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by Bruce Lindsay
Heart of Mine is well named, as composer and keyboardist Ross Lorraine's compositions are at the heart of this album. But Lorraine takes something of a back seat when it comes to performing, leaving instrumental duties to some of the British jazz scene's leading players, and vocal duties to six of the scene's most talented singers; Claire Martin sings lead on three tracks, is part of the trio of backing vocalists, plays percussion and co-produced the album alongside Lorraine and ...
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by Duncan Heining
Ropes is Manchester-based guitarist Mike Walker's second album as a leader and it couldn't be much more different from his fusion-oriented debut Madhouse and the Whole Thing There (Hidden Idiom, 2008). This album is a jazz-with-strings affair and a fine one at that. The mood is mostly gentler, more reflective and more pastoral than on his debut. With Ropes, Walker has also significantly extended his compositional palette. Walker is an alumnus of the bands of George Russell, Mike ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista inglese Mike Walker è uno dei migliori esponenti della sua generazione e merita certamente di essere molto più conosciuto. Lo sanno bene i migliori arrangiatori e direttori d’orchestra come George Russell e Mike Gibbs che lo utilizzano ogni volta che ne capita l’occasione. Alla soglia dei quarant’anni Walker giunge finalmente a firmare come leader il suo primo album e tira subito fuori dal cappello un lavoro bellissimo che si proietta immediatamente nella top ten dei migliori dell’anno. La ...
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by Roger Farbey
The debut album by British guitarist Mike Walker is surprisingly short, around forty five minutes, which is actually a good thing considering it seems an almost mandatory requirement nowadays to cram a full eighty minutes worth of sound into every CD, all of which is not necessarily worth hearing. Quality rather than quantity is the keyword here. This, however, is a well-considered six track sortie, with an unusual opener, The Latin-edged “A Real Embrace," evoking a very early Return to ...
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