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Article: Big Band Caravan

Allen Carter Big Band / Lucerne Jazz Orchestra / Joris Teepe Big Band

Read "Allen Carter Big Band / Lucerne Jazz Orchestra / Joris Teepe Big Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Allen Carter Big BandGiftsAC Muzik2010 If there were any integrity or enlightenment in the music business as we know it in 2010--not to mention among listeners--drummer Allen Carter's debut big-band album, Gifts, would surely go platinum or at least earn a well-deserved Grammy Award. As not much of ...

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In The Library

By Dino Govoni

Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1.In Your Absence 2.Get Your Goat On 3.Munk, not Monk 4.Again and Again 5.Lines for Charlie 6.All Things Must End at the Beginning 7.In the Library 8.The Principle 9.Are You Threatening Me?

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Dino Govoni: In The Library

Read "In The Library" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Saxophonist Dino Govoni's wide-ranging jazz vernacular is conveyed rather effectively during this sprightly set. He possesses a broad tone, augmented with fluent lines and a relaxed vibe. With his quartet, the artist explores various harmonic frontiers, amid slight shifts in momentum and medium to torridly swinging tempos The rhythm section implements a frisky ...

Album

In the Library

By Dino Govoni

Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2002
Track listing: In Your Absence, Get Your Goat On, Munk, not Monk, Again and Again, Lines for Charlie, All Things Must End at the Beginning, In the Library, The Principle of Attraction, Are You Threatening Me?

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Dino Govoni: In the Library

Read "In the Library" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Young Boston-based saxophonist Dino Govoni, who has appeared as a sideman on a number of recent albums, steps forward to lead a talented quartet on In the Library, an earnest volume of engaging post-bop essays, most of them written by Govoni and his companions. The exceptions are Chick Corea’s melodious “Again and Again” and Suzanna Sifter’s ...

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Dino Govoni: In the Library

Read "In the Library" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Like a skilled prose writer, saxophonist Dino Govoni gives you a good straight ahead story, a linear narrative, with stylistic asides, subtle and wonderful surprises. The writer's story may beguile you, but it's the occasional odd sentence, the unusual but on-target diction, the deft and vibrant turn of phrasing interspersed thoughout that holds the audience's attention ...

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Breakin' Out

By Dino Govoni

Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2001
Track listing: What's the Difference...#; Shall We Dance?; All the Things You Are*; Marie-Pierre; Breakin' Out#^; Angela#; Tutti Italiani*^; Stella by Starlight; (To the} Head Now!*^

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Dino Govoni: Breakin' Out

Read "Breakin' Out" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

No young lion, tenor saxophonist Dino Govoni has been diligently mastering his craft while working steadily in the Boston–New York area for more than two decades, and the seasoning is evident on his impressive debut album, the well–named Breakin’ Out. Govoni, a blues–based modernist who lists John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Michael Brecker and fellow Bostonians Jerry ...

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Dino Govoni: Breakin' Out

Read "Breakin' Out" reviewed by Dave Nathan

by Dave Nathan

Whaling City Sound gathered some talented players, veterans and newcomers, for this take no prisoners hard bop set. This blowing session is reminiscent of those events which regularly took place throughout the 1950's and 1960's led by the likes of Hank Mobley, Kenny Wheeler, Johnny Griffin and others responsible for building the foundation for this hard ...


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