Articles by Glen Hall

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  Corey Wilkes

  Drop It

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  Chicagoan Corey Wilkes is steadily developing into a trumpeter to be reckoned with. Capable of smoky lyricism or scorching abrasiveness, on...

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  Charles Lloyd Quartet

  Rabo de Nube

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2008

  Recorded live in Basel, Switzerland, Lloyd’s quartet are so clearly inspired that the spontaneous howls of delight from his band mates make...

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  Saxophone Summit

  Seraphic Light

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2008

  Seraphic Light is Saxophone Summit’s love letter to their sadly departed member: saxophone giant Michael Brecker. Summit’s remaining member...

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  Chris Welcome

  Quartet

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2008

  This is wonderfully spacey music. Filled with eerie moans, hushed thumping and soft whispering, guitarist Chris Welcome’s compositions get...

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  Pat Metheny Group

  Imaginary Day Live

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2008

  Over an extensive career, Pat Metheny and his gold-standard musicianship have travelled from the solidly melodic with vibist Gary Burton to...

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  David Borgo

  Initial Conditions

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  The sax-bass-drums trio is one of the most demanding combinations for improvised music, in part because it has been the vehicle of choice f...

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  Chris Dadge / Rachael Wadham

  100 Silk Buttons from the Room Upstairs

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  Percussionist Chris Dadge from Calgary and pianist/broken instrument stimulator Rachael Wadham from Vancouver met at a music workshop in th...

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  Keefe Jackson's Project Project

  Just Like This

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  Chicago’s creative music scene has produced another category defying document that must sit well with all involved. Led by tenor saxist/com...