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Alexander Baboian: Alex Baboian - Piano Bench

Read "Alex Baboian - Piano Bench" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 26, 2013

Jazz trio treatment of classical music is nothing new. French pianist Jacques Loussier has been doing it for 30 years with releases like Bach: The Brandenburgs (Telarc, 2006) and Mozart Piano Concertos 20/23 (Telarc, 2006), among many others. So, Alex Baboian's Piano Bench might not appear as novel as it is. But it is unique in that guitarist Baboian arranges late-Romantic piano compositions for the jazz guitar trio. No Bach, no Mozart, no Beethoven, all are too ...

Performance / Tour

Jazz Guitarist Alex Baboian Performs at Langham Hotel Boston on Wednesday, November 30

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
November 30, 2011

Jazz guitarist Alexander Baboian is performing at the BOND Lounge at the Boston Langham Hotel on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. A member of the acclaimed Berklee World Jazz Octet, Baboian performed recently at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. To see footage of that concert, click here. The BOND Jazz Experiment highlights emerging artists and accomplished performers covering the jazz spectrum, including classic jazz from the American Songbook, rhythm and blues and funk. BOND is ...
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