Dave Stone

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There is more than one artist with the name DAVE STONE. (1) Dave Stone is a stand-up comedian. (2) Dave Stone plays saxophones (tenor, alto, soprano, baritone), and clarinet. Born in 1971, Dave Stone grew up as a multi instrumentalist but as an improviser has specialized in reeds, sharing experiences with several central figures of the St. Louis jazz scene (all of them quite mysterious to the author, who doesn't miss a chance to prove his enduring lack of knowledge despite four abundant decades of swallowed recordings). In the fourteen episodes of Solo (2008) the protagonist showcases irrefutable talent and innate musicality through an array of saxophones and clarinets, occasionally naming the pieces with incomprehensible words ("Dundtor", "Ackakaplakakpla", "Belelelell") that I instantly fell in love with. If you manage to last the whole of the album's duration – not easy for a ham-fisted listener at over 68 minutes – the repayment comes under the shape of serious virtuosity characterized by legitimate intelligence. Stone chooses the right technique to explore every time, knows the value of silence and space between clean notes, convulsive spurts and unkind upper partials, unafraid of showing that he can play the damn instruments, not hiding behind pensive postures and false humility (the latter "qualities" always useful for getting profiles on major magazines). In some of the improvisations we were tempted to associate the playing to certain pages from Anthony Braxton's bo

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Comedy For People

Hogwash

Pack a Lunch

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Cardio Mix

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Southeast Christian Church Louisville Kentucky

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MONEY BREEDS FLIES

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Laughing Skull Comedy Festival 2011 - Fresh Faces - Album One

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The Best Underground Stand-Up Comics 2010 - Silver Nails

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The Best Underground Stand-Up Comics - 2010 Silver Nails

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Southeast Christian Church

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Dave Stone's Album

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Rhizomatic St. Louis

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