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| Succubusology |
Jim Hobbs
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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5:00 |
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| The Kelpi |
Jim Hobbs
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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5:00 |
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| Ol' Sow Rooted 'Eem Up |
Jim Hobbs
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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5:00 |
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| Jaya |
Jim Hobbs
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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5:00 |
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| A Tree Is Me, |
Jim Hobbs
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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5:00 |
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| Aware Of Vacuity |
Jim Hobbs
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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5:00 |
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| Reconciliation Of Heaven And Earth |
Jim Hobbs
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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5:00 |
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The Fully Celebrated Orchestra is a completely-dedicated hardcore Freedom Jazz ensemble from Boston, Mass. This is fiercely-played jazz, not for the weak of heart. It is smart music with a sly sense of humor, played with a passion that is rarely seen in this modern age. One of the leaders of the new school of jazz iconoclasts that are as comfortable in rock clubs as they are playing with jazz legends. This new CD features seven Jim Hobbs compositions recorded live at the Green Street Grill, Cambridge.
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Awards
Boston Music Awards, Outstanding Jazz Act, 2000
Boston Phoenix Music Poll, Best Local Jazz Act, 2000
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by Boston Area listeners
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Cadence Magazine
“The FCO navigates the quick tempos with blistering force and telepathic closeness.”
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by Jerome Wilson
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Boston Phoenix
Grooves with smarts
With so many jam bands laying down heavy grooves and lightweight music in the name of jazz, it’s good to hear the Fully Celebrated Orchestra demonstrate that one does not have to exclude the other. A week ago last Wednesday night at the Regattabar, mental and physical energy were evenly matched as the band marked the release of their new CD, Marriage of Heaven and Earth (Innova), and premiered a newly commissioned suite by alto-saxophonist Jim Hobbs. Hobbs and cornettist Taylor Ho Bynum opened the first set from the back of the room, exchanging bits of "As the Crow Flies" as they moved toward the stage. By the time they were in position, bassist Timo Shanko was snapping out lyric, folk-like melodies that were given a sharp edge by the abruptness of his attack. Drummer Django Carranza leapt in with an explosive bass-drum bomb and began a steady tattoo of tom-tom and snare patterns that locked in with the bass. Carranza and Shanko blend together exceptionally well, their dark sonorities creating the shifting foundation of the music, a low-register earthquake rumble that’s at once unstable and rock solid. << Bynum>> provided a gentle contrast to the boiling rhythm team as he let his lines flow smoothly over the beat, dove down into it momentarily with a couple of short riffs, then broke his lines into a glittery mosaic of fragments.
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by Ed Hazell
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AMG review
"A collection of bop up-tempos and ballads, elegantly played and recorded."
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by Francois Couture
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Top 5 of 2002
If you can't get enough of Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry, back when they made those great Atlantic recordings, they check out this young band from the Boston area. Three of them, saxophonist Jim Hobbs, drummer Django Carranza, and bassist Tim Shanko, had been playing together for some time, but what makes this album special and brings the group up a dozen notches is the addition of cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum. He is one of those once-in-a-lifetime talents who can play everything and always sound like himself. Remarkable technique, inventiveness, energy…Bynum can really "talk" with that horn of his, and the tunes he's written are mad genius. (Check out his recent Duets (Wesleyan) 2002 with Anthony Braxton.)
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by SeeingBlack
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Education Digest
If you like your jazz edgy, moody, and unpredictable, check out the Fully Celebrated Orchestra
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by Tom Bowden
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All About Jazz
Marriage of Heaven and Earth is fifty minutes of searing and heavy music from this very exceptional band.
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by Mark Corroto
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Jazz Weekly
FCB (The Fully Celebrated Orchestra) gives you new faith in modern improvised music's consistent rejuvination.
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by Ken Waxman
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