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Rick Savage Jazz 4tet: Warwick, NY
by David A. Orthmann
Rick Savage Jazz 4tetWarwick, NYAugust 22, 2011 The opening set of trumpeter/flugelhornist Rick Savage's Jazz 4tet was a witty, civilized conversation between longtime colleagues, all of whom had something essential to say and respected one anothers' space. As part of the last day of the second annual Warwick Valley Jazz Festival, the music took place in the community center of Warwick Grove, an upscale village of condos, townhouses, and single family houses. Though the repertoire of ...
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Rick Savage Jazz 4tet Warwick, NY August 22, 2011
The opening set of trumpeter/flugelhornist Rick Savage's Jazz 4tet was a witty, civilized conversation between longtime colleagues, all of whom had something essential to say and respected one anothers' space. As part of the last day of the second annual Warwick Valley Jazz Festival, the music took place in the community center of Warwick Grove, an upscale village of condos, townhouses, and single family houses. Though the repertoire of the performance's first half was familiar (Cole Porter's "I Love You," Miles Davis's "Freddie Freeloader," and Sonny Rollins's "Oleo"), Savage and his cohorts distinguished themselves from the legions of musicians mining similar territory by means of their superior skills and an apparent desire to work together for the common good
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