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No Name Jazz Sextet: No Name Jazz Sextet

Read "No Name Jazz Sextet" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


Over the past few years there has been an influx of innovative new jazz blowing down from Canada. One acclaimed band, the No Name Jazz Sextet, recently released a self-titled CD, an array of tunes written by several members of the group, all acolytes of the hard bop faith. (Members made a special trip to Sweet Rhythm last month.) While that classic style is the driving force, the group displays an impressive fluency in the other jazz idioms it embraces. ...

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No Name Jazz Sextet: No Name

Read "No Name" reviewed by J. Robert Bragonier


The No Name Jazz Sextet is a group of young musicians based in Montreal, led by saxophonist Alexandre Côté and drummer Ugo Di Vito. This is their first album; obviously influenced by the hard bop movement of the ‘60s, the music nonetheless sounds fresh and new. The six players wend their way energetically through nine of their original compositions in 74 minutes. This disc has been repeating non-stop in my car for the past couple weeks; it has had far ...

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No Name Jazz Sextet

Effendi Records
2005

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No Name

Effendi Records
2003

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