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Barney McAll

About Me


Barney McAll is a musical conjurer of the highest order
-CMJ WEBSITE REVIEW
There was a virtual absence of familiar bop riffs, extended bop harmonies or precise bop rhythms. Instead, Rosenwinkel's pieces offered turbulent, thickly textured waves of sound, mostly produced by Barney McAll's impassioned keyboard work.
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
Big Black Jet were the finest purveyors of vanish core in history
-GREG MOORHOUSE
Barney is a special piano player with that certain heart and touch, so he has great possibilities. He's a genuine musician, not just a skilled artist. There's a certain touch that I'm talking about. It's hard to explain, but he has that"
BILLY HARPER
Using space and simplicity, Barney McAll conjures mighty music
KEN MICALLEF
McAll manages to intelligently integrate pop elements into his music and deserves much wider attention. - LOS ANGELES TIMES
McAll displays an immediate feel for each pattern and the stamina to sustain them without sounding automatic. McAll also contributed some of the most successful solos, playfully blending his parts of the arrangements with bleeding voicings and darting accents" -THE BOSTON GLOBE
"(McAll's) ability to craft memorable themes is matched by a feel for the
atmospheric..Now established on the intensely
competitive New York jazz scene, he plays here with some of the city's leading
musicians.His music is utterly contemporary, McAll demonstrating throughout that he is a talented composer as well as gifted keyboardist"
- ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
The revelation of the evening is pianist Barney McAll. Playing beneath the liquid passages of (Dewey) Redman, McAll carefully kneaded clusters of notes from his hands that I found devastating. He explored ideas with a dramatic flourish that had the audience in raptures" -DRUM MEDIA

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/31/2005
Band Website: barneymcall.com
Band Members:

Influences:
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Sounds Like:

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Record Label: http://www.jazzhead.com/
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

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So...we were given chances to dream, brutal nightmares to wide flying overtures to death knolls tosheer sheerness, unfortuntely old bores named **** ***** felt the need to talk for the whole set...Can...
Posted by Barney McAll on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:28:00 PST

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Please respond:Sometimes when listening to music you get goosebumps...What are goosebumps?and why are they formed? Why can Muddy Waters create goosebumps with one chord ?
Posted by Barney McAll on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:57:00 PST

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tonight i played a garnish gig. a little girl was listening,maybe 8 years old.... her name was saige it turned out.. she was really grooving along enjoying the music. After we came back for the second...
Posted by Barney McAll on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:35:00 PST

death penchants

hallowed grounds lifting under the treachery of lifes sudden impacts and free flows,Shudder to think .Low and behold.The veils are liftable, the moon pointer is fallible and colors can be notatedthe s...
Posted by Barney McAll on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:43:00 PST

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)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&first baby7 crieslast tearcrooked smile of new friend for lifeengin8e runs well on summer nightsnail mail from9ten fingers breathingnature silkknit log cabin with sturdy piano can...
Posted by Barney McAll on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:19:00 PST

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every child player wins a prize soevery utterance is valid every small witcheryevery sha na na na nabecause in the miracle of our very existencein the halo on every animalthere is good and create abl...
Posted by Barney McAll on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:04:00 PST

composition lesson

when you come to a crossroads in your composition... reach down and pull your ribcage apart...rip it apart... streeetch your chest... blood will flow... and there. there is the next part of your compo...
Posted by Barney McAll on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:28:00 PST

SCOTTISH FAERIES

Scottish Faeries from website:http://www.fife.50megs.com/scots-folklore-faeries.ht mFaeries feature greatly in Scottish lore and there are many beliefs and stories that speak of these beings. What foll...
Posted by Barney McAll on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:15:00 PST

Iraq War Leaves Millions in Need of Aid, Groups Say

By Camilla Hall and Robin StringerEnlarge ImageIraqi refugeesJuly 30 (Bloomberg) -- The war in Iraq has prompted a humanitarian crisis for millions of Iraqis who've fled their homes or lack access to ...
Posted by Barney McAll on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:11:00 PST

STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS (IRAQ): 3651 U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED (IRAQ): 26953 IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MIN): 68009 'EXCESS' IRAQI DEATHS: 655000
Posted by Barney McAll on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:28:00 PST