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COUNTRY Garth Brooks Sevens {Capitoil v- «r x‘:
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CONTEMPORARY Michael Torke
Overnight Mail (Argo) at it: “s Mrrirael Torke Wrii be working eytensrvely on orchestral music with the RSNO as their first Associate Composer In t rerr nexthut-one season, '.'.lr;;h is an em :trng‘ prospett Tins (lest retzects hrs work for (:harrrher Sr/e 'rrutrps, however, at"! .‘vlrrle the (liarazterrstrt :‘atrhy tunes, tonal harmony and repeatrnc; rhythrnrt patterns ("r/L ke roots ll‘. r‘rtrrtrnr'tlrsrrt, Torke finds lrrs own vrrree Wrthrrt the structures, .rnd presents rt wrtrr arnrrle coorrr and \d"i('lV That serme of variety rs lrertrhtr-rzed hy the drtfer’rr‘tr rnstrurr.r_rrtal lrneeur‘rs represented n the frve \v'or'tzfi, rrarnely Orke‘st De Vt‘tlharirrrrtt, the Apollo Saxophgnp Quartet ltww {MOMS}, l-“resent talusrr, and Tc-rt‘e's own enuerrrhle :K’flrl
JAZZ Jim Hall
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Bernard Butler gets all melancholy before he discovers that people might like 'Stay' after all
58 THE LIST 9—22 Jan 1998
pianist Kenny Barron from the :n- between one, and two younger hot- shots, alto saxman Carr-C; Osby 'a surpnsang but elfectrvr" Chou el and pranrst Geoff Keezer, who pushes ti.e harmonrt, envelope rn ex'rrrlaratrnu fashion on his two contrrbot'ons lKMt
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Patrick Street
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