Music
Press
"Mark Duggan’s Vuja dé fuses sounds from all over the compass... they improvise imaginatively and maintain a jazz player's integrity while doing it."
(Toronto Star)
"The music of Mark Duggan’s Vuja dé is syncopated with freshly developed melodies....This creative approach puts it a notch above the standard contemporary jazz release."
(O's Place, Jazz Newsletter)
"Strikingly original...an intriguing and substantial album."
(Halifax Daily News)
"...strong and groove heavy..."
(Eye Magazine)
"Duggan finds the right sound for each piece.... the music combines a wide variety of musical influences giving each of his pieces a distinct identity...." (Percussive Notes magazine)
"Duggan's compositional interests and timely orchestral inventions keep things interesting."
(Globe and Mail)
"...lively, accessible and often intensely exciting..."
(Halifax Mail-Star)
"Duggan's compositions reveal one of the most rewarding facets of the blending of various musics, bringing together different traditions in an engrossing, intriguing mixture that is spellbindingly original."
(Aliant Entertainment Page)
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Discography
Diggin' Duggan 2008 (ECMA nominee)
Touch Wood 2005
Mistura 2003 (Juno nominee)
Mudanças 1998
We Were Talking 1994 (ECMA and Juno nominee)
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Bio
Vibraphonist Mark Duggan is a versatile performer and composer active in many genres. Duggan has performed extensively with his own latin jazz group Vuja dé and with a wide spectrum of other artists including the Philip Glass Ensemble, Bernardo Padrón Group, Lee Pui Ming, Kevin Barrett, Quinsin Natchoff, John Millard, Montuno Police, Brazilian guitarist Celso Machado, and the percussion group NEXUS . Mark has also worked with many jazz and pop vocalists including Diana Krall, Petula Clark, Maryem Tollar, Andy Stochansky, Lisa Lindo and Julie Michels. Duggan has performed throughout Canada and internationally in Europe, Asia and the US and has released five CDs of his own music, which have been twice nominated by both the Juno and East Coast Music Awards.
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