Articles by Glen Hall

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  Greg de Denus

  Solo Piano/Live at Gallery 345

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2014

  If you're a classical music fan and would like to find a way into jazz, pianist Greg de Denus will open that door for you. While the nine-t...

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  Vijay Iyer

  Mutations

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2014

  As a poll-winning pianist/composer with a PhD in the cognitive science of music, director of the Banff Centre's International Workshop in J...

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  Jon Irabagon

  It Takes All Kinds

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2014

  Jon Irabagon plays a whole lot of saxophone. With big-bellied tone, kaleidoscopic phrasing, tonguing and dynamic changes, and relentless fo...

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  Joshua Breakstone

  With the Wind and the Rain

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014

  There is a wonderful purity about guitarist Joshua Breakstone's straight-ahead jazz playing. His warm tone, fluid phrasing, playful timing...

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  Dave Douglas

  Time Travel

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2013

  Veteran trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas has a killer group that plays with passion and virtuosity. Tenor saxophonist Jon Irabagon is never...

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  François Bayle

  Les Couleurs de la Nuit

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2013

  French electronic composer François Bayle is one of the most distinguished artists in his field. At long last, his nine-part 1982 compositi...

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  Coppice

  Big Wad Excisions

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2013

  Genuine individuality in music is quite rare. The practice of recycling and recombining influences makes most groups some forbearers' "chil...

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  Éliane Radigue

  Adnos I-III

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2013

  French composer Éliane Radigue's Adnos I-III trilogy may have been composed between 1973 and 1980, but these related works are timeless. No...