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Mike Osborne Trio: The Birmingham Jazz Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'altosassofonista inglese Mike Osborne è stato uno degli interpreti principali di quella irripetibile stagione che ha visto crescere e svilupparsi il jazz inglese tra gli anni '60 e '70, in compagnia di tanti altri musicisti, molti dei quali ancora oggi calcano le scene con successo, come John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor e Mike Westbrook, tanto per limitarci a quelli più noti. Osborne è stato al fianco di molti di loro prima di lanciarsi in una carriera solistica precocemente interrotta ...
Continue ReadingMike Osborne Trio: The Willisau Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
Avrete sicuramente sentito parlare del Jazz Festival di Willisau, straordinaria quanto entusiasmante rassegna elvetica curata sin dalla sua nascita dal deus ex-machina Niklaus Troxler (architetto e grafico di illuminata intelligenza). Negli anni Settanta, praticamente ogni concerto o ogni iniziativa collegate a questo festival erano immediatamente riconosciute quali veri e propri eventi. Di recente, la Ogun britannica, ha ristampato su CD (aggiungendovi due bonus track tratte da un altro set, originariamente non presenti sul vinile), la registrazione del concerto tenuto il ...
Continue ReadingMike Osborne: Force Of Nature
by Martin Longley
Late English alto saxophonist Mike Osborne, whose work represented the pinnacle of British avant jazz, sadly retired back in 1982 as a result of mental health problems. The discovery of previously unheard material is therefore particularly exciting, especially when its standard is high enough to preserve the reedman's best playing form. This disc features live recordings of two different quartet lineups, both of them having Osborne teamed with trumpeter Dave Holdsworth. The opener, “Ducking & Diving," sprawls ...
Continue ReadingMike Osborne: Force Of Nature
by Nic Jones
The mercurial nature of alto saxophonist Mike Osborne's musical personality was arguably a difficult thing to capture on record, but here it's caught in all its glory despite the slightly muddy fidelity. Any degree to which he might have been in thrall to both Jackie McLean and Ornette Coleman was no longer an issue by the time these performances were captured back in 1980 and 1981, and the music has wings and a method of flight entirely its own.
“Ducking ...
Continue ReadingMike Osborne Trio: All Night Long
by Sid Smith
First issued in 1976 and now making its CD debut with a sumptuous 26 extra minutes, what hits you from the opening moments of this live album is the full-blooded passion and commitment to every single note.
That isn't too much of a surprise, given that Mike Osborne was undoubtedly one of the most formidable sax players to emerge from the fertile grounds of British jazz in the late 1950s and 1960s.
A glance at many of the key groupings ...
Continue ReadingSelwyn Lissack: Friendship Next of Kin
by Terrell Kent Holmes
South African drummer Selwyn Lissack returned to the New York jazz scene for the first time in over thirty years this past December, playing a one-nighter at the Stone to celebrate the reissue of Friendship Next of Kin (1969), his only album as a leader--and an underground classic. Friendship is an example of the evolving musical exploration of the era; each tune on the original album took up an entire side and defined a kind of free ...
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