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Faith Brackenbury / Tony Bianco: Wayward Mystic-Improvisations inspired by the music of St.Hildegard von Bingen
by John Sharpe
Violin and drum duos are something of a rarity in the jazz and improvised music arena. Swift Are The Winds Of Life (Survival, 1976) by Leroy Jenkins and Rashied Ali, and Bangception (Hat Musics, 1983) by Billy Bang and Denis Charles come to mind, but few others. However, violinist Faith Brackenbury and drummer Tony Bianco make ...
About Faith Heleene Brackenbury
Instrument: Violin
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Faith Heleene Brackenbury
Faith Brackenbury is a violinist, violist, vocalist and composer based in the UK. She plays and sings with American drummer Tony Bianco and the duo released 'Rising Up' in 2021, 'Wayward Mystic- Improvisations on the Music of St.Hildegard von Bingen' in 2022 (Discus Records), 'Sentient Beings' (with Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco and John Pope-(Off) 2023, Prema (FMR-2023, Paul Dunmall, Olie Brice, Tony Bianco, Faith Brackenbury)
From 2015-2017 she played and sang with British alto saxophonist Martin Speake in his quartet 'Mafarowi' (Rob Luft guitar and Will Glaser drums)and the two also released a duo album 'Zephyr' in 2016 (Pumpkin Records).Her 'KnifeAngel' sextet ep was released in 2019, in response to the Knife Angel sculpture by Alfie Bradley, bringing attention to the rising rate of knife crime in the UK .
Martin Speake: The Thinking Fan's Saxophonist
by Duncan Heining
British alto saxophonist, Martin Speake, is one of the most adventurous and articulate musicians in a music peppered with creative artists. That he is not a household name--even within the proscribed and marginalised world of jazz--says more about the times than it does about Speake or his single-minded approach to his art. Speake combines ...