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Debbie Spring: Tocamos
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by Nicholas F. Mondello
The violin has a long, distinguished history in jazz. From Joe Venuti, Stephane Grappelli, Ray Nance and Stuff Smith to Jean-Luc-Ponty et al, all have made the instrument at home in jazz. However, the violin's partner, the viola, is not. Miami-based violist, Debbie Spring has definitively secured her seat with Tocamos, which translates as We Play." It is an outstanding mix of eight tracks of assorted, higher-energy, and textural grooves--straight- ahead, Latin, and Brazilian--all brilliantly presented by Spring, her unique ...
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