Thursday, 28 February 2008
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones! Monday, February 25, 2008 at: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon
My good friend Eric and I were pretty excited to see what Mr. Fleck and the Flecktones, playing together with a full-sized orchestra, would come up with for our musical enjoyment. I am generally unfamiliar with Bela’s music [ more … ]
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
The Joshua Redman Trio performing
Where: Crystal Ballroom, Portland Oregon
The Theme (upon reflection by this reviewer) : “Space and exploration, with overtones of understatement”
(Instead of writing a prosaic, structured review of the evening I have decided to give you my notes, as a tribute to Joshua’s fluent, poetic, post-bop compositional and saxophone styles. Enjoy — [ more … ]
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Read a great article today on Salon.com entitled “Rock vs. Jazz” by Gary Kamiya. As you would expect from Salon: a well-penned, thoughtful piece — this time exploring the author’s love of both genres, sparked by Herbie Hancock’s recent grammy award for his tribute album to [ more … ]
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