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Norma Winstone & John Taylor: In Concert

Read "In Concert" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 27, 2021

Una ristampa da non perdere. Questo concerto in duo di Norma Winstone e John Taylor dell'agosto 1988 esisteva in una rara edizione su cassetta del 1999 della Enodoc Records e documentava una performance estemporanea data alla Guildhall Music School di Londra. La Winstone e il suo marito d'allora (nonché partner negli Azimuth e in altri organici) avevano appena terminato un seminario e fu chiesto loro di offrire un concerto agli studenti. Tanto per rinfrescarci la memoria la performance ...

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Norma Winstone & John Taylor: In Concert

Read "In Concert" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
May 14, 2019

When John Taylor died on 17 July 2015, aged 72, the jazz world lost one its finest pianists. Over the course of his career he recorded with the likes of Arild Andersen, John Dankworth, Peter Erskine, Gil Evans. Jan Garbarek, Mike Gibbs, Charlie Haden, Lee Konitz, Enrico Rava, John Surman, Steve Swallow, Miroslav Vitous and Kenny Wheeler. He was also a mainstay of the British and European jazz scenes. Norma Winstone (aka “Britain's best kept secret") is one ...