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Andy Sheppard Quartet: Surrounded By Sea

Read "Surrounded By Sea" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
May 5, 2015

Saxophonist/composer Andy Sheppard has found a home in ECM. It's maybe not the perfect home for an artist as eclectic as Sheppard, for it's hard to see some of his other projects--notably the Scofield/Lovanoesque quartet Hotel Bristol--fitting in with the ECM aesthetic. Still, Sheppard's melodic improvisational approach and the airy lyricism on Movements in Color (ECM, ...

Article: Live Review

Andy Sheppard Quartet at Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival 2015

by Ian Patterson
March 15, 2015

Andy Sheppard Quartet Colston Hall Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival Bristol March 7, 2015 A “local hero" is how the emcee described saxophonist/composer Andy Sheppard. Bristol resident Sheppard is neither immortal nor a demi-God, but he is uber-talented and a warrior of sorts; a road warrior who has clocked up ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel Cd-player di... Maurizio Brunod

by Vincenzo Roggero
December 10, 2014

01. Jaga Jazzist -A Livingroom Hush (Ninja Tune -2002). Leggendo il libro di Luca Vitali “Il suono del nord" sono venuto a conoscenza di questa band norvegese davvero incredibile ed innovativa. Questo è il loro primo album, molto interessante tra elettronica, jazz e progressive. 02. Steve Lacy-Mal Waldron -Sempre amore (Soul Note ...

Article: Live Review

Garana Jazz Festival 2014

by Adriana Carcu
August 1, 2014

Garana Jazz Festival Wolf's Meadow Garana, Romania July 10-13, 2014 One of Europe's most visited festivals, taking place on a meadow over 300 ft. high in the Western Carpathians, just had its 18th anniversary. The lineup, a brand mark of the festival director, Marius Giura, combined again tradition ...

Article: Scumbles

Jazz in the UK now

by Sammy Stein
April 26, 2014

The jazz scene in the UK is buzzing at the moment. Clubs whose managers not so long ago were faced with the difficult decision whether to continue offering new sounds to a dwindling audience or turn themselves into a wine bar--offering small slices of live music to appease their consciences perhaps--are finding it was worth hanging ...

News: Festival

Brilliant Corners Lights Up Belfast Jazz Panorama

March 21, 2014

Brilliant news for Belfast jazz lovers! Brilliant Corners, the city’s jazz festival is back for its eagerly anticipated second edition from March 26th to 29th and it promises to be an absolute cracker. Local musicians of the highest caliber will highlight the strength of the Irish jazz scene while international acts attest to the pulling power ...

Article: Album Review

Carla Bley - Andy Sheppard - Steve Swallow: Trios

by Luigi Sforza
February 20, 2014

Trios--ultima produzione dello strepitoso trio composto da Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard e Steve Swallow--è uno di quei progetti musicali felicemente riusciti, in cui l'assoluta spontaneità espressiva dell'atto creativo lascia magicamente traccia di sé negli esiti. Questa produzione ECM è intellettualmente stimolante, possiede un suggestivo potere incantatorio e sprigiona una decisa, sana e positiva energia a bassa ...

Album

La Notte

By Andy Sheppard

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. I - 6:53; 02. II - 8:23; 03. III - 4:36; 04. IV - 5:27; 05. V - 8:31; 06. VI - 6:44; 07. VII - 7:04; 08. VIII - 7:00. Tutte le composizioni sono di Ketil Bjørnstad.

Article: Album Review

Ketil Bjornstad: La Notte

Read "La Notte" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
November 23, 2013

Recorded live on July 21st 2010 at the Molde International Jazz Festival, Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad's La Notte is an eight piece suite inspired by the 1961 drama of the same name by the great Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni. It is not, however, a mere Antonioni tribute, but an homage to innovative filmmakers in general and ...

Article: Album Review

Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow: Trios

by Sammy Stein
September 19, 2013

In Lugano, Switzerland in 2012, pianist Carla Bley, saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bassist Steve Swallow were recorded, and the result is Trios (EMC 2013). This CD is atmospheric and energised. Included are new versions of Bley's original “Utviklingssang" ( “Development Song"), “Vashkar" and the suites “Les Trois Lagons" , “Wildlife," and “The Girl Who Cried Champagne." ...