Articles by Nilan Perera

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  X Avant

  Palais Royale, Toronto ON October 21

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2008

  This year’s X Avant festival was book-ended by two concerts that shared a somewhat bizarre genealogy. The opener was a night at the Palais...

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  Guelph Jazz Festival

  Guelph ON September 3 to 7

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2008

  The diverse and ambitious programming at this year’s festival produced some challenging and invigorating performances for fans, not only of...

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  Steve Cohn

  Iro Iro

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  Steve Cohn’s history in improvised music spans cultures and forms but seems to have its conceptual base rooted in a strong sense of space a...

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  Kahil El' Zabar's Ritual Trio

  Ooh Live

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  Kahil El’Zabar is one of the most skilled artists when it comes to the transmutation of Africa into the American diaspora. His work with th...

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  Bill Frisell

  History, Mystery

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  Albums that are composed of music initially used for soundtracks or other visual forms are tricky ventures at best. There are exceptions to...

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  Phil Minton

  No Doughnuts In Hands

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  The human voice in recorded music can be at once connecting, as every millionaire pop artist can attest, or threatening, as anyone who has...

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  David Murray and Mal Waldron

  Silence

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  This is a meeting that surprises but not for the obvious reasons. It’s a well played and recorded jazz CD by two of the senior practitioner...

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  William Parker

  Double Sunrise over Neptune

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2008

  William Parker’s latest release is possibly his most ambitious, in terms of a specific musical exposition/execution of his spiritual belief...