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Reid Hoyson Project Featuring Don DePaolis and Mark Lucas: Natural Gifts
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Natural Gifts, from Pittsburgh-based drummer/producer Reid Hoyson, offers eleven selections that deliver a very enjoyable jazz experience. The performers all emanate from Pittsburgh and the entire group shines. Like the Three-Rivers City, the session melds fine compositions, soloing and ensemble interplay. Bottom Without a Top" launches the session with a Latin-grooved head before it opens up into a swinging section with fire-breathing solos from Jeff Bush, Erik Lawrence and J.D. Chaisson. Dinner at the Borgia's" is, as ...
read moreErik Lawrence: Erik Lawrence & Hipmotism
by Mark Corroto
Somehow, somewhere jazz fans (maybe fanatics) changed the way one could appreciate this music. Theory has it that once the music migrated up the Mississippi from New Orleans (via Louis Armstrong) to Chicago and then spread to New York that it was no longer joyful, but serious business. Who could argue? Charlie Parker had his heroin habit, Lee Morgan found that gunshot hole in his best suit, and Albert Ayler jumped into the East River. Fast forward to the 1980s ...
read moreThe Erik Lawrence Trio to Perform at the VJC on Friday, May 9th
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All About Jazz
Saxophonist Erik Lawrence moved to Vermont from New York last Fall, bringing with him musical sophistication, wide-eyed curiosity and an engaging, supportive attitude towards the local creative arts scene. After several months of living in Putney, Vermont, Erik has established himself as one of the finest and most versatile saxophonists in the Southern Vermont area and fits in comfortably with virtually any gig in any jazz style. Still, he spends much of his time traveling South on I-91 to continue ...
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