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Read below: Festival Les Émouvantes in Marseille September 20-23

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Peter Van Huffel’s Callisto

Meandering Demons
Clean Feed CF 667 CD
With tandem harmonies comparable to those of the classic Gerry Mulligan quartet, baritone saxophonist Peter Van Huffel from Kingston, Ont. and Toronto trumpeter Lina Allemano do more than put a contemporary spin on these seven Berlin-recorded tracks. Their polyphonic counterpoint includes spiky and smeared timbres, fragmented and stretched by the electronics used by Van Huffel and pianist Antonis Anissegos, yet with the expositions steadied by drummer Joe Hertenstein’s concentrated rumbles. Alongside horizontal narratives, massive space… Read More
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