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Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne: Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne Volume 2
by Glenn Astarita
In the enchanting realm of musical collaboration, Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne Volume 2 emerges as a tantalizing sequel to their inaugural rendezvous. This second installment in their creative escapade not only builds upon their initial fusion of jazz and electronic experimentation but also pushes the boundaries of sonic exploration with an audacious flair. Matthew Bourne, the maestro of keys, gracefully pirouettes between piano and Memory Moog, effortlessly blurring the lines between foreground and background. Each ensemble member, like ...
Continue ReadingShiver & Matthew Bourne: Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne Volume 1
by Glenn Astarita
This compelling collaboration merges the distinctive styles of two extraordinary artists: the trio Shiver and acoustic-electric keyboardist Matthew Bourne. The album is a mesmerizing journey through diverse musical landscapes, blending electronic elements with jazz influences innovatively and refreshingly.The tracks on this album emphasize an impressive range of sonic textures and experimental sounds. Shiver's mastery of electronic music production intertwines seamlessly with Matthew Bourne's unique approach to jazz, resulting in an entrancing fusion of disparate sounds and styles. The ...
Continue ReadingWorld Sanguine Report: Skeleton Blush
by Bruce Lindsay
Don't be fooled by the appearance of “sanguine" in the band name. World Sanguine Report is not a band given to gentle optimism, or relaxed acceptance of whatever situation it's in. Look instead to the meaning of the word in heraldic terms—blood red. Skeleton Blush is filled with hard-edged, powerful and uncompromising songs, an album that fits neatly into 2020's singular experience: which makes bandleader and composer Andrew Plummer appear remarkably prescient, as the album was recorded in 2012.
Continue ReadingNightports w/Matthew Bourne: Nightports
by Gareth Thompson
The night he was named Perrier Young Jazz Musician 2001, pianist Matthew Bourne gave a performance that rather set out his stall. Using stillness and eruptions in the mode of Ran Blake, with soundtrack samples from Willy Wonka, Bourne played like a man possessed. Since then he's left few tones unturned in the search for new auras. Nightports is a series from UK-based The Leaf Label, where only sounds produced by the featured musician can be used. Most ...
Continue ReadingBourne / Kane / Davis: Manchester, UK, April 12, 2013
by Ian Patterson
Matthew Bourne, Dave Kane and Steve DavisRhythm Changes: Rethinking Jazz Cultures ConferenceMedia City UKSalford Quays, Manchester, EnglandApril 12, 2013Watching three improvising musicians perform in front of a hundred or so jazz academics felt a little akin to watching a gallery of chief surgeons observing an unusual operation, although the only commentary during the one-hour performance took the form of a handful of tweets. The performance by keyboardist/cellist Matthew Bourne, drummer Steve Davis and ...
Continue ReadingMatthew Bourne: Montauk Variations
by AAJ Italy Staff
Montauk Variations è il terzo album in solo del pianista Matthew Bourne. Il primo in studio (dopo il debutto con “For John Zorn & Mike Osborne" del 2001 e “The Molde Concert" del 2007), registrato a Montauk, in cui il prolifico improvvisatore britannico si trova davvero solo con il suo piano. Operazione complessa per uno navigato come Bourne, che poteva dare frutti ben più cervellotici, e che ci regala invece una musica davvero bella. Non è azzardato pensare che le ...
Continue ReadingMatthew Bourne: Montauk Variations
by John Kelman
Still on the shy side of 40, British pianist Matthew Bourne has accomplished more, in a relatively short time, than many do in a lifetime. Bourne has leaned farther to the left for most of his career, experimenting in both acoustic and electric environs with a free-thinking approach informed, to some extent, by Annette Peacock, that unclassifiable singer/writer responsible for some of pianist Paul Bley's most compelling composition-based music, and who was the subject of a two-disc tribute by pianist ...
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