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Hanuman: Soundhousing

Read "Soundhousing" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Hailing from Italy, The Hanuman Quartet's gospel professes a far- reaching and multicolored plane of concepts, including hummable themes, investigative dialogues and asymmetrical pulses that pose a slight realm of suspense on a per-track basis. Many of the semi-structured compositional attributes contain an open forum for improvisation amid nimble atmospherics, simmering free-jazz opuses and a little roughhousing along the way. The band integrates numerous metrics into its manifesto. For instance on “Bhurma Dreams," bassist Stefano Solani's loping blues ...

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The Hanuman Sextet: Confusing the Devil

Read "Confusing the Devil" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


Confusing the Devil is the excellent debut CD from the Hanuman Sextet, six Downtown musicians on the front lines of reinventing music. The Sextet is composed of Andy Haas on shofar, raita (Moroccan oboe), sax and electronics; Don Fiorino on banjo, lotar (Moroccan lute) and lap steel guitar; Mia Theodoratus on electric harp; Matt Heyner on bass; David Gould on drums; and Dee Pop on percussion. The unique instrumentation combined with the musicians' backgrounds in classical, experimental, jazz, blues and ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Soundhousing

Leo Records
2014

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Confusing the Devil

Rent Control Records
2004

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