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Israelated (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Byrd's Chekhovian Resolution: can dance capture the blood, pain and suffering of this conflict? (Mike Urban/Seattle PI) Last Saturday, I attended an amazing artistic event. Donald Byrd’s contemporary dance group, Spectrum Dance Theater, performed his political-artistic meditation on the Israeli Palestinian conflict, Chekhovian Resolution. It was titled after a phrase from Israeli novelist Amos Oz,...
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breath of life (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Mtume returns with a special mixtape featuring Donald Byrd, Marvin Gaye, Billy Paul, Fred Wesley, Lauryn Hill, Seun Kuti, The Notations, Bohannan, Bill Frisell, War, Damond Moodie, Donny Hathaway, and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Additionally, we have a Donald Byrd mixtape and selections from a new release from Germany's Till Bronner. A wonderful week [...]
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breath of life (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Many jazz musicians tried to produce popular jazz fusion music but none were as consistently successful as Donald Byrd.
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breath of life (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
“Heavenly father, please forgive us / Save the people, save their souls”
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
A striking dance, a statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict performed by Spectrum Dance Theater, was given its premiere Friday night at the Moore Theatre.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Spectrum Dance Theater's "A Chekhovian Resolution," by Donald Byrd in collaboration with Israeli dancemakers Nir Ben Gal and Liat Dror and Palestinian composer Wissam Murad, takes an abstract look at how space is divided in the Middle East.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
"A Chekhovian Resolution," choreographed by Donald Byrd with Nir Ben Gal and Liat Dror, will be given its world premiere tonight at the Moore Theatre by Spectrum Dance Theater.
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Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Cruise various jazz boards on the net and you’ll likely find mention of a loose consortium of European labels operating under individual names like Gambit, Lonehill, Disconforme, etc. “Gray market” is the typical tag applied to their freebooting business model that uses loopholes in European copyright law to pilfer the catalogs of their North American [...]
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Israelated (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
My wife just showed me a post card announcing a most amazing and wonderful modern dance program created by Seattle choreographer, Donald Byrd of Spectrum Dance Theater. He has collaborated with Israeli choreographers Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal, and Palestinian musician Wissam Murad in the world premiere of A Chekhovian Resolution on November 21-22 at the Moore Theater in Seattle. Here is how the program...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
North Bay Saxophonist performing with AAO at University of Illinois On Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra as part of the Marquee Jazz Series at University of Illinois Champaign Urbana’s Foellinger Great Hall...
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wordsandmusic (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
'Monk plays Ellington' was never rated as one of Thelonious's great albums. Yet I have always had a fancy for it, if only for the fascination of hearing one great pianist/composer take on another's work. This is 'I got it bad and that ain't good.' Monk leads in solo, stretching phrases to their breaking point, using almost unbearable periods of silence with the placement of a master. Suddenly bouncing...
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The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Last week while hanging out with my dad, the topic turned to jazz after he heard me playing a Donald Byrd album he’d never heard before. After looking through my iTunes and asking where I got it from (TSS obviously) he asked me what else could I get? My answer: “With an album [...]
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theater introduces striking new works by Donald Byrd, Amy O'Neal and Zoe Scofield — and revives a frenzied, sexy 1990s classic by Byrd.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Some of Seattle's most exciting choreographers are working at Spectrum Dance Theater. There's Donald Byrd, of course, the company's artistic...
