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by AAJ Italy Staff
Ecco un disco impeccabile nel suo genere, ma scontato e inutile in quanto non sollecita alcuna nuova riflessione rispetto a quanto è già stato scritto infinite volte su certa improvvisazione radicale di derivazione free e su buona parte dei CD della Leo. Il fluire continuo di questa performance, registrata dal vivo a Londra nel maggio 2009, è stato suddiviso a posteriori in quattro lunghi brani. I tre veterani dell'improvvisazione britannica espongono un tappeto sonoro costante e formicolante, mantenendolo prevalentemente su ...
read moreCalling Signals 09: A Winter's Tour
by Glenn Astarita
British bassist Nick Stephens has always been a prominent mainstay within Europe's avant-jazz landscape. His affiliation with legendary British free-jazz pioneer and drummer John Stevens looms as one component of the bassist's overall dynamic and legacy. This rendition of Stephen's Calling Signals band was recorded live in 2009 during a brief tour of the U.K., and unites a prominent Scandinavian contingent of reedman Frode Gjerstad and drummer/percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love. The extended tracks enable the band to stretch, reinvent, ...
read moreNick Stephens: Freedom of the City 2006; Desire Lines; All Said & Dun; Don't Answer It & Today's Play
by Marc Medwin
Various Artists Freedom of the City 2006 Emanem 2007 The Occasional Quartet Desire Lines Loose Torque 2007 Paul Dunmall/Nick Stephens/Tony Marsh All Said & Dun Loose Torque 2007 The Schizo Quartet Don't Answer It Loose Torque 2007 Jon Corbett/Nick Stephens/Tony ...
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