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Iain Ballamy Anorak: More Jazz

Read "More Jazz" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
September 23, 2007

It is probably a very good thing that a young Iain Ballamy chose not to enroll in Leeds University's alarmingly titled “Jazz and Light Music course in 1980, opting instead for the hands-on education earned by gigging in the intimate jazz clubs of London.

A quarter of a century of progressive music-making later, through Loose Tubes, Earthworks and a variety of challenging musical environments characterized by their spirit of adventure, Ballamy returns to his roots on More Jazz, ...

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Iain Ballamy: Veggie

by AAJ Staff
July 25, 2003

Veggie continues Iain Ballamy’s journey through the aural nourishment of the band Food. This record of seven explorations from 2002 further distinguishes Food as a truly world class flavour of music that fuses the best of the United Kingdom and Norway: Iain Ballamy on saxophones, Arve Henriksen on trumpet and vocals, Mats Eilersten on bass and Tomas Stronen on drums and percussion. This album is a trip. Forty-one minutes seldom make us feel so distantly removed from ourselves.

This record ...

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Iain Ballamy: Organic & GM Food

Read "Organic & GM Food" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
July 25, 2003

Iain Ballamy’s Food peppers the aural senses with 2001’s Organic & GM Food, paying tribute to its inspiration while pushing the music into subconscious areas. If this record is a meal, its contents are not to be easily digested by everyone. It drives forward with a potent musical sensibility and aesthetic sense. The less traditional your tastes are, the better. I hated avant-garde music-- until now.

Free (or avant-garde) jazz sometimes gets a bad rap for being too emotive. Iain ...