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Laura Jurd & Paul Dunmall: Fanfares & Freedom
by John Sharpe
Well this is an entertaining premise. Free jazz maven Paul Dunmall as featured soloist in a suite composed by up- and-coming trumpeter Laura Jurd. Actually, the reality is more complex. It might be more accurate to say that the unfettered spirits of Dunmall's quartet, with bassist Caius Williams, drummer Miles Levin and pianist Liam Noble, offer the contrast with Jurd's score for a brass quintet. The unlikely combination came about as a commission from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival by promoter ...
Continue ReadingAlex Paxton: Happy Music for Orchestra
by Marat Ingeldeev
British composer and improvising-trombonist Alex Paxton seems to have been enjoying the life of a rising star. In the past few years he has managed to release two albums: Music for Bosch People in 2021 on Birmingham Record Company and ilolli-pop in 2022 on Nonclassical. He has won three awards: the Ivor Novello British Composer Awards in 2021, and both the Paul Hindemith Prize and the Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize in 2023. As if this was not impressive enough, ...
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