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Invitations
Label: Death Defying Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Afrocentric; Beatrice; Invitations; Every Saint Has a Past; Every Sinner Has a Future; Return of the Underdog; Vulnerability; What Do You Want From Me?
Jerrold Dubyk Quintet: Invitations
by Bruce Lindsay
Jerrold Dubyk helpfully defines the title of his third album, Invitations, as an often formal request to be present or participate." Pedantic jazz fans (and there are many) might wish to point out that the definition refers to the singular, while the title is plural. The less pedantic might simply wish to shake their heads, reflect ...
Jerrold Dubyk Quintet: Invitations
by Edward Blanco
Canadian saxophonist Jerrold Dubyk delivers his third album as leader on Invitations , where he blends an array of fresh original music with a few cover tunes in forging an audacious musical experience of modern-styled jazz. An educator by profession, Dubyk is the Director of Music at Strathcona High school as well as serving on the ...
Mirror of the Mind
Label: Death Defying Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Mirror of the Mind; A Thousand Memories; Beneath; Blackbird; Bidwell
Cronies; Disillusionment; Miles Apart; It Was Whispered; A Priori
Perception; Where Thinking Leaves Off; I Never Told You; Bottom
Feeders.
Earl MacDonald and the Creative Opportunity Workshop: Mirror of the Mind
by Bruce Lindsay
Death Defying Records, it says on the cover. A doom-laden title for a record label but any expectations of a frenzy of black metal or gangster rap are soon dispelled by the beautiful cello and piano interplay on the opening bars of the title track. Mirror Of The Mind, from pianist Earl MacDonald and the Creative ...
Earl MacDonald and the Creative Opportunity Workshop: Mirror of the Mind
by Edward Blanco
Not satisfied with the traditional jazz spectrum, pianist and educator Earl MacDonald explores new ways of expressing his progressive taste and with Mirror of the Mind deciding to challenge the boundaries of jazz with a unique instrumentation and sound forged by his new band, Creative Opportunity Workshop. As Director of Jazz Studies at the University of ...
Re:Visions
Label: Death Defying Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Friday Night at the Cadillac Club; Mr. Sunshine; Measuring Up; Bad Dream; Joshua; Woody 'N You; Character Defect; Bu Who; Jana's Song.
Earl MacDonald: Re:Visions
by Woodrow Wilkins
In a period when many new recordings feature trios, quartets or other small ensembles, it's refreshing when a full-size orchestra comes along. Pianist, composer and arranger Earl MacDonald offers that refreshment with Re:Visions--Works for Jazz Orchestra. MacDonald is a native of Winnipeg, Canada and director of jazz studies at the University of Connecticut. A ...
Earl MacDonald: Re: Visions
by Edward Blanco
There are far too few big band albums being recorded these days, so it is with great appreciation that the music of professor Earl MacDonald finds its way to the studio for lovers of the genre to enjoy. Harnessing the talents of a 17-piece, world-class orchestra, MacDonald--a composer/arranger/pianist and director of Jazz Studies at the University ...
Earl MacDonald: Re: Visions
by Dan Bilawsky
The big band era ended long ago, but the world is a better place because people like pianist Earl MacDonald still yearn to keep it alive in some way. MacDonald--a composer, arranger, pianist and Director of jazz studies at the University of Connecticut--is probably best known for his work in jazz education and his time spent ...