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'REVIEW: Henning Sievert, 'Double Quartet,' Pirouet Records Germany

For his 16th CD, Henning Sieverts' 'Double Quartet' (Pirouet) reaches back over 600 years to research the history of the Bavarian Irsee Monastery in uncovering a mass written in 1614. He then wrote 15 original pieces of music (shortest 51 seconds; longest 12 minutes) for duo, quartet and octet in a similar style but expanding it into modern jazz. No overdubs.
By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: The Kat Kings, 'Swingin' in the Swamp,' Self-Released

    Kat Kings leader Kevin McQuade was on tour supporting 2011's 'The Winning Hand' debut when he got the news that his daughter was near death from a car crash. Leaving the road, he wrote "It Came From The Swamp" while in a hospital waiting room, one of 13 tracks from The Kat Kings' self-released raucous 'Swingin' in the Swamp' follow-up.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Daniel Bennett Group, 'Sinking Houseboat Confusion,' Manhattan Daylight Media

    The finer aspects of both jazz and rock are well-represented in the Daniel Bennett Group's 'Sinking Houseboat Confusion' (Manhattan Daylight Media). This exquisitely talented New York City musician-alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, piano, oboe-is on his seventh all-original CD-produced by MP Kuo-fusing widely disparate elements into a cohesive entertaining whole.
    By Mike Greenblatt
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