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Imogen Ryall: Imogen Ryall Sings the Charles Mingus / Joni Mitchell Songbook
by Neil Duggan
In 1976, bassist Charles Mingus was suffering from a degenerative condition which had left him part-paralysed and unable to play or compose in a conventional manner. He still had a mind full of musical ideas so needed a collaborator. He had become aware of Joni Mitchell and thought she might be the right choice. For her part, Mitchell had gradually been escaping the confines of her folky image, flirting with jazz structures in her albums and saw an opportunity to ...
read moreMartin Pyne David Beebee: Ripples
by John Sharpe
British vibraphonist Martin Pyne's decision to pair with David Beebee's electric piano engenders an unusual combination for the largely freely improvised Ripples. With its fusion associations, the sound of the Fender Rhodes seems slightly retro in this sort of setting. But equally unusual is the degree of overlap in the tonality; the keyboard could be the bottom end of a single instrument completed by the vibraphone. It is a dynamic which they explore across a dozen tracks on this studio ...
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