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Allison Au Quartet -][- The Sky Was Pale Blue, Then Grey – [Allison Au Quartet, 2012] –

24 Saturday Nov 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Biography, Flux Music Essentials, Improvised Music, Jazz, Modern Jazz, Music, New Music, Post-Bop, What's New?

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Allison Au, composer and arranger, flautist, Humber College, Saxophonist, Toronto

Toronto-based saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger

Allison Au Quartet. The Sky Was Pale Blue, Then Grey

Allison Au Quartet -][- The Sky Was Pale Blue, Then Grey –Mp3– [Allison Au Quartet, 2012]

Allison Au is a Toronto-based saxophonist, flautist, composer and arranger. She currently leads the Allison Au Quartet, performing her original music at local venues in the city, such as the Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, The Emmet Ray, The Gate 403 and the TRANZAC.

In 2011, the Allison Au Quartet was awarded the TD Bank Fellowship in Jazz scholarship to attend the Winter Residency at the Banff Centre. The group returned again for the Winter Residency in February 2012. Continue reading →

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David Virelles -][- CONTINUUM – [Pi Recordings, 2012]

01 Thursday Nov 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Biography, Creative Music, Improvised Music, Jazz, Music, New Music, Progressive Jazz, What's New?

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David Virelles pianist, composer from Cuba

David Virelles, CONTINUUM

David Virelles -][- CONTINUUM –Mp3– [Pi Recordings, 2012]

Born and raised in Cuba, David Virelles grew up in a musical family, his father being a singer-songwriter and his mother a flautist in the Santiago de Cuba Symphony. He started studying classical music at age seven, as well as being exposed to the large array of musical forms in the island. Eventually, David discovered his grandfather’s Jazz collection and also became interested in that tradition. In 2001, he left for Canada as a protégé of Canadian musician Jane Bunnett, with whom he recorded several albums (two of them Grammy nominated), toured and collaborated with on a number of projects. Continue reading →

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