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Marilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie Prevost: London, UK, November 7, 2012
by John Sharpe
Marilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie PrévostCafé OtoLondon, UKNovember 7, 2012It was almost as if no-one wanted to break the perfection of the anticipatory hush at north London's Café Oto. Eventually, Harrison Smith ventured a quizzical phrase on tenor saxophone, which inaugurated an unostentatious exchange of ideas and viewpoints. Pianist ...
10 CD nel CD- Player di... Alexander Hawkins
by AAJ Italy Staff
01. Anthony Braxton - Two Compositions (Festival of New Trumpet Music) (New Braxton House - 2007). Mi sono appena iscritto all'eccellente Tri-Centric Foundation, sito web dell'etichetta Braxton House, contenitore di una serie notevole di bootleg. Qui Braxton non suona ma dirige: la composizione 103, per sette trombe e la composizione 169, per quintetto di fiati. Sono ...
Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: All There, Ever Out
by John Sharpe
It has been the Holy Grail of jazz since its inception: to carve out the perfect balance between the written and the spontaneously invented. While All There, Ever Out may not be the definitive statement, English pianist Alexander Hawkins has taken a bold stab at a new version of the equation, combining composition and improvisation in ...
Elmoic
Album: All There, Ever Out
By Alexander Hawkins
Label: Babel Label
Released: 2012
Duration: 06:20
Convergence Quartet: Cambridge, UK, November 9, 2011
by John Sharpe
Convergence QuartetChurchill CollegeCambridge, UKNovember 9, 2011 What began as a one-off invitation, requiring no little chutzpah, shows all the signs of developing an enduring life. Following by multi-instrumentalist/composer Anthony Braxton's >quintet at the 2004 London Jazz Festival, British pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash invited cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum--a key ...
Joe McPhee and Decoy: Cafe Oto, London, October 29, 2011
by John Sharpe
Although at an age when many might be happier looking to past glories, multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee still seeks new answers to the questions posed by music-making on the fly. Given the success of the solutions proffered in the concert which produced the acclaimed Oto (Bo Weavil, 2009), it was only a matter of time before the ...
Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: London, UK, April 5, 2011
by John Sharpe
Alexander Hawkins EnsembleCafé OtoLondon, UKApril 5, 2011 What do you do when two mainstays in your band leave? Tonight's gig was the first outing for the new line up of pianist Alexander Hawkins' group, necessitated by the loss of regular bassist Dominic Lash to New York City for ...
Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet: London, UK, March 17, 2011
by John Sharpe
Louis Moholo-Moholo QuintetThe VortexLondon, UKMarch 17, 2011 As George the besuited MC said in his introduction, when you saw the lineup you knew this was not one to miss. And the packed audience at north London's Vortex was testament to the fact that his view was widely shared. Even though South ...
The Convergence Quartet: Song/Dance (Blues)
by John Sharpe
The Convergence QuartetSong/Dance (Blues)Clean Feed2010 It must have seemed like a long shot when the young British pair of pianist Alexander Hawkins and bassist Dominic Lash invited two illustrious north Americans, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and drummer Harris Eisenstadt, to join them for a series of dates back ...
Decoy and Joe McPhee: Oto
by Clifford Allen
Decoy and Joe McPheeOtoBo'Weavil2010 The existence of a free-improvising organ trio, though uncommon even in 2010, shouldn't be all that surprising and, indeed, you might be prompted to ask what took so long. Certainly, figures like Larry Young and John Patton stretched the boundaries of organ-jazz in the ...
