Articles by Glen Hall

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  Nicholas Urie

  My Garden (with poems by Charles Bukowski)

  PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2011

  Composer Nicholas Urie blows the dust and cobwebs off the jazz big band. He re-envisions its sonorities and gestures, avoids clichés and br...

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  Mark Segger Sextet

  The Beginning

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2011

  There's a wonderful Rube-Goldberg-machine mechanicality to some of drummer/composer Mark Segger's tunes on The Beginning. "Steam Engine" pu...

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  Francisco Lopez

  Untitled #244

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2011

  Sound artist Francisco Lopez is unparalleled in his explorations of the natural sound world. Travelling the globe, he immerses himself in l...

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  Engine

  Start

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2011

  Brainchild of multi-instrumentalist/composer Peter Lutek, this quintet make music skilfully balanced between freedom and precise structures...

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  Quinsin Nachoff

  FoMo (aka Forward Motion)

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2011

  Tenor saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff is a musician's musician who delights audiences around the world with his manly sound and unstoppable flo...

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  Frank Gratkowski/Jacob Anderskov

  Ardent Grass

  PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2010

  This is unabashedly music for intellectuals. Multiple reed player Gratkowski brings a commanding fluidity to every improvisation. His tone...

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  Shedding

  Tear in the Sun

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2010

  Louisville, KY's Shedding (aka Connor Bell) uses the overtone-rich sound of the harmonium as the core component of his drone-based six-trac...

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  Gord Grdina Trio with Mats Gustafsson

  Barrel Fire

  PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2010

  Guitarist/composer Gord Grdina brought in free-jazz/improv fire breather Mats Gustafsson to spice things up. And the live five-song recordi...