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At the start of the tour the band was interviewed by Jean-Claude Vantroyen for Le Soir, the major French-language newspaper in Belgium. Vantroyen also put a brief little note about the CD on the LS site. The full piece: “Todd Bishop habite à Portland, en Oregon. Une ville moyenne aux Etats-Unis : quelque 580.000 habitants. C’est là que vivent Todd Bishop le batteur américain et Weber Iago le pianiste brésilien. « C’est un grand centre musical depuis longtemps, explique Todd. Il attire plein de jeunes de tout le pays. » L’Oregon borde l’Océan Pacifique. La Columbia s’y jette. Portland est établie sur sa rive. ToddRead More →

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Here’s a French-language review of the last date of the tour, at Flamingo, a very hip place in the center of Brussels. The writer, Michel, a very nice cat, gives us a blow-by-blow gig report: “Rue de Laeken, un dimanche de novembre, en fin d’après-midi, entre chien et loup! Mihaela: tu montes, chéri… Euh.. bonsoir, madame, sans façon, merci! T’es pédé? Je m’appelle Michel, vais au Flamingo , un concert jazz! T’es un intello, alors… De gauche, tendance NVA… Menu: Todd Bishop’s Group plays the music of Ornette Coleman!” Continued after the break:Read More →

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Ric Bang, of the Jazz Scan jazz blog, has written a little review of Little Played Little Bird: “Little Bird” was a nickname given to Ornette Coleman, an American-born saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer who was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. Why the “little played” in the album title? Because, as often is the case with artists ahead of their time, Coleman was a polarizing talent; the kindest descriptor would be “unorthodox.” Some listeners became immediate fans; others were outspokenly critical. That latter group included Miles Davis, who initially declared that Coleman was “all screwed up inside”;Read More →

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69AE makes another best of 2009 list on AllAboutJazz.com- thanks C. Michael Bailey! Here’s the complete list: Martial Solal Live at the Village Vanguard: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Cam Jazz Enrico Pieranunzi Enrico Pieranunzi Plays Domenico Scarlatti Cam Jazz Todd Bishop’s Pop Art 4 69 Annee Erotique Origin Records Theo Bleckmann Charles Ives: Twelve Songs Winter & Winter Andras Schiff Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas ECM Records Steve Kuhn Trio with Joe Lovano Mostly Coltrane ECM Records Carla Bley Carla’s Christmas Carols Watt / ECM Records Theo Bleckmann Schumann’s Favored Bar Songs Winter & Winter Polkastra Apolkalypse Now Ancalagon Joe Cocker LiveRead More →