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BROWN'S KINGDOM COME, ARTHUR - Galactic Zoo Dossier (1971)

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2008-05-23 11:00:35 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...texture, topped with Brown's awesome vocals. When the Hammond kicks in, it's bliss - if a bit muddy; the bass tone is nothing to get excited about - but those Hammond slides are just delicious. After the initial verse/chorus exposition, things get a lot more interesting, with a tritone-drive quasi metal section segueing into a quiet and...
 
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Urgent Exuberance.

2007-03-23 07:27:00 by Chris Rich in Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog.
 
...texture 2.Throne of Osiris Here we have an initial example of composition design with a stark tritone open space sound and a stepwise staccato motif for a kernel. Jim uses it for a flight take off that undulates in a wavy way that reminds me of how Goldfinches used to approach my Seattle window feeder.There are short phrase motifs...
 
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Album of the Week: Alma do Nordeste (soul of the northeast), Jovino Santos Neto

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2008-04-04 13:16:00 by chip in The Latin Jazz Corner
...texture, and dynamics help shape mood and guide the listeners feelings. Cultural elements reference specific times and places; certain ethnic instruments bring a culture or country to mind. Creative interpretation of these elements adds perspective to a piece and allows a listener to view the subject from the composers eyes. Personal...
 
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The Great Divide.

2007-04-08 16:25:00 by Chris Rich in Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog.
 
...texture with a dry timbre singing to Lomon bow swoops and a Zinman soundcape of sparse bell tones, The texture thickens by midpoint with groups of Siwula flutter phrases set against an interlocked lope rhythm texture setting Eric cluster voicings or chordal wringing against a zagging cello zig. The increased density is built of this flutter...
 
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Album of the Week - Sambatropolis, Hendrik Meurkens

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2008-02-08 14:13:07 by chip in The Latin Jazz Corner
...texture on Ocean Lights, fading into Meurkens spacious reading on harmonica. The sparse texture of the harmonica against the rhythm section places an emphasis on the interplay between the musicians, bringing the jazz influence into the forefront. Meurkens builds from long sustained notes into fast runs, while Alves displays a sensitive touch...
 
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Album of the Week - Italuba II, Horacio El Negro Hernandez

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2008-02-15 14:17:21 by chip in The Latin Jazz Corner
...texture into a fiery improvisation that climaxes back into the melody. Daniel Martínez Izquierdos fretless bass exchanges smooth lines with Guerra on the introduction to Te Prima. A major melody floats over a funky pan-Caribbean feel, leading into a subdued solo from Nápoles. Martínez establishes a solid tumbao behind the improvisations,...
 
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Album of the Week - Afreecanos, Omar Sosa

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2008-03-08 16:13:34 by chip in The Latin Jazz Corner
...textures that support him. The intriguing sound of the ngoni accompanies Mola Syllas vocals on Mon Yalala, soon joined by other traditional African instruments such as kalimba and balafon. Sosa explores melodic ideas around the vocal, eventually taking a spacious solo that blends into beauty of the texture. As a bamboo flute creates a series...
 
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Album of the Week - Father & Son, Negronis Trio

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2008-03-28 13:16:15 by chip in The Latin Jazz Corner
...texture change welcomes alternating ideas from Domenech and Jose, until a piano and bass vamp leaves space for Nomars complex fills. Panascias funky bass line establishes a modern songo groove on Your Melody, broken by the melodys open feel. The Negronis develop an aggressive funk vamp for Panascias soulful statement, which transitions into...
 
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Principles of Westergaardian theory: Lines

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2008-06-02 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...texture (i.e. how many lines, of what types, are unfolding at once during a composition). All that Westergaard says is W]e can conceive of a piece of music as being made up of two or more such lines unfolding simultaneously ITT, p. 29.) (One point that, unfortunately, is not emphasized in ITT, but which I think needs stressing, is this:...
 
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