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Pete Magadini: Bones Blues
by Hrayr Attarian
The Canadian label Sackville is known for its unique catalogue of superb Avant-Garde music and engaging trad-jazz recordings. So its 1976 Bones Blues is a bit of an anomaly as it documents a modern mainstream session that drummer Pete Magadini led and featured California based saxophonist Don Menza. Five standards and two originals comprise ...
The Woodshed Orchestra: Brass Bandit
by Bruce Lindsay
"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice. She was opening out like the largest telescope ever, at the time, but she could equally well have been listening to Brass Bandit, the third release from Canada's Woodshed Orchestra. An eccentric collection of curiosities, featuring musical genres as diverse as Politicized Poetry Love Scatting and Football Funk and checking in ...
Foo Fighters Invite Fan On Stage To Play Drums
If you read this blog regularly, you know that we're big believers in fan engagement; and let's face it, when it's done on a grand and public scale, it a has a multiplier effect. Obviously, Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters agree. The Foo Fighters made one fan's birthday dreams come true when they invited him ...
TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2015
by Alain Londes
TD Toronto Jazz Festival Various locations Toronto, Canada June 18-29, 2015 With festival season in full swing, it's always an opportunity to see what the state of jazz is and to hopefully discover something new. The challenge is of course that there are always many choices and one might be guided ...
Eliana Cuevas: Espejo
by Angelo Leonardi
Nell'universo delle cantanti ai confini col jazz, la venezuelana Eliana Cuevas occupa un posto di rilievo per la calda e sensuale espressività, il timbro luminoso e l'acrobatico fraseggio. In Italia è quasi sconosciuta ed è un peccato perchè il temperamento solare e le splendide doti vocali che la caratterizzano (ricorda a tratti la giovane Mina) la ...
Jeff LaRochelle: Moonstone
by Hrayr Attarian
Canadian saxophonist and clarinetist Jeff LaRochelle fuses the orchestral complexity of the western classical tradition and the spontaneity of jazz on his debut Moonstone. With his band, Origins, LaRochelle interprets ten intimate pieces that he himself has penned. The music reflects his diverse influences but remains thematically cohesive primarily due to the exquisite balance of modernity ...
Vibrant Multi-Lingual Jazz Vocalist Mary Panacci Launches New Recording, "Her Perfume"
Talented, accomplished and vibrant multilingual jazz vocalist Mary Panacci will launch her new recording, Her Perfume at Toronto's Jazz Bistro on April 21st. Produced by Anthony Panacci and arranged by Anthony Panacci, Shelly Berger and Luis Mario Ochoa, featuring performances by over thirty-five musicians, including Mike Downes, Rob Piltch, Russ Little, John Johnson, Mike Murley, Steve ...
Peripheral Vision: Sheer Tyranny Of Will
by Dave Wayne
One must wonder what chance a group of relatively unknown Canadian jazz musicians playing complicated original tunes has for any sort of recognition or commercial success in the US. If musical quality was the sole determinant, Peripheral Vision, the relatively unknown Canadian band in question, would be celebrities, set for life. They've unleashed a corker of ...
Harley Card: Hedgerow
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
Hazy summer sun and nostalgia, the album cover hints best at what the music of Harley Card sounds like (with the exception of the giant mirror-beach-ball-spaceship-portal thing--no idea). Hedgerow is a contemplative and absorbing sound, reiterating guitar phrases across a wide harvest of colors and plaited exchanges. Hedgerow is a little knotty, in the ...
New Brazilian Flute Release Bill Mc Birnie & Bruce Jones Release "Grain Of Sand"
Extreme Flute release Grain of Sand features Bill McBirnie on flute, alto flute and piccolo along with the multi-talented singer-songwriter, Bruce Jones. Grain of Sand consists of original material in a variety of Brazilian formats incliding improvised flute work and is now available at CDBaby and iTunes. Early praise for Grain of Sand “...McBirnie’s brilliant flute technique ...
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