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Instrument: Clarinet, bass
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by John Eyles
Recorded live at London's Café Oto, at a November 2012 concert that was the last of a short series of gigs in Austria and Britain, this CD plays for seventy-seven minutes, fitting as much of the concert onto a single disc as was possible. As Eddie Prévost says in his sleeve notes, it contains the most substantial parts of that memorable concert. Although not a regular or long-standing group, the stellar trio of drummer Prévost, pianist Marilyn Crispell and reeds ...
read moreHarrison Smith Quartet: Telling Tales
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nonostante il quartetto abbia superato i dieci anni di vita questa è solamente la seconda testimonianza discografica (dopo l'eccellente Outside Inside, una dichiarazione d'intenti). E nonostante vanti una più che trentennale presenza sulla scena britannica, compresa quella più creativa (Barry Guy, Mike Osborne, Louis Moholo, Evan Parker per citarne alcuni) e sia membro della London Improvisers Orchestra, Harrison Smith non gode di particolare notorietà al di qua della Manica e le registrazioni a suo nome si contano sulle dita di ...
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by Glenn Astarita
British reed man Harrison Smith is known as both an inside and outside player, but his playing is rooted within traditional jazz attributes that interweave among the more progressive slants. With this quartet release, the artist injects a series of wide-ranging propositions into a crop of largely, memorable compositions marked by great depth and capacious musical environs. In effect, it's a nicely-structured yet democratic engagement as the respective musicians serve as key cogs in the overall jazz machine. ...
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