Monthly Archives: July 2020

Live Music! in Recordings from the Manuel Valera Trio and the Marvin Stamm/Mike Holober Quartet

  • Manuel Valera
  • Marvin Stamm/Mike Holober Quartet: Dennis Mackrel, Mike McGuirk, Holober, Stamm. Photo by Perry Hall.

Damn, I miss live music, but new releases from the Manuel Valera Trio and the Marvin Stamm/Mike Holober Quartet capture that frisson of excitement available only in a live setting.

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These Guys Can Play (and Compose): New Work from Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut and Dave Glasser

  • Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut: Ryan Keberle, Luis Bonilla, Fiedler, Jon Sass
  • Dave Glasser

Joe Fiedler’s low-brass quartet Big Sackbut (sackbut: an early form of trombone used in Renaissance music) enjoys an amphibian lifestyle, while Dave Glasser’s quartet takes classic jazz into fresh territory.

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