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Steve Beresford / Martin Kuchen/ Stale Liavik Solberg: Three Babies
by Eyal Hareuveni
Free improvisation is a relatively new form of musical art but it has already introduced a variety of approaches for spontaneous, creative and collaborative musical articulation. The trio comprises of one of the forefathers of the British school of improvised music, pianist Steve Beresford and fellow Scandinavian conspirators, Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen and Norwegian drummer Ståle Liavik Solberg demonstrate how such distinct and idiosyncratic approaches make this delicate art form so stimulating. There is nothing obvious in ...
read moreJason Roebke / Brian Labycz: Duo
by Mark Corroto
The abstraction of improvised music, and the additional distance that a recording (over a live performance) subjects a listener to, may be cause for concern. But listeners open to the conceptual and possibly transcendental experience that such music brings are often rewarded. Listening to this duo between Jason Roebke and Brian Labycz is one of those premium experiences.
Recorded for the new limited edition (this one is of 100 copies) label Peira, this is a handmade ...
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