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Angles: A Muted Reality

Read "A Muted Reality" reviewed by Mark Corroto


For Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen, all music is folk music. Proof of that statement is the Angles' release A Muted Reality. Whether he is referencing Balkan, African, Swedish, American jazz or Spanish dialects, he is drawing on kindred spirits in his music. With the various editions of his Angles projects, from trios to 10-piece small big bands, he releases music of the people, i.e. people music. This version of Küchen's Angles is an octet and the eleventh in a continuous ...

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Angles: Every Woman is a Tree

Read "Every Woman is a Tree" reviewed by Dean Christesen


Every Woman is a Tree is dedicated to the women of Iraq, whose children cling to their branches for protection during this time of war. It asks the brutal question of what happens to the children when the branches are cut and the tree is killed, as well as questions of leadership and societal upbringing. The six musicians of Angles make this a personal matter through their music, as each track is unified by the sense that the men are ...

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Jazz this week: All Angles Orchestra, River City Mess Around, Good 4 The Soul, and more

Jazz this week: All Angles Orchestra, River City Mess Around, Good 4 The Soul, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

The calendar of upcoming live jazz and creative music events over the next several days in St. Louis includes a weekend-long gathering of swing dancers from around the country; a jazz tribute to Prince; the local debut of a genre-spanning big band touring in support of their first album; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, July 5 The big band in question would be the All Angles Orchestra, a Colorado-based group whose tour in support of their recently ...

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Angles Of Repose, Featuring: Mat Maneri, Drew Gress, Lucian Ban, Randy Peterson

Source: Lwm

Brooklyn, NY: The palimpsestic Series, curated by Oscar Noriega, presents “Angles of Repose” featuring Mat Maneri, Viola, Drew Gress, Bass, Lucian Ban, Piano and Randy Peterson, drums, October 24, 8pm at Barbes, Park Slope Brooklyn. Angles, always presented as a quartet led by Maneri and Ban, will be presenting new music for this performance. “Angles of Repose” is the continuation of a musical rapport developing between violist Mat Maneri and pianist Lucian Ban which features an ever changing roster of ...

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"Music To Melt To" As Line-Up For Anglesey's Summer Night Jazz Announced

"Music To Melt To" As Line-Up For Anglesey's Summer Night Jazz Announced

Source: Gwen Sion

One of the UK's finest jazz singers and much loved performer, Clare Teal, has been announced as the headline act for Summer Night Jazz, an outdoor event to be held at National Trust's Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales on Saturday, 2 July 2011. Clare Teal and her band will be joined by rising star Amy Roberts and North Wales-based quintet Dr Jazz for a feast of traditional and contemporary jazz and big ...

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Debut CD by the James Davis Quintet - "Angles of Refraction" - Now Available

Debut CD by the James Davis Quintet - "Angles of Refraction" - Now Available

Source: All About Jazz

Angles of Refraction, the debut album of the James Davis Quintet, is now available on ears&eyes Records. This album features nine original compositions by James Davis, who has also composed for the collaborative group Zing!, and the adventurous Tomorrow Music Orchestra. The quintet is grounded in the language of Jazz from the last 30 or so years, and incorporates sounds bordering on pop/rock and even drum 'n bass rhythms. Throughout these stylistic tangents, however, a common thread of patience and ...

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