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Ray LeVier: Against All Odds

May 2009  •  Artist Profiles  •  By Michael J. West

Ray LeVier: Against All Odds

Drummer Ray LeVier has chops. His Web page includes video of a drum clinic near his home in New York’s Hudson Valley that places his virtuosity beyond question, as do his heavy beats behind singer-songwriter KJ Denhert. But on his postbop-oriented leader...

Arve Henriksen: Through European Eyes

May 2009  •  Artist Profiles  •  By Brent Burton

Arve Henriksen: Through European Eyes

The sun had just gone down when Arve Henriksen ducked into a coffee shop. “It’s freezing cold in Oslo now,” the Norwegian trumpeter said, laughing. “It’s quite nice, actually, the winter here.” Accompanying him on this mid-February evening was his girlfriend...

John Hollenbeck: Big Apple to Brotherly Love

May 2009  •  Artist Profiles  •  By David R. Adler

John Hollenbeck: Big Apple to Brotherly Love

Gongs ring out, loud and long, followed by the boom of timpani and the sparse rattle of percussion. Then, from the rear of Philadelphia’s Painted Bride Art Center, out of view, several horns begin an achingly dissonant rubato theme. Soon the players emerge...

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