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Alex Ward was born in 1974. He is a composer, improviser, and performing musician. His primary instruments are clarinet and guitar, and he has also performed in public and on recordings on alto sax, piano/keyboards, bass guitar, and as a vocalist. He was based in Oxford from 1992-2000, and since then has lived in London. His involvement in freely improvised music dates back to 1986, when he met the guitarist Derek Bailey. As an improviser, he was initially principally a clarinettist (sometimes also playing alto sax), but since 2000 he has also been active as an improvising guitarist. On both instruments, hIs longest-standing collaborations in this field have been with the drummer Steve Noble. From 1993 to 2001, most of his activity as a composer took place in collaboration with Benjamin Hervé, mainly in the context of the rock band Camp Blackfoot

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Article: Album Review

Shifa شفاء - Rachel Musson, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders: Ecliptic

Read "Ecliptic" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Some books are divided into chapters--numbered, titled, and carefully structured. The musical equivalent is the tracklist: segmented, labeled pieces presented in order. But Ecliptic by the trio Shifa (شفاء, Arabic for “healing") rejects that format entirely. This 46-minute set of improvised music by saxophonist Rachel Musson, pianist Pat Thomas and drummer Mark Sanders unfolds without titles, ...

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Article: Album Review

Olie Brice Quartet: All It Was

Read "All It Was" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Bassist Olie Brice wears the title of Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside with remarkable ease. Equally adept in free improvisation and structured composition, Brice moves fluidly between extremes. His work with improvisers such as Tobias Delius and Mark Sanders on Somersaults (Two Rivers, 2015), or with Paul Dunmall on The Laughing Stone (Confront, 2023), exemplifie his outside approach. ...

Article: Live Review

AngelicA 35 a Bologna e Modena

Read "AngelicA 35 a Bologna e Modena" reviewed by Libero Farnè


AngelicA 35 Festival Internazionale di Musica Bologna, Modena Varie sedi 30 aprile--31 maggio 2025 Da sempre il festival bolognese permette di assistere alle più varie esperienze musicali dell'attualità, senza vincolarsi a generi, autori o prassi esecutive. Ma forse un limite se lo è imposto Massimo Simonini, infaticabile e coerente ...

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Article: Album Review

Bley School: Where?

Read "Where?" reviewed by John Sharpe


Punningly recalling beloved British children's TV programme Play School, the name Bley School neatly encapsulates what is afoot on this album, representing an open-minded and irreverent fondness for tunes, especially those associated with the groundbreaking Canadian pianist Paul Bley. Responsible for this is the threesome of pianist Pat Thomas, bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Tony Orrell. ...

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Article: Album Review

Duck Baker: Breakdown Lane: Free Solos & Duos 1976​-​1998

Read "Breakdown Lane: Free Solos & Duos 1976​-​1998" reviewed by Mark Corroto


This release is a great introduction to the music of Duck Baker and, maybe more importantly, a reminder of why the musician's sound is so vital. Baker, a finger-style acoustic guitarist, is a folk music omnivore. Besides Scottish and Irish fiddle music, he is at home with bebop, blues, free jazz and free improvisation. Let that ...

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Article: Album Review

Charlotte Keeffe Right Here Right Now Quartet: Alive! In The Studio

Read "Alive! In The Studio" reviewed by John Sharpe


One of the finest up and coming trumpeters on the UK scene, Charlotte Keeffe's résumé includes an ever increasing circle of collaborators including bassist Olie Brice, reedman Colin Webster and multi-instrumentalists Alex Ward and Martin Archer (the latter also boss of the Discus imprint). For the second album from her Right Here, Right Now Quartet, comprising ...

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Furthered

Label: 577 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cypherned; The Cusp; Our/Hours; Ours.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Antti Lötjönen, Trevor Watts, & Adam Pieronczyk

Read "Antti Lötjönen, Trevor Watts, & Adam Pieronczyk" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Last episode's theme of interesting bass playing continues into this show with a pair from France (Hubert Dupont & Olivier Lété, Per Zanussi from Norway, Andrew Schiller, and Finland's Antti Lötjönen, but there's plenty of saxophone action from the likes England's Alex Ward & Trevor Watts, Rick Countryman with Interstellar Nao Trio from Mexico, Ivo Perelman, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Selection Of Varied And Exciting New Jazz Releases

Read "A Selection Of Varied And Exciting New Jazz Releases" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this show we present a selection of varied and exciting new releases from Emilio Teubal, Alex Ward Item 4, William Carn, Ben Rosenbloom, Jan Bunnett & Maqueque, and Nick Maclean Quartet.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Emilio Teubal “Futuro" from Futuro (Self Released) 00:47 Alex Ward Item 4 “Cypherned" from Furthered (577 Records) 05:26 William ...


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