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Surd: Live at Glenn Miller Caf
by Germein Linares
Further proof that Europe may in fact be jazz's next frontier, this Scandinavian quartet featuring David Stackenäs on guitar, Fredrik Nordström on tenor and alto saxophone, Filip Augustson on bass, and Thomas Strønen on drums excites with a modern bop streak of grooves and beats on SURD's Live at Glenn Miller Café. Though the Swedish café's name may be a relic of yesteryear's jazz, the album's six songs are lively, intricate, and, most importantly, contemporary in execution.
The frontline guitar-saxophone ...
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The Ring Modulator by Adrian Stevenson
Simcock Meets CharnockLondon Jazz Festival, Purcell Room, Southbank, London. 12th November 2010 Well this was new and strangeimprovised jazz with improvised movement, Gwilym Simcock on the piano with maverick Nigel Charnock on 'movement.' Initially the whole thing seemed somewhat absurd. Simcock started with some very quiet and reflective playing that Charnock soon started contorting to. The thud of his feet on the stage was really quite loud relative to the quiet piano, and after having adjusted to the absurdity, I ...
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