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Moss Freed / Union Division: Micromotives

Read "Micromotives" reviewed by John Sharpe


A question any composer for improvisers must face is whether they can create something more worthwhile than what they might come up with if left to themselves. It can be a tough call. For some, such as Alexander von Schlippenbach's Globe Unity Orchestra or Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet, the ultimate conclusion was no, while for others such as Anthony Braxton and Barry Guy the answer has been far less clear cut. British guitarist Moss Freed falls somewhere between the two ...

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Mark Lockheart: Dreamers

Read "Dreamers" reviewed by Chris May


As a founder member of Loose Tubes and Polar Bear, saxophonist Mark Lockheart was at the forefront of two waves of reinvigoration of British jazz, one in the 1980s, the other in the 2000s. By age and experience, in 2022 he qualifies as close to an elder statesman of the music. But somehow one still thinks of Lockheart as a Young Turk. Mostly this is because he continues to search for new contexts in which to make his music.

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Dinosaur: To The Earth

Read "To The Earth" reviewed by Ian Patterson


One of the flag bearers of contemporary British jazz, Dinosaur's rise to more international renown accelerated with its signing to Edition Records, and the subsequent release of Together, As One (2016) and Wondertrail. (2018). Formerly known as the Laura Jurd Quartet, the band had already been going since 2010, releasing one album, Landing Ground (Chaos Collective, 2012) to general critical approval. Each album displays significant personality--the embrace of strings, or analogue keyboards--and Jurd's refusal to tread the same stylistic water. ...

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Dinosaur: To The Earth

Read "To The Earth" reviewed by Chris May


Britain's Edition label has remained independent of London's post-2015 alternative jazz scene, whose aesthetic is formed in part by the emphases of identity politics and which now, in 2020, has gone overground with the signing of three bands led by movement auteur Shabaka Hutchings to Impulse! in the US. Edition, which was founded in 2008 by pianist Dave Stapleton and photographer Tim Dickeson, has preferred to pursue its own path. It has done so with magnificent style. (The label made ...

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Elliot Galvin: Live In Paris At Fondation Louis Vuitton

Read "Live In Paris At Fondation Louis Vuitton" reviewed by Chris May


An inventive and adventurous keyboard player and composer, Elliot Galvin is active in Britain's jazz and contemporary-classical worlds. He is making a strong impression on the former. Galvin is a member of the Mercury Music Prize-nominated band Dinosaur, whose Wonder Trail (Edition) was among the highlights of 2018. His duo album Ex Nihilo (ByrdOut), made with London alternative jazz scene luminary, tenor saxophonist Binker Golding, was a highlight of 2019. On those albums, Galvin plays synths and ...

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Elliot Galvin: Modern Times

Read "Modern Times" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Elliot Galvin, a soli ventotto anni, sta emergendo come cristallino talento tra i numerosi pianisti sfornati nel corso degli ultimi anni dalla Gran Bretagna. Membro chiave dei Dinosaur di Laura Jurd, autore con The Influencing Machine di un album considerato da Downbeat tra i migliori del 2018, Galvin licenzia questo Modern Times ancora con il medesimo trio. Ma con un'idea ben precisa in mente: abbandonare la mano pesante della produzione che aveva caratterizzato l'album precedente, registrarlo senza mixaggio e senza ...

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Elliot Galvin: Modern Times

Read "Modern Times" reviewed by Roger Farbey


Following on from Dreamland (2015, Chaos Collective), Punch (Edition, 2016) and The Influencing Machine (Edition, 2018), Elliot Galvin's fourth album is a departure from the previous two. Here he abandons his electronic gadgetry in favour of pure acoustic instrumentation. This was a deliberate move on Galvin's part since the inspiration for album derived from witnessing a solo piano concert in Montreux by Jason Moran. Unusually, Modern Times was recorded and mixed “live" straight to vinyl in one session with no ...


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