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