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Agile Experiments: Alive In The Empire

Read "Alive In The Empire" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
May 16, 2020

The clue is the name. Take a handful of musicians, place them in front of an audience and say “ready, steady go." Since starting Agile Experiments in 2015, multi-instrumentalist Dave De Rose has marshaled dozens of musicians for his sonic experiments, whereby small combos play entirely improvised one-hour gigs. Alive in the Empire, the fifth release in this vinyl/digital-only series, captures four of contemporary music's most progressive figures in a concert at the Empire Bar, Hackney, during the 2019 London ...

Album Review

Big Bad Brötzmann Quintet: Karacho!

Read "Karacho!" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 15, 2020

Good free jazz is like a trip to a carnival with its exotic and unfamiliar sights and sounds. Even for an experienced listener, the surprise of great instant composing never grows old. A prime example is Karacho! by the befittingly named Big Bad Brötzmann Quintet. Like visiting the carnival, there are innumerable sound experiences encased within an all-embracing vibe, not disparate parts that fail to integrate. Recorded in 2017 at the naTo club in Leipzig, Germany, pianist Oliver ...

Interview

John Edwards Double Bass Man

by Sammy Stein
March 25, 2014

When John Edwards plays his double bass, he is extraordinarily engaging. He plucks, tweaks, bows, hits and hums aloud. So engrossed is he that it is difficult to look away. One memorable gig, I overheard a member of the audience say “ It's almost pornographic what he does with that bass." I first came across Edwards whilst watching him as part of a trio in London. I kept finding myself watching this incredible musician, completely absorbed ...

Album Review

John Edwards / Okkyung Lee: White Cable, Black Wires

Read "White Cable, Black Wires" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
February 16, 2013

After its impressive debut, it is gratifying to report that the Fataka label seems set to continue in similar vein. Recorded by Sebastian Lexer in May 2011, White Cable, Black Wires follows the pattern of the first two Fataka releases, featuring a small, intimate setting involving a key London improviser-- this time, bassist John Edwards paired with Korean-born cellist Okkyung Lee. Across five pieces ranging in length from just under six to just over eleven minutes, the pair thrives in ...

Album Review

Maya Dunietz - Steve Noble - John Edwards: Cousin It

Read "Cousin It" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 15, 2012

Fate con calma. Registrato quattro anni fa e “provato" dal vivo lo scorso anno sul palco del celebrato Cafe Oto londinese, vede finalmente la luce questo accattivante Cousin It, disco d'esordio di un trio davvero unico formato dalla pianista israeliana Maya Dunietz, da una colonna del bassismo britannico quale John Edwards (il collegamento primario di rimando è con Evan Parker, Steve Beresford, Paul Dunmall, Lol Coxhill, Spring Heel Jack o John Russell) e addirittura dal mitico Steve Noble che avevamo ...

Album Review

Maya Dunietz / John Edwards / Steve Noble: Cousin It

Read "Cousin It" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 28, 2012

This freely improvised meeting brings together Israeli pianist Maya Dunietz and British master free players, bassist John Edwards and Steve Noble--an experienced and powerful rhythm section. The trio celebrated the release of this recording at a live concert at Cafe OTO in London in December, 2011. Dunietz is one of the leading voices on the Israeli alternative scene, capable of freely improvising on piano and many other instruments, playing in art-rock outfits, and singing and leading choirs. ...

Album Review

Agustí Fernández: Un llamp que no s'acaba mai

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 2, 2011

A Sigüenza, piccolo comune spagnolo che dista circa cento chilometri da Madrid, si tiene ogni anno in dicembre un Festival Jazz di grande interesse. Lo scorso anno, nella sesta edizione, erano in programma Ran Blake, Aki Takase con Alex von Schlippenbach, Mats Gustafsson. L'improvvisazione totale di Agustí Fernández, John Edwards e Mark Sanders, registrata in concerto a quel festival nel 2007, rappresentava allora la prima esperienza di ascolto radicale per una platea che, secondo le ricche note di copertina, era ...