Articles by Glen Hall

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  Christian Marclay

  Graffiti Composition

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

  In 1996, American visual artist/composer Christian Marclay was commissioned by the Akademie der Künste in Berlin to create a work for...

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  Vijay Anderson

  Hard-Boiled Wonderland

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2010

  This double trio ensemble pluck, tap, breathe and caress a kaleidoscopic collection of gestures out of their two guitars, vibraphone, diver...

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  William Parker

  I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2010

  Bassist William Parker has recorded his share of serious free-jazz albums. On I Plan To Stay A Believer, he sheds his dour duds for the lif...

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  Jerry Granelli

  1313

  PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2010

  This is legendary drummer Jerry Granelli's first solo recording, and one could fairly ask why it's taken this long for it to happen. The re...

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  Orrin Evans

  Faith in Action

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2010

  What do you do when you've got the musical knowledge and technique to do anything you want? Pianist Orrin Evans uses his imposing array of...

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  John Butcher Group

  Somethingtobesaid

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  Estimable improviser and saxophonist John Butcher (commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) does his thing with an eig...

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  Steve Lacy

  November

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  The last recording of Lacy's storied career, November is a superb encapsulation of his personal approach to solo saxophone. Recorded in con...

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  Jacám Manricks

  Trigonometry

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  With imposing technical fluidity, impressive command of shifting metres and inspiring compositional conception, alto-saxophonist Manricks m...