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The WholeNote VOLUME 29 NO 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 EDITORIAL Publisher/Editor in Chief | David Perlman publisher@thewholenote.com Managing Editor | Paul Ennis editorial@thewholenote.com Recordings Editor | David Olds discoveries@thewholenote.com DIGITAL MEDIA digital@thewholenote.com Listings Editor | John Sharpe listings@thewholenote.com SOCIAL MEDIA Danial Jazaeri, Colin Story social@thewholenote.com SALES, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP Concert & Event Advertising / Membership | Karen Ages members@thewholenote.com Production & Operations | Jack Buell jack@thewholenote.com Advertising Art adart@thewholenote.com Online classified ads classd@thewholenote.com WEBSITE / SYSTEMS Kevin King systems@thewholenote.com CIRCULATION Sheila McCoy & Chris Malcolm circulation@thewholenote.com SUBSCRIPTIONS subscriptions@thewholenote.com + HST (6 issues) single copies and back issues *international - additional postage applies WholeNote Media Inc. Centre for Social Innovation 503–720 Bathurst Street Toronto ON M5S 2R4 Phone 416-323-2232 | Fax 416-603-4791 Instagram @the_wholenote Facebook & Twitter @theWholenote thewholenote.com an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario STORIES & INTERVIEWS 19 MAINLY CLUBS | Hugh’s NEW Room | COLIN STORY 21 IN WITH THE NEW | Michael Palumbo’s Exit Points Makes Its Mark | WENDALYN BARTLEY 23 CLASSICAL AND BEYOND | True to the Human Being – Mahani Teave | PAUL ENNIS LISTINGS 26 EVENTS BY DATE Live and/or online 33 MAINLY CLUBS UPCOMING in Volume 29 No 2, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2023 THE BLUE PAGES Our 24th annual directory of music makers in Southern Ontario. Old friends and always some wonderful new ones: meet the presenters profiled here whose creative work represents the bedrock of everything The WholeNote strives to do, and whose ongoing financial support through membership, and priceless moral support, is what keeps us going. DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 36 Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 38 Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 40 Vocal 41 Classical and Beyond 44 Modern and Contemporary 47 Jazz and Improvised Music 50 Pot Pourri 52 Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 54 Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES 55 New to the Listening Room, INDEX 24 TH ANNUAL BLUE PAGES The Blue Pages are available year-round under the Who’s Who tab at thewholenote.com For more information, or to inquire about including your organisation or ensemble, contact Karen Ages members@thewholenote.com 6 | September 2023 thewholenote.com
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