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Daniel Bennett Group: The Legend Of Bear Thompson
by AAJ Staff
Daniel Bennett GroupThe Legend Of Bear ThompsonBennett Alliance2008Acoustic guitar and alto saxophone form a key part of Boston saxophonist Daniel Bennett's musical recipe, and the combination informs the pleasingly melodic The Legend Of Bear Thompson. The lineup is Bennett on alto saxophone and flute, Brant ...
Philip Glass to Perform Film, Opera Works at Hollywood Bowl
The musician made his name in, and shattered the mold of film music scores. By the 1980s, Philip Glass had earned a healthy reputation working in the concert hall, art films and the theater. That didn't mean he slid easily into Hollywood. “When I first started doing Hollywood films," Glass, 72, said by phone from his ...
Live Minimalism From New York: Shoko Nagai/Satoshi Takeishi, Signal, Rhys Chatham, Terry Riley & Glenn Branca
by Martin Longley
Shoko Nagai & Satoshi TakeishiThe StoneApril 21, 2009 These Japanese New Yorkers are giving the second performance of Abysm (there was a gig at Roulette in February), an ambitiously intense sequence that revolves around “a tale of a floating world (Ukiyo)," which appears to be the duo's own private land of sonic fantasy. ...
John Zorn: Filmworks XXIII: El General
by Warren Allen
"Los Cristeros," the opening track of John Zorn's twenty-third Filmworks volume, starts gently enough, building from a bass and marimba groove. Then Marc Ribot's electric guitar enters. Brash and distorted, with the cocksure step of a gunslinger, and the frayed edge of a fedora, Ribot's solo keens with the energy and inspiration of the best. Continuing ...
Philadelphia Music Project Announces 2009 Grant Awards
Support from the Philadelphia Music Project brings 118 Events to the Philadelphia region Nineteen local music organizations receive almost $1.2 million in funding Philadelphia, PA -- The Philadelphia Music Project (PMP), a program of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, has awarded $1,179,675 to 19 local music organizations in support of 118 concerts and residency ...
Philip Glass: Glass Box - A Nonesuch Retrospective
By Philip Glass
Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2008
Philip Glass: Glass Box - A Nonesuch Retrospective
by John Kelman
Philip GlassGlass Box - A Nonesuch RetrospectiveNonesuch Records2008 Recent studies have proven that music is one of the few disciplines to utilize the entire brain--the left "analytical" side and the right "creative" side. There's no denying the creative aspect of music making, but equally there's a ...
