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Evan Parker: Solo
by Andrey Henkin
As jazz has developed since its inception, it has always centered on individuals working with each other. Over time, the music unit has gotten smaller, from the big band era to the time of small combos and the modern era where solo performance has flourished. What was first only the province of the piano ...
The Vinyl Age
by Andrey Henkin
I have a problem. I have stacks of records I have listened to once or twice. I have precious little room for any more. Yet I can't pass by a record store or even a pile of discarded records in a trash bin without stopping and flipping, flipping, flipping. The stains on my fingers are more ...
Michel Portal: Arriverderci Le Chouartse
by Andrey Henkin
Up until 1965 or so, the European jazz sound took most its cues from the States, its sizeable share of proficient and prolific jazz musicians lacking a unique identity. The infancy of “European Jazz" was perhaps inspired by the successes of natives like saxophonist John Tchicai and trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, along with Americans like Eric Dolphy ...
Jo: Signature
by Andrey Henkin
Within traditional jazz, piano-bass duets tend to be enacted under the leadership of the keyboardist - the bassist grounding the pianist in a way they would not be playing solo. Duets of any configuration in the avant-garde decry any idea of leader-sideman. This explains the many bass-led duets, a concept alien to hard bop circles, of ...
Ras Moshe and the Music Now Society: Schematic
by Andrey Henkin
Free or advanced jazz got its start right here in New York City during the early '60s, coalescing as a movement with 1964’s “October Revolution in Jazz”. Most of the musicians taking part in this “revolution" are still with us, continuing to make New York their home or appearing here regularly. Thus younger generations, and the ...
Avram Fefer, Bobby Few & Wilbur Morris: Few and Far Between
by Andrey Henkin
Sometimes you hearken back to the old days to a time when musicians used music to really explore. Songs were songs and men were men. The greatest contribution of the '60s “New Thing" were players firmly rooted in the tradition of composing but adept and bold enough to write music for successful and innovative improvisation. Those ...
Gordon Beck: Gyroscope
by Andrey Henkin
Like Stan Tracey and Howard Riley, British pianist Gordon Beck suffers from his own obscurity. In addition to having played with the considerable British personality Allan Holdsworth, Beck's third and fourth records as leader, Experiments with Pops (released by Major Minor) and Gyroscope (released on Morgan), featured two of British jazz' major figures, guitarist John McLaughlin ...
Mark Elf: Dream Steppin
by Andrey Henkin
Many musicians, who begin their careers in pro-gressive territories, eventually settle down into tra-ditionalism. The word “settle" implies the end of any creativity, and is unfortunately often accurate. Mark Elf's new album Dream Steppin’ has successful-ly avoided this pitfall, adding an inspired and energetic volume to the straight jazz guitar oeuvre. Elf has come years and ...
Mujician: Spacetime
by Andrey Henkin
The Free Jazz tradition in England stretches back to the late ‘60s with such groups as the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Iskra 1903 and the Mike Osborne Trio. Continuing the custom is Mujician, a cooperative group of British heavyweights in Keith Tippett, Tony Levin, Paul Dunmall (the John Surman of his generation) and Paul Rogers. The group ...
Brotherhood of Breath: Travelling Somewhere
by Andrey Henkin
Jazz is, despite unnamed documentaries claiming the contrary, an international art form; A genre that sacrifices egos and politics for a larger purpose. Musicians play together, despite the racial and international conflicts of the time, purely for the experience and joy of creating music. Some of these meetings and collaborations become much more than just sessions. ...
