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So Percussion: Amid the Noise
by John Kelman
The mere mention of an all-percussion ensemble can sometimes scare off listeners who prefer more conventional settings, but it's important to remember that the percussion family also includes tuned instruments like the vibes, marimba... even piano.
Emerging as interpreters of contemporary new music composers like Steve Reich, David Lang and Evan Ziporyn, the twenty-something members of So Percussion operate according to a basic assumption: while rhythm is a key element of any percussion ensemble, so too can be melody and ...
read moreJazz This Week: Bill Charlap and Houston Person, Alarm Will Sound, Peter Martin, so Percussion, Willie Pickens, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's menu of jazz and creative music around St. Louis includes performances by three top pianists representing NYC, Chicago and St. Louis, plus local stops for two acclaimed touring new music ensembles, and much more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, pianist Bill Charlap (pictured) and guest tenor saxophonist Houston Person open an four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Both men have played at the Bistro separately before, but this will be their first time ...
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Dave Douglas & So Percussion - GPS, Vol 3: "Bad Mango"
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Dave Douglas / Greenleaf Music
The third volume of the Greenleaf Portable Series (GPS), Bad Mango features Dave Douglas with So Percussion. From the first notes of the opening track One More Newsoriginally recorded on Witness [2001]it's clear that this session yielded a sound unlike any other in the expansive Dave Douglas discography. Pairing his plaintive trumpet with a myriad of percussion instruments including marimba, drum set, glockenspiel, and a whole host of nontraditional percussion like musical saw, toy bells, shruti box, crotales, et al, ...
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REPERCUSSIONS: Max Roach's M'Boom and So Percussion at Merkin Hall Tuesday May 24 8PM
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All About Jazz
May 23, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] REPERCUSSIONS: Max Roach's M'Boom and So Percussion at Merkin Concert Hall Tue, May 24, at 8 PM In the 1970's, legendary drummer Max Roach formed M'Boom--a unique percussion ensemble of super percussionists/composers/arrangers--that extended not only his vision of music, but also the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic scope of percussion music. Repercussions" is the historic joining of M'Boom with young contemporaries, So Percussion. Roach's vision continues to ...
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REPERCUSSIONS: Max Roach's M'Boom and So Percussion at Merkin Hall Tuesday May 24 8PM
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All About Jazz
May 17, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Goodman House • 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023 Press: 973 275 5558 • Tickets: 212 501 3330 • www.kaufman-center.org Kaufman Center Merkin Concert Hall Lucy Moses School Special Music School Kaufman Center Presents REPERCUSSIONS: Max Roach’s M’Boom and So Percussion at Merkin Hall Tuesday May 17 at Merkin Concert Hall on Tuesday May 24 8PM REPERCUSSIONS: Max Roach's M'Boom and So Percussion In the 1970's, legendary drummer Max ...
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