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R.I.P. LeRoi Moore

[27.Aug.08] :. Even though I shed my DMB obsession years ago, I can't help but feel this is the end of an era. With Moore's passing, the band has lost its saxophone pillar, an irreplaceable voice, and they will never be the same.

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Activity Placement: Why Kanye Needs Us and We Need Him

[14.Jul.08] :. Kanye West is a bona fide hit-maker. But his real genius lies in his ability to match songs to consumer behavior, marketing his music less as a product and more as the perfect accompaniment to the activities of daily life.

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Youngblood Brass Band: Center:Level:Roar

[27.Mar.08] :. As a new generation continues to reshape traditional ensembles from big band to chamber and play it punk by adopting pop, it's useful to go back and marvel at one of the albums that truly innovated in this new-jack band geek era.

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Roots Manuva: Slime & Reason

[2.Oct.08] :. Roots Manuva’s autonomous background singing detracts from his most stirring quality: effortlessly smooth delivery.

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Ahmad Jamal

[26.Sep.08] :. At Jazz at Lincoln Center’s season opening concert series Ahmad Jamal humbly eschewed his celebrated stature, opting to cherish the Hall’s demure acoustics, his quartet’s deft phrasing, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s superb arrangements and soloing.

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Roots of American Music Festival

[19.Sep.08] :. With artists ranging from 71 year-old Dr. G.B. Burt (playing only his second professional gig) to Patti Smith, the 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival traced a line in the musical map from folk to punk.

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dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip: Angles

[5.Sep.08] :. As an amalgamation of styles, influences, precedents, and personalities dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip are refreshing and prosaic without dropping a beat.

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Hercules and Love Affair

[2.Sep.08] :. Unlike a host of electronic and dance acts who repeat, beat for beat, their turntable mechanics in a languid routine, Hercules and Love Affair translated into a motley crew of horns, bass, drums, synthesizers, vocalists, and dancers on stage.

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Notes from the Road

Dirty Dozen Brass Band - 20 September 2008: New York, Fillmore at Irving Plaza

[26.Sep.08] :. Words and Pictures by Thomas Hauner.

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Notes from the Road

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - 19 August 2008: New York, Joe’s Pub

[21.Aug.08] :. Words and pictures by Thomas Hauner.

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Notes from the Road

Mike Gordon - 13 August 2008: New York, Highline Ballroom

[19.Aug.08] :. Words and pictures by Thomas Hauner.

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Notes from the Road

Crosby, Stills & Nash - 29 July 2008: New York, Central Park SummerStage

[7.Aug.08] :. Words and Pictures by Thomas Hauner.

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Notes from the Road

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - 27 July 2008: New York, Highline Ballroom

[5.Aug.08] :. Words and Pictures by Thomas Hauner.

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Notes from the Road   Santogold - 20 July 2008: New York, Central Park SummerStage

Notes from the Road   Robert Glasper Trio - 16 July 2008: New York, Madison Square Park

 
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