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Article: Live Review

Rodrigo y Gabriela at Denver's Buell Theater

Read "Rodrigo y Gabriela at Denver's Buell Theater" reviewed by Geoff Anderson

by Geoff Anderson

Rodrigo y GabrielaBuell Theater Denver, CO September 19, 2009 Who knew you could wring so much out of a couple acoustic guitars? At the Buell Theater, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quinetro attacked their instruments in a manner that had the audience wondering whether the delicate wood would survive, or at ...

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Article: Album Review

Tafillalt: Tafillalt

Read "Tafillalt" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

This innovative alt-klezmer/alt-Jewish music ensemble represents the growing interest of John Zorn's Tzadik label in the Israeli Jewish music scene. Tafillalt fits into the Radical Jewish Culture series of the label, not only by exploring and interpreting ancient and modern Hebrew prayers--songs in adventurous and compelling new soundscapes--but also because of the group's multicultural improvisational attitude ...

Article: Album Review

David S. Ware: Shakti

Read "Shakti" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Da un CD intitolato Shakti, e con un cobra disegnato in copertina, sarebbe lecito aspettarsi come minimo una musica ispirata alla tradizione karnatika o qualcosa sul modello di John McLaughlin anni Settanta, in realtà il riferimento orientale più immediato che potrete ipotizzare subito dopo l'ascolto è quello che va alle scale modali e all'assenza del centro ...

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Article: Film Review

John McLaughlin and Frank Vignola: Guitar Masters on DVD

Read "John McLaughlin and Frank Vignola: Guitar Masters on DVD" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

John McLaughlin and Frank Vignola present different approaches to the guitar and the music they subscribe to. McLaughlin has explored several musical idioms. He was the fire that ignited trumpeter Miles Davis's Bitches Brew (Columbia, 19690, and he found the soul of Indian music and gave it a prominent voice not only on his own recordings ...

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David S. Ware: Shakti

Read "Shakti" reviewed by Lyn Horton

by Lyn Horton

In connecting composition with improvisation, players inherently manifest their awareness on levels from the technical to the spiritual. If no investment goes into the development of this consciousness, the spark and sense of direction within the music are left behind. Nowhere are these elements more evident than in Shakti, saxophonist David Spencer Ware's studio recording, long-awaited ...

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Article: Album Review

David S. Ware: Shakti

Read "Shakti" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

From the outset, tenor saxophonist David S Ware's magisterial tone serves notice that his phenomenal powers are undimmed on the debut of his new quartet. After some evolution the lineup has settled with Ware unable to better William Parker's tenure of the bass chair, master percussionist Warren Smith enlisted on drums and Boston- based Joe Morris ...

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David S. Ware: Shakti

Read "Shakti" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The path an original voice must take in jazz this century is quite different from that of 50 years ago. Gone are the big labels and covers of TIME magazine. The 'big names' in jazz are institutionalized at universities and Lincoln Center, making records with Willie Nelson and playing covers of Nirvana pop songs. ...

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David S. Ware: Shakti

Read "Shakti" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Shakti is the triumphant return of tenor saxophonist David S. Ware. His first studio recording since 2003's Threads (Thirsty Ear), this album marks the recorded debut of his first working group since he disbanded his famously prolific quartet of 1989-2006. An acknowledged master of the tenor saxophone, Ware's influence spans his seminal days in the seventies ...

Album

Shakti

By David S. Ware

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2008
Track listing: Crossing Samsara; Nataraj; Reflection; Namah; Antidromic; Shakti: Durga, Devi, Kali.

Album

Shakti

By John McLaughlin

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Joy; Lotus Feet; What Need Have I For This- What Need Have I For That- I Am Dancing at the Feet of My Lord- All is Bliss-All is Bliss;


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