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The 6th Penang Island Jazz Festival: December 3-6, 2009

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by Ian Patterson

The 6th Penang Island Jazz Festival Bayview Beach Resort Penang, Malaysia December 3-6, 2009 Happy birthday to the Penang Island Jazz Festival, six years old this year! Six years may not seem like a lot, but in small jazz festival terms it probably means that the difficult initial ...

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Flat Earth Society: Cheer Me, Perverts!

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by Ian Patterson

Fifteen-piece Belgian big band Flat Earth Society is the sonic equivalent of a freak show--weird, wonderful and like nothing you've come across before. Cheer Me, Perverts! is bursting with the energy of punk--sharing some of the anarchy, too--yet the CD exhibits intricate section harmonies and wonderful contrapuntal melodies. The soloists revel in their freedom, and the ...

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Tim Garland: Beyond the Frontier

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by Ian Patterson

Composer, arranger and multi-reed virtuoso Tim Garland is a treasure the nation of the UK has yet to fully recognize. Having recorded a dozen albums in his own name, and arranged for and played in the groups of Chick Corea and Bill Bruford, Garland's pedigree as one of the leading jazz saxophonist/composers of his generation is ...

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Colin Cannon: In Summary

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by Ian Patterson

In Summary may seem like an odd title for Colin Cannon's debut recording and the beginning of a musical journey; but as the liner notes attest, this music is the result of his every positive and negative experience of the last five years. To make music any other way would be to leave part of himself ...

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Ari Hoenig Quartet: Niu's Jazz & Blues Bar, Bangkok

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by Ian Patterson

Ari Hoenig Quartet Niu's Jazz & Blues Bar Silom, Bangkok, Thailand November 5, 2009 There is no other drummer quite like New Yorker Ari Hoenig. Watching him play is like marveling at a cross between Animal, the wild drummer of Muppets fame, and Max Roach. His approach to drumming ...

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Ed Palermo: We're Only In It For The Music

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by Ian Patterson

It's got to be love, hasn't it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of Frank Zappa's tunes? For what other reason would someone dedicate himself for over 15 years to presenting his arrangements of Zappa's music in the setting of a 17-piece jazz big band, and at a loss to boot? Yes, ...

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Jesse Elder: The Winding Shell

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by Ian Patterson

What is clear from one listen to The Winding Shell is that pianist Jesse Elder is a composer/arranger of some ambition. Changing time signatures and the harmonizing of alto and tenor are features of the music, as are interesting percussive dynamics and contrasts between softly voiced and more animated passages. Lively charge and pregnant pause coexist ...

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Francesco Turrisi: Si Dolce e il Tormento

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by Ian Patterson

Turin-born Francesco Turrisi has been something of a breath of fresh air on the Irish music scene since arriving on the emerald isle in 2006. In a short time he has earned a reputation as an excellent jazz pianist, percussionist and accordionist; an original voice. He can be found playing in the ebullient Balkan-flavored Yurodny, or ...

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Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank

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by Ian Patterson

The Ed Palermo Big BandEddy Loves FrankCuneiform Records2009 Saxophonist and bandleader Ed Palermo loves Frank Zappa, and not just a little bit. It's not only the transcribing of 200 Zappa tunes, the scores of concerts where Palermo has led his big band through the late Zappa's music, nor ...

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Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia

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by Ian Patterson

Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio Alexis BistroKuala Lumpar, Malaysia September 26, 2009 It took a few numbers for the wining and dining crowd at the cozy, candle-lit Alexis Bistro to realize that Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio was something a bit special. Slowly but surely the chatter abated and ...


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