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Signal

Label: Southport Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Luminary; Mahjong; Signal; Amend; For Once; Sir James; Turbulence; The Spirit; The Pulse of Life's Heart

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Michael Mason and the Exploratory Ensemble: Signal

Read "Signal" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Surprises are welcome, if they are pleasant ones. So is Michael Mason. This is his fifth release, and it is better late than never to make his acquaintance...Mason, who wrote all the tunes except one, shows a fair sense for what makes the pulse tick. His main approach is to write sketches rather than ...

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Michael Mason and the Exploratory Ensemble: Signal

Read "Signal" reviewed by John Kelman


It is an uncomfortable thing, indeed, to come across an album that is, for the most part, successful as a contemporary exploration of post bop themes, but which contains a glaring problem with the leader of the ensemble. While flautist Michael Mason has some interesting ideas and an appealingly dark tone, his intonation is annoyingly imperfect ...


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