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A Tribute to Bobby Few

Read "A Tribute to Bobby Few" reviewed by Bob Osborne


A tribute to pianist, composer and improviser Bobby Few, who died in January 2021 aged 85. Whilst not well known outside of the jazz world he has a CV which many would envy working with some of the leading names in the business. There is music featured from across his career and impressive discography. Playlist Bobby Few “Let It Rain" from Let It Rain (Self Released) 00:00 Undivided “Moves Between Clouds" from Moves Between Clouds (Multikulti Project) 05:35 ...

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Bobby Few: Lights and Shadows

Read "Lights and Shadows" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Bobby Few has had an impressive career as a pianist. Though he studied classical music, he weaned himself from that when he first heard jazz. His playing now rides several styles that open in a swell of harmonic inventions and rich chord structures. His ability has seen him in the comfort zone with Steve Lacy, Archie Shepp, Alan Silva, Noah Howard and, more recently, Avram Fefer.

Few goes solo here with six of his own compositions and one ...

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Bobby Few: Lights and Shadows

Read "Lights and Shadows" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Count pianist Bobby Few as one of those jazz artists deserving more recognition. Chalk his low profile up to expatriation--he's lived in Paris since 1969. Unless you've followed the career of Albert Ayler--Few played on Ayler's Music is the Healing Force of the Universe (Impulse!, 1969)--or soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy (Few was the pianist in Lacy's sextet from 1982-92), chances are that this distinctive stylist hasn't cascaded, with his lush and tumultuous approach, onto your listening radar.Though appearing ...

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Bobby Few & Avram Fefer Quartet: Sanctuary

Read "Sanctuary" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Bobby Few e Avram Fefer si sono incontrati a Parigi a metà degli anni `90. Few ci resideva già da alcuni decenni ed incontrava tanti nomi famosi (uno fra tutti: Steve Lacy) ed il giovane Fefer si trovò lì a collaborare con il pianista senza avere però allora la possibilità di registrare con lui. Adesso si sono ritrovati in studio (dopo alcune cose in duo e trio uscite per la Boxholder di Lou Kennestine), alla Spirit Room della CIMP, registrando ...

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Bobby Few / Avram Fefer: Sanctuary

Read "Sanctuary" reviewed by Marc Medwin


The duo of pianist Bobby Few and saxophonist Avram Fefer has been well documented for several years now, but this first quartet date is a cut above the rest in terms of recorded sound. Even given CIMP's high standards, the set is wonderfully transparent and gritty by turn, at just the right moments, often within the same piece of music. The recording seems to be a bit less dry than others on the label, the added bit of room atmosphere ...

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Bobby Few & Avram Fefer Quartet: Sanctuary

Read "Sanctuary" reviewed by Derek Taylor


A misplaced piano, a dropped soprano and an aurally-intrusive air-conditioning system all conspired to derail this CIMP session by the jointly-led Few-Fefer Quartet. Fortunately, cool heads prevailed and the music persevered. The co-leaders' associations go back to the mid-1990s in Paris, though audio evidence of their collaborations proved slow in surfacing. Boxholder stepped into fill the gap, releasing a small cache of albums, but this date marks the duo's debut with conventional jazz quartet instrumentation. Coincidentally, it's also Fefer's first ...

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Bobby Few is Coming Through

Read "Bobby Few is Coming Through" reviewed by Clifford Allen


The course of an expatriate artist can go in several different directions; there are those for whom the experience of living and working in another country provides a deeper understanding of 'home' and 'place,' and for whom a return is necessary, and there are those who find that these things can be found in self and experience, wherever one is. For every group like the Art Ensemble of Chicago, which found a return necessary, there are those like Steve Lacy, ...


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