Jazz Articles about Alexander Hawkins

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Alexander Hawkins Quartet at the Vortex, London

by John Sharpe
January 25, 2010

Alexander Hawkins Quartet The Vortex London, England January 5, 2010

A very respectable audience braved the cold temperatures (for London where since global warming kicked in it rarely falls below freezing for very long) and further impending snow for the debut of the Alexander Hawkins new quartet at the Vortex. Hawkins continues to make waves having in the last month of 2009 enjoyed a successful meeting with Joe McPhee and his first ...

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Alexander Hawkins Ensemble at the Vortex, London

by John Sharpe
September 3, 2009

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble The Vortex London, England August 10, 2009

If you can judge a person by the company he keeps, then pianist Alexander Hawkins must be someone to watch given his musical associations, both actual and virtual. The packed house at the Vortex certainly thought so, confounding Hawkins' concern that the crowd might be a little light given a Monday night in the holiday season.

Hawkins has recorded as part of the ...

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Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: No Now Is So...

by John Sharpe
August 22, 2009

Both the enigmatic title and Red Planet sleeve photography of this debut recording by Alexander Hawkins' six-piece ensemble suggest something out of the ordinary. The feeling is confirmed by a glance at the distinctive instrumentation, which pitches the strings of cellist Hannah Marshall, guitarist Otto Fischer and bassist Dominic Lash against the percussion of Javier Carmona and the Hawinkins' piano, with the wildcard being vibraphonist Orphy Robinson's steel pans. Elsewhere Hawkins is fast making a name for himself, recording with ...

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Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: No Now Is So

by John Eyles
June 4, 2009

Pianist Alexander Hawkins is one of the brightest rising young stars of British jazz and improvisation, amply demonstrated by his work in Barkingside, the Convergence Quartet, and the Evan Parker Quartet. Hawkins has technique in abundance and a brain quick enough to make creative use of it. With no obvious stylistic antecedents, he excels in a variety of styles, seeming to relish his eclectic approach to improvisation, an approach fully in evidence here.

This sextet represents a bold departure from ...

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Barkingside and The Convergence Quartet: Young and Free

by John Eyles
February 28, 2008

Between them, these two quartets feature six young players, four from the UK, one from America, one from Canada. As the oldest of the six is not yet 35 years old--and several are much younger--they provide heartening evidence that there are plenty of good young improvisers around and that not all young players aspire to be boppers. The Convergence Quartet Live In Oxford FMR 2007 The Convergence Quartet teams ...