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Christoph Gallio, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders: Live at Café Oto London
by John Eyles
Swiss saxophonist Christoph Gallio has been playing with the trio DAY & TAXI for over three decades during which time he has been the only ever-present member, and the trio has released twelve albums. Early in July 2022, Gallio arrived in London at the beginning of a six-month sabbatical stay at the London Atelier of the Kanton Aargau. This was not a new experience as he had previously stayed in the Berlin Atelier, in 2009, and in the Buenos Aires ...
Continue ReadingThe Flame: Towards The Flame Vol 1
by Mike Jurkovic
Three of Europe's most acclimated and proven improvisers--pianist Robert Mitchell (Steve Coleman, Greg Osby), bassist Neil Charles, and drummer/percussionist Mark Sanders (Jah Wobble, Rachel Musson)--band together as The Flame for the first time and emerge from pandemic isolation, and the forever wars and broken civics that accompanied it, with a hypnotic performance captured absolutely live on Towrads the Flame. Recorded at London's Cafe Otto in February of 2022, The Flame comes to life like most screams do: with ...
Continue ReadingGabriele Mitelli: Three Tsuru Origami
by Neri Pollastri
Nuovo progetto originale di Gabriele Mitelli, in trio con una epica ritmica inglese —John Edwards e Mark Sanders hanno lavorato assieme con personalità come Evan Parker o Veryan Weston —, ispirato e dedicato idealmente ai volatili e alle loro migrazioni, ricco di riferimenti alle stagioni più libere e aperte della musica jazz. Il disco è incastonato tra due emblematici omaggi: il primo è “New One," del sassofonista sudafricano Sean Bergin, protagonista prima della stagione della diaspora degli artisti ...
Continue ReadingXhosa Cole: Ibeji
by Karl Ackermann
Few places on the global jazz scene are enjoying the enthusiastic resurgence of the genre more than the UK. Names that are becoming more familiar—Binker Golding, Nubya Garcia, Idris Rahman, Shabaka Hutchings and others—have triggered something of a youth movement. Emerging in that group is yet another top-notch saxophonist, Xhosa Cole. Cole's sophomore release, Ibeji is full of terrific music, wrapped in a missed opportunity. Ibeji takes its name from the Yoruba religion, and features six percussionists individually ...
Continue ReadingGabriele Mitelli / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Three Tsuru Origami
by Mark Corroto
Birds of a feather, as they say, flock together. Proof positive is the trio of Italian trumpeter Gabriele Mitelli (who also doubles on soprano saxophone and electronics), and the Englishmen, bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders. Three Tsuru Origami (tsuru is the Japanese word for crane) continues the avian theme with the bulk of the material dedicated to our feathered friends. Sanders and Edwards are familiar names in free jazz and improvisation circles, being the first call ...
Continue ReadingJohn Butcher / Dominic Lash / John Russell / Mark Sanders: Discernment
by John Sharpe
As part of his 40th birthday celebration at Cafe Oto in January 2020, bassist Dominic Lash convened a quartet of some of the UK's finest improvisers, completed by guitarist John Russell, saxophonist John Butcher and drummer Mark Sanders. With such experienced practitioners, there are any number of prior connections which help ensure a successful and empathetic outing. Russell, who died in January 2021, was one of the so-called second generation of British improvisers, often working closely with Butcher ...
Continue ReadingPaul Dunmall & Mark Sanders: Unity
by John Sharpe
In spite of a decades long association, Unity constitutes only the second time British reed icon Paul Dunmall has appeared on disc in tandem with drummer Mark Sanders. And on the earlier occasion, Pipe And Drum (FMR, 2012), Dunmall restricted himself entirely to bagpipes of various species, so this outing is notable as the first documentation of the pair together on their primary instruments. The union of two of the country's premier improvisers doesn't disappoint. Dunmall increasingly wears ...
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