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Ambleside Days Contemporary Jazz Festival 2019
by Mike Collins
Ambleside Days Contemporary Jazz Festival Ambleside, UK August 29-September 1, 2019 'Music that requires a different kind of listening' were the words Derek Hook used, to describe the essence of the Ambleside Days Festival programme at the start of the third edition of this small but top quality festival. Hook is festival director and founder of Zeffirellis, the restaurant and cinema business that hosts the event. Located in the centre of Ambleside, ...
Continue ReadingBill Bruford's Earthworks: Earthworks Complete
by John Kelman
Since retiring as a professional musician in 2009, progressive/art rock turned jazz drummer Bill Bruford has successfully managed to maintained a place in the public eye. Beyond his engaging, informative and successful Bill Bruford: The Autobiography (Jawbone Press, 2009), the drummer/percussionist has more recently released a second, equally captivating book, Uncharted: Creativity and the Expert Drummer (University of Michigan Press, 2018).Initially stemming from the success of his autobiography but since assuming a life of its own (and no ...
Continue ReadingGwilym Simcock and Yuri Goloubev: Reverie At Schloss Elmau
by Bruce Lindsay
Schloss Elmau, in Bavaria, was the recording venue for pianist Gwilym Simcock's Barclaycard Mercury Prize nominated solo album Good Days At Schloss Elmau (ACT Music, 2011). In March 2013 Simcock returned to the Schloss in the company of double bassist Yuri Goloubev. The result is Reverie At Schloss Elmau. It's the first duo album by these stylish players, although they have played and recorded together in many ensembles over the years including trios with drummers James Maddren and Asaf Sirkis. ...
Continue ReadingSimcock Garland Sirkis: Lighthouse
by John Kelman
With Lighthouse, saxophonist Tim Garland, pianist Gwilym Simcock and percussionist Asaf Sirkis make the move to completely egalitarian collective. It's also the first album to feature the trio without any additional guests. Garland's Lighthouse Trio first came together on the saxophonist's If the Sea Replied (Sirocco, 2005), an ambitious song cycle that--in addition to including mates from his impro-folk Lammas and Acoustic Triangle, which by that time also featured Simcock--was scored for members of the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra. Libra (Global ...
Continue ReadingThe Impossible Gentlemen: The Impossible Gentlemen
by AAJ Italy Staff
Allora: ci sono dischi dei quali si potrebbe o dovrebbe (?) scrivere pagine e altri no. Questo è uno di quelli sul quale si dovrebbe scrivere molto. Perché è un disco di una sorta di super-gruppo del jazz moderno, composto democraticamente da due americani e due britannici di “alte sfere". Perché un disco così esce ormai di rado dalle presse delle case discografiche. Perché la band, poi - nelle esibizioni live - travolge tutto e tutti con concerti sbalorditivi. Perché ...
Continue ReadingGwilym Simcock: Good Days At Schloss Elmau
by Bruce Lindsay
The world of jazz is currently enjoying a surfeit of great piano players, and the ACT label is home to some of the most innovative: musicians such as Michael Wollny of [em], Yaron Herman and Danilo Rea. Gwilym Simcock is the latest addition to the ACT roster with his solo Good Days At Schloss Elmau, a beautifully creative collection of original compositions that further establishes the Welshman as one of the most inventive pianists in jazz. Simcock ...
Continue ReadingTake Five With Gwilym Simcock
by AAJ Staff
Meet Gwilym Simcock: I started the piano at the age of three, and since then all I've ever wanted to do is make music. My father taught me from a very early age, and then I attended the junior department of Trinity College of Music in London and then Chetham's School of Music for 9 years. During that time studying as a classical musician I was introduced to Jazz and became instantly hooked after hearing some Keith Jarrett and Pat ...
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