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Music | HIGH NOTES Aug 20, 2003

Joe Lovano Notet: "On This Day"

by Michael Pronko

As leader, improviser and arranger, Joe Lovano brings together bop, post-bop and free jazz into a three-dimensional form that swings hard. Whether his tenor sax sandpapers a hard bop line or squeals like a bird on speed, he leans on the past while looking ...

Music | HIGH NOTES Aug 20, 2003

Fat Cat Records Compilation: "Branches and Routes"

by Suzannah Tartan

The high profile of Sigur Ros and Mum (playing in Tokyo next month) make the Fat Cat label look like a haven for atmospheric Icelandic bands. But the label has made its name not so much for a sound, but for intriguing sounds. That, ...