Jazz Articles about Tony Bevan

Tony Bevan: Bruised

by Chris May
November 8, 2005

A magical and transporting, down by law, A-list masterpiece, bass saxophonist Tony Bevan's Bruised is among the very deepest and most rewarding albums to come out of the UK this year, performed by a joined at the head, heart, and hip, genre-busting, genius lineup.

It's free improvisation, Jim, but not as we usually know it--so instinctively architectural that it's hard to believe it was collectively created wholly in the moment, and is now released entirely free of overdubs, ...