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Article: Big Band Caravan

Bob Lark Alumni Band / Bob Curnow / JazzMN Big Band

Read "Bob Lark Alumni Band / Bob Curnow / JazzMN Big Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Bob Lark and His Alumni Big BandReunionJazzed Media2012 As director for more than two decades of DePaul University's superb Jazz Ensemble, trumpeter Bob Lark has seen an endless parade of outstanding musicians pass through the ranks, which makes the first-ever Reunion of his Alumni Big Band a ...

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Article: Album Review

Mary Halvorson Quintet: Bending Bridges

Read "Bending Bridges" reviewed by John Sharpe


For the sophomore effort from her quintet, guitarist Mary Halvorson reprises the winning formula of Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12, 2010). Again, there is a mix of pieces for the full ensemble and for Halvorson in trio; and, again, the end result defies classification, touching on spidery improv, jazz tradition and avant rock in a cleverly idiosyncratic ...

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Article: Album Review

Bob Lark and his Alumni Big Band: Reunion

Read "Reunion" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Veteran jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn master Dr. Bob Lark has directed many big bands in more than 20 years as Director of Jazz Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. With Reunion, Lark reunites 22 musicians from those bands as his Alumni Big Band, debuting the group on a monster collection of powerful orchestrations. While the ...

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Foxy

Label: Hot Cup Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. Foxy - 5:03; 2. Proxy - 7:54; 3. Chicken Poxy - 4:58; 4. y - 5:31; 5. Hydroxy - 4:16; 6. Biloxi - 4:42; 7. Tsetse - 4:02; 8. Unorthodoxy - 9:33; 9. Epoxy - 12:39; 10. Roxy - 6:11; 11. Foxy (Radio Edit) - 3:33; 12. Moxie - 10:03.

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Here Be Dragons

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2011

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Article: Album Review

Bryan and the Haggards: Still Alive And Kickin' Down The Walls

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With the music of country music legends Merle Haggard and Bob Wills as a starting point, tenor saxophonist Bryan Murray and his band have been creating fresh, iconoclastic, and somewhat noisy modern jazz for a few years. The Haggards' second CD, Still Alive And Kickin' Down The Walls, picks up where their stunning debut, Pretend It's ...

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Article: Album Review

Bryan and the Haggards: Still Alive and Kickin' Down the Walls

Read "Still Alive and Kickin' Down the Walls" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Still Alive and Kickin' Down the Walls is the second foray into an unlikely marriage of free jazz and the Bakersfield, California, country sound of the legendary Merle Haggard, a follow-up to the pairing's raucous honeymoon, Pretend It's the End of the World (Hot Cup Records, 2010). Saxophonist Bryan Murray leads this outfit, a rowdy, rough ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord: Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!

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Hot Cup Records has quickly established a reputation for documenting some of the most adventurous and quirky modern jazz around today. The label's flagship band, Mostly Other People Do The Killing (MOPDTK), is an incredibly energetic collective whose members seem to be popping up on all sorts of recordings these days. Half of MOPDTK, saxophonist Jon ...

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Article: Interview

Noah Haidu: Carving Out His Place

Read "Noah Haidu: Carving Out His Place" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


New York-based pianist Noah Haidu came to jazz through the blues, listening to the searing, soulful guitar moans of Buddy Guy and Albert King. But his training, at the age of six, had its advent in classical music. He also likes to experiment with electronics. All these things go into the musical blender of ...

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Article: Live Review

Shawn Baltazor New York, NY September 17, 2011

Read "Shawn Baltazor  New York, NY  September 17, 2011" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Shawn Baltazor Quartet:New York, NYSeptember 17, 2011 It's always night time at Smalls. Thirty minutes prior to a Saturday afternoon showcase of drummer Shawn Baltazor's Quartet, the basement club was a virtual world of its own, devoid of natural light and removed from the hustle and bustle of the West Village. Operating seven ...


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