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The Alex Heitlinger Sextet: Green Light
by Jack Bowers
Young trombonist Alex Heitlinger, not far removed from his undergrad days at the University of Colorado, leads a seasoned sextet through its paces on a moderately successful debut album of post bop jazz that transcends some problems to offer a reasonably productive listening experience.
The session encompasses ten of Heitlinger's compositions, and therein lies one of its basic shortcomings, as none of them is of more than passing interest. While everyone plays respectably, the smoldering get-together never really catches fire, ...
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by John Kelman
One look at the biographical information about the musicians accompanying trombonist Alex Heitlinger on his début release on Synergy Music reveals that, with one exception, the common denominator is pianist Art Lande, whose sharp and imaginative playing graces Green Light. '04 is, in fact, a particularly good year for fans of Lande, who also appears on woodwind multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless' Shapeshifter (Synergy, '04) and contributes most of the compositions, as he is one of those near-legendary forces who sees widespread ...
read moreAlex Heitlinger Art Lande Duo Performance Denver February 17th 2006
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All About Jazz
Creative Music Works and The Coalition For Creative Music present a unique evening of improvisational dialog with Alex Heitlinger and Art Lande. Alex Heitlinger was born in Minneapolis in 1980 and started playing the trombone at age 11 at the encouragement of his mother, a music teacher. He received a full scholarship to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder and received a BM in trombone performance in 2002 and was the first jazz player to receive the prestigious Fiske ...
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