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Slow Poke: At Home [MP 3]

Read "At Home [MP 3]" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 14, 2008

La pigra indolenza che marca, sin dall’apertura, questo ottimo At Home del gruppo Slow Poke è un segno indelebile del tipo di approccio che il quartetto ha scelto dal primo momento (e l’indizio principale era già ben evidente nel nome stesso che i musicisti avevano deciso di darsi). Questo album in realtà non era mai uscito ...

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At Home

By Slow Poke

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Listen Hear; Afro Blake; Harvest; Rockin' In Rhythm; Dry Socket; Make Out Machine; The Saturday Option.

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Michael Blake Sextet: Amor de Cosmos

Read "Amor de Cosmos" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
November 15, 2007

Nothing could be better than a homecoming, and saxophonist Michael Blake proves it on the musical odyssey of Amor de Cosmos. In 2005, Blake returned to Vancouver, where he played two shows. Out of that came this sextet of prime Canadian musicians, who realize Blake's music and vision most profoundly. Blake's writing is imaginative. He is ...

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Michael Blake Sextet: Amor De Cosmos

Read "Amor De Cosmos" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
November 6, 2007

A former member of the Lounge Lizards and co-founder of Slow Poke, saxophonist Michael Blake's familiarity with the esoteric is well documented. A restless searcher, Blake's varied discography reaches beyond jazz to include explorations into the traditional folk music of Vietnam and North Africa. The New York-based saxophonist recently delved into his Canadian roots after studying ...

Article: My Playlist

Michael Blake

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 20, 2007

01. Coleman Hawkins - Past Perfect (TIM Co. - 2001). Sono sempre alla ricerca di nuovi tesori e tutti i brani di questo cofanetto illustrano come Hawkins sviluppò le sue innovazioni. Qualche registrazione del 1929 presenta anche Pee Wee Russell, il mio clarinettista preferito, e il sorprendente sax basso di Adrian Rollini. 02. Glenn Gould - ...

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Article: Live Review

Michael Blake's Hellbent, Earshot Jazz event at Tula's

by Bill Bennett
March 17, 2007

Michael Blake's Hellbent Tula's Jazz Club Seattle, WA February 24, 2007 Michael Blake last played in Seattle during the 2002 Earshot Jazz Festival with The Herbie Nichols Project, a group spawned by The Jazz Composers Collective. This reviewer covered the Nichols show for Coda magazine (Issue 309, May/June ...

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Right Before Your Very Ears

By Michael Blake

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Run For Cover; Funhouse; Mt. Harissa; Right Before Your Very Ears; Flip; Fly With the Wind; San Francisco Holiday; All of This is Yours; Careless Love.

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More Like Us

By Michael Blake

Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Hush; The Meadows; Happy Old Yoy; To Whom This May Concern; Something in the Water; Maria; Africa Used to Be Home; Interlude With Soren; Paddy Pie Face; Johnny Too Bad.

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Michael Blake: More Like Us

Read "More Like Us" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
December 22, 2006

More Like Us is the second release from saxophonist Michael Blake's Blake Tartare, with three Danish wunderkinds: keyboardist Soren Kjaergaard, bassist Jonas Westergaard and drummer Kresten Osgood. As the title suggests, the group has developed cohesion, easily maneuvering the circuitous compositions on the disc. The subtle opening of “The Meadows shifts after Blake's ...

Article: Live Review

Michael Blake's Blake Tartare

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 18, 2006

Avezzano - Castello Orsini - 13.11.2006 Non ci soffermiamo troppo ad illustrare il talentuoso sassofonista di Montreal residente a New York, Michael Blake, ormai ospite fisso ad Avezzano nelle rassegne annuali organizzate dall'Associazione culturale Jazz On. Torna quest'anno dunque per la quinta volta riproponendo il gruppo di esordio, i Blake Tartare, formato con tre ragazzi tra ...