8. Catacombae;le 9. Tuilleries; 10. Dream Promenade; 11. Promenade 2; 12. Goldenberg and Schmuyle; 13. Promenade 3; 14. Promenade 4; The Gate at Kiev

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Charles Pillow: Part 3 - The Planets

By Charles Pillow

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Sol; 2. Mars; 3. Saturn, 4. Mercury; 5. The Secret of Pluto; 6. Venus: Clouds of Our Sister; 7. Venus: God of Love and Beauty; 8 Venus maat mons; 9. The Earth; 10. The Earth and Her Moon; 11. Neptune: God of the Sea; 12.Neptune: Thalassa; 13. Jupiter; 14. Saturn: Phoebe and Rhea; 15. Uranus; 15. World of Eunice and Jean

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Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Pillow: Part 3 - The Planets

Read "Charles Pillow: Part 3 - The Planets" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Charles Pillow The PlanetsArtistShare2007 This review follows Charles Pillow: Part 1--Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire, an introduction to the work of the reed player and composer, and Charles Pillow: Part 2--Pictures At An ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Pillow: Part 2 - Pictures at an Exhibition

Read "Charles Pillow: Part 2 - Pictures at an Exhibition" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Charles PillowPictures At An ExhibitionArtistShare2005 This review follows Charles Pillow: Part 1--Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire, introducing the reed player and composer's work, and is followed by Charles Pillow: Part 3--The Planets a review ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Pillow: Part 1 - Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire

Read "Charles Pillow: Part 1 - Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 While jazz began as a form of entertainment, it has evolved into a more serious musical genre. Its multiple roots in gospel, blues, popular, folk, Caribbean, African, and other world musics give it a complexity and richness tailor-made for extended musical explorations and through-composing. In addition, ...


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