Articles by Glen Hall

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  Nick Fraser Quartet

  Starer

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2016

  Welcome to drummer/composer Nick Fraser's Starer, where a phasing bass/cello mixed-meter ostinato is commented upon by spiky sticks and ans...

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  Allison Au Quartet

  Forest Grove

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2016

  Frank Zappa's wry "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny" quote aside, the jazz tradition continues to challenge and inspire new generation...

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  Peripheral Vision

  Sheer Tyranny of Will

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2015

  Making modern jazz together for years, bassist Michael Herring and guitarist Don Scott have done their due diligence: constant practice, ge...

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  The Woodshed Orchestra

  Brass Bandit

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2015

  Engaging, rough-hewn and warm-hearted, the Woodshed Orchestra make music that is unremittingly cheerful, even when laced with a twinge of s...

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  Jerry Granelli Trio +3

  What I Hear Now

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

  From muscular to meditative, drummer/composer Jerry Granelli's music spans a continent-wide range of expressiveness. Like the man himself &...

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  Bérangère Maximin

  Dangerous Orbits

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2015

  Equatorial and intergalactic, Dangerous Orbits takes Musique concrète into trance-inducing new dimensions. Insect-like thrumming, watery bu...

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  c_RL

  Friends

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2015

  Poised, playful and piquant by turns, trio c_RL create improvised music that engages. Rattling, pinging, dinging, poinging and thumping sur...

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  Ryan Truesdell / Gil Evans Project

  Lines of Color

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2015

  Recorded at NYC's Jazz Standard, this collection of 11 exquisite Gil Evans arrangements is powered into hyperdrive by the presence of an en...