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Ketil Bjørnstad: La Notte

Read "La Notte" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il progetto presentato al Festival di Molde 2010 dal pianista norvegese Ketil Bjørnstad, conosciuto all'epoca col nome “Antonioni Project," giunge finalmente alla pubblicazione su CD grazie alla ECM. L'evento live era stato accolto entusiasticamente da quanti avevano avuto la fortuna di assistervi: non capita spesso di vedre riuniti sullo stesso palco simili nomi, anche se con i musicisti del giro ECM la cosa è meno infrequente di quanto possa sembrare. Il supergruppo riunito dal pianista include musicisti che hanno già ...

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Andy Sheppard: Thoughts and Trio Libero

Read "Andy Sheppard: Thoughts and Trio Libero" reviewed by Sammy Stein


Andy Sheppard is pleased to be back; not back, as in making a return to music--he has never left--but back in Suffolk and, more particularly, back in Snape. Snape was where Trio Libero--consisting of French double bassist Michel Benita, drummer Sebastian Rochford and saxophonist Sheppard--was born. The trio released its self-titled debut earlier in 2012 on the German ECM label.Four days as resident artist a few years back led to lots of time spent in a recording studio ...

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Sax Massive

Read "Sax Massive" reviewed by Sammy Stein


Saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard was asked, a couple of years ago, to come up with an idea for the 200th anniversary of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In particular, Bristol City Council wanted an event to start fundraising for lights for the Clifton Suspension Bridge.Being a saxophonist, Sheppard suggested 200 saxophones somehow get together in one place and perform. He said it as a joke at first and initially, members of the council grinned and then laughed--as did Andy--but ...

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Andy Sheppard / Michel Benita / Sebastian Rochford: Trio Libero

Read "Trio Libero" reviewed by John Kelman


Sometimes unexpected connections yield the most wonderful results. Saxophonist Andy Sheppard, bassist Michel Benita and drummer Sebastian Rochford all have more than enough cred to suggest capability in any context, but none of their individual pursuits could presage a collaboration like Trio Libero, quite possibly the finest saxophone trio recordings of the new millennium, and one to rival previous ECM successes like bassist Dave Holland's Triplicate (1988) or saxophonist Jan Garbarek's Triptykon (1973). Trio Libero doesn't swing like Triplicate, nor ...

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Andy Sheppard - Michel Benita - Sebastian Rochford: Trio Libero

Read "Trio Libero" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Trio Libero, questo è il titolo dell'album appena uscito per l'ECM scaturito dalle menti di Andy Sheppard, Michel Benita e Sebastian Rochford: una formazione libera di suonare, libera di improvvisare, libera di emozionare. Un album dove i suoni, le pause ed i silenzi sono amalgamati in egual misura nel più classico degli stili ECM: un lavoro nato nel 2009, come descrive Sheppard, dopo esser stati chiusi in una stanza delle storiche Snape Maltings di Aldeburgh per ben quattro giorni a ...

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Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour

Read "Movements in Colour" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Booking a flight on Andy Sheppard's airline can be vexing, since the composer/saxophonist has no certain destination and is liable to take off and land anywhere. For the adventuresome musical traveler, this is a good thing.

Sheppard burst on the scene in the 1980s with a series of acclaimed discs (now out-of-print) on the Antilles label, demonstrating strong playing and a John Coltrane-inspired sound. Soon, his restless spirit found him morphing into larger ensemble work, and of late he can ...

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Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour

Read "Movements in Colour" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Evocativo, melodico, “presente," mai scontato anche dove la tessitura musicale infinitamente armonica ogni tanto va a rifugiare, Andy Sheppard è uno di quei nomi protagonisti della musica moderna che mai nessuno potrebbe tacciare di nefandezze. Misurata, equilibrata, tonica, la sua è musica che porta sistematicamente con sè un tocco inequivocabilmente “British" anche se - come in questo caso - accanto a lui ci sono nomi prettamente nordici come quelli di Arild Andersen e Eivind Aarset, non propriamente del tutto inglesi ...


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