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Norwailing (Lage Lund and Bjørn Solli CDs reviewed)
I like this recently-coined word Norwailing mostly because I can bend it to my purposes, and apply it to two excellent Norwegian-raised jazz guitarists who just happen to have new CDs. You should know...
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Ottawa Bites: Movers and shakers in capital's foodie scene
LEAVING THE EMPIRE FOR THE KING Gary Thompson, once at the centre of one of Ottawa’s biggest restaurant groups, has downsized his portfolio and is now concentrating on a ByWard Market burger joint —...
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Renee Rosnes CD reviewed
Written in the Rocks (Smoke Sessions Records) Renee Rosnes Last summer, just before her group’s TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival concert, Renee Rosnes whetted my appetite for the music she had...
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Peter Bernstein CD reviewed
Let Loose (Smoke Sessions Records) Peter Bernstein New York guitarist Peter Bernstein, 48, has been putting out the same kind of album for half his life now. This is in no way a knock against him. If...
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Jazzfest review by Chris Maskell: Amiable, animated music from the John...
John Scofield / Joe Lovano Quartet TD Ottawa Jazz Festival National Arts Centre Theatre Reviewed Saturday night Continuing a collaboration that reaches as far back as their 1990 album Time On My Hands,...
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