Articles by Glen Hall

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  Evan Shaw / Jean Martin

  Piano Music

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  From the opening seconds of Piano Music, the listener can feel an electric current passing between drummer Jean Martin and alto saxophonist...

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  Ari Brown

  Live at the Green Mill

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2008

  This live set from seasoned saxophonist Ari Brown is exactly the kind of heartfelt, gutsy jazz that can penetrate even a jaded listener’s b...

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  Jean Martin / Colin Fisher

  Little Man on the Boat

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2008

  Between the two of them, drummer/loopster Jean Martin and multi-instrumentalist Colin Fisher command a veritable orchestra of sound resourc...

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  Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra

  Truth in the Dark

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2008

  Composer Benjamin Mueller-Heaslip and live-in lyricist Kristin Mueller-Heaslip have created a curious cottage industry, a mini-opera compan...

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  Richard Underhill

  Kensington Suite

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2008

  There is a truism that "place begets art” and that is definitely the case on alto-saxophonist Richard Underhill’s Kensington Suite. A deniz...

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  Tony Wilson 6tet

  Pearls Before Swine

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2008

  Starting with a joyously raucous reading of late trumpet guru Freddie Stone’s "EE-Gypt-Me,” wherein leader guitarist Tony Wilson rocks out...

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  Geordie Haley Trio

  Polar Bears

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2007

  Rock solid in its conception, Polar Bears is improvised music with the benefit of forethought. Guitarist Haley’s compositions are each uniq...

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  Don Scott

  Out of Line

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2007

  Guitarist/composer Don Scott has got to be grinning; he’s assembled a killer band, gotten his tunes beautifully recorded and released a CD...