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Groove and gravitas (Donny McCaslin CD reviewed)
Casting For Gravity (Greenleaf Music) Donny McCaslin Note to the RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest: If you want to go heavy next year on electronica and deeply grooving fare as you did last July in...
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Jazz on an epic scale II (Antonio Sanchez CD reviewed)
New Life (CAM Jazz) Antonio Sanchez For many years, Antonio Sanchez has been the drummer of choice for more than a few great jazzmen who think — and play — big. A very short list of such bosses would...
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Charles Lloyd, Vijay Iyer, Tim Berne, Antonio Sanchez and other Montreal...
I give any festival high marks for programming multiple concerts featuring a single artist. The three Dave Holland concerts at last year’s TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival signified that it was...
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A concert-filled weekend at the 2013 Montreal International Jazz Festival
Hard to believe, but covering the 2013 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival for 10 straight evenings did not sufficiently scratch the itch. After four jazz-concert-free nights, I was back at it, taking in multiple...
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An assembly of altos (David Binney, Patrick Cornelius, Jacàm Manricks CDs...
Lifted Land (Criss Cross Jazz) David Binney The latest disc from David Binney provides the kind of stirring and original pleasures that we’ve come to expect from the uncompromising and influential...
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Next-generation jazz roundup VI (John Escreet CD reviewed)
Sabotage and Celebration (Whirlwind Recordings) John Escreet Having seen John Escreet perform at two concerts this year, I know from being in the same room with the 29-year-old English pianist and...
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Give the drummer some V (Dan Weiss CD reviewed)
Fourteen (Pi Recordings) Dan Weiss “What just happened?” That was my happy reaction almost eight minutes into Dan Weiss’s mind-bending new disc Fourteen, some time after the fuzzy electric guitar and...
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Musical diversity: Jensen moves easily from big band sound to jazz quintet
The Jensen Sisters & Ben Monder Where: Friday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. Where: NAC Fourth Stage Tickets: $25, ottawajazzfestival.com Once more Montreal composer and saxophonist Christine Jensen is...
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