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The Interplay Jazz Orchestra: Bite Your Tongue
by Jack Bowers
Even though it began life as the Hofstra University Alumni Orchestra before being renamed in 2013, the Interplay Jazz Orchestra has proven time and again during the course of five splendid recordings that its noble heritage remains intact and that it bears an indomitable spirit of its own, one which affirms that it need not bow to any other other large ensemble, foreign or domestic, when it comes to perceptiveness, precision or power. On Bite Your Tongue, the ...
Continue ReadingBRAHIM! Band: BRAHIM!
by Josh Deakin
BRAHIM! Band's debut album BRAHIM! is an eclectic blend of jazz fusion, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop influenced rhyming schemes. The melodies that flow through this record stand out as a beautiful fusion compositions that borrows from several different genres of music. The opening track, “Indescribable Feeling," starts with a slow build that grows into an insane cacophony of drumming by Matt Bent and Eric Metzgar. The intense drumming slowly fades into a pocket to lete tenor saxophone ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
