Jazz Articles about Andy Sheppard

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Andy Sheppard - Michel Benita - Sebastian Rochford: Trio Libero

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 20, 2012

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

by Mark Corroto
July 12, 2009

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

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 24, 2009

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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Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour

by John Kelman
June 23, 2009

Familiar to ECM fans for his work with Carla Bley including the small group The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (WATT, 2007) and large ensemble Appearing Nightly (WATT, 2008), Andy Sheppard has also proven comfortable in ultra ultra large ensembles like the 200 saxophone strong Saxophone Massive that he led at Mai Jazz 2008 in Stavanger, Norway. Earlier work with Bley--and his sublime duet disc with guitarist John Parricelli, P.S. (Provocateur, 2003)--demonstrated the British saxophonist's ability to fit seamlessly within ...

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Andy Sheppard Quartet: Opening Night at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2009, Day 1

by Bruce Lindsay
May 21, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Andy SheppardNorfolk and Norwich FestivalNorwich PlayhouseNorwich, UK May 1, 2009

Tenor-soprano saxophonist Andy Sheppard (pictured left) showcased his album Movements in Colour, his first on the ECM label (2009), in what was a beautiful performance in Norwich's Playhouse. Sheppard and his quartet played on the first night of the annual Norfolk and Norwich Festival, opening the festival with a ...

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Andy Sheppard / John Parricelli: P.S.

by John Kelman
January 27, 2008

Sometimes artists are better known for the company they keep than their own work. Despite leading an active musical life with over ten releases as a leader, British saxophonist Andy Sheppard is likely best known to North American audiences for work with composer/pianist Carla Bley, like The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (Watt, 2007). British guitarist John Parricelli has a very small discography as a leader--though the superb Alba (Provocateur, 2000) proves it's quality, not quantity, that counts--but is an ...

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Andy Sheppard: Learning To Wave

by Ian Nicolson
January 1, 1999

With Courtney Pine, British saxophonist Sheppard has been rated world class for long enough to get bored with the tag. This year his new quintet sound uses tablas and percussion in place of a conventional drumkit to realise tunes that Sheppard wrote on guitar for the first time. As a result there's an extra punch and accessibility to the rhythms, and a decidedly sexual fragrance in the air, while touring well off the beaten track in Africa and India has ...