Articles by Nilan Perera

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  Jeff Younger's Sandbox

  The Nudger

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  Canada's music improvising community has grown in leaps and bounds over the years, and Vancouver remains a place where artists thrive and c...

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  Michael Snow

  2 Radio Solos

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  This release is as much an artefact in time as it is a musical presentation. The image of Michael Snow sitting in a kerosene lamp-lit cabin...

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  Evan Parker

  Saxophone Solos

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  Not many people can claim to have reinvented something, and no doubt Evan Parker would be the last to do so, but this release of his 1975 s...

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  Muddy Waters

  Live at Chicagofest

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2009

  Muddy Waters hits the stage pumping "Mannish Boy" in this concert from '81, working the crowd like a cross between Muhammad Ali and James B...

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  The Sun Ra Arkestra

  Points On A Space Age

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2009

  First and foremost, this is a documentary about the Arkestra, but it's one whose presentation reflects the multilevel approach Sun Ra had t...

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  The Thing

  Tranzac/Imperial Pub, Toronto ON May 4/5

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2009

  Mats Gustaffson, Paal Nilsson-Love and Ingebrit Flaten are happy to spend two days in one city. They are at the tail end of a gruelling Nor...

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  Veryan Weston

  Allusions

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2009

  Weston's music comes from a life of musical diversity playing everything from jazz to film soundtracks. The latter seems to resonate sympat...

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  Ab Baars Trio and Ken Vandermark

  Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo NY April 21

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2009

  Saxophonist Ab Baars is a member of a wide-ranging and active group of Dutch improvisers that have captured the imagination of listeners th...