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Article: JazzLife UK

It's Been A Very Good Year

by Bruce Lindsay
March 21, 2011

The New Year is past its infancy, leaving toddlerhood behind and heading into those difficult pre-school years. Olympic Fever jostles with a forthcoming Royal Wedding for the attentions of the Great British Public (at least according to the more populist media). Across the Atlantic, Esperanza Spalding won a first for jazz: the Grammy Award for Best ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Gilman: Americanvas

Read "Americanvas" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 23, 2010

Pianist Joe Gilman leads a young and talented quintet on Americanvas, an album of original tunes inspired by American artists such as Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. Jazz that takes its inspiration from the visual arts is not rare--British saxophonist Andy Sheppard's Movements In Colour (ECM, 2009) was so inspired, for example. Like Sheppard, ...

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Article: Live Review

Norwegian Road Trip, Part 6: Molde Jazz, Days 3-4

by John Kelman
July 25, 2010

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Article: Album Review

Shez Raja: Mystic Radikal

Read "Mystic Radikal" reviewed by George Mitton

by George Mitton
July 24, 2010

Shez Raja has described his band's sound as “a real kaleidoscope," an idea reflected in Mystic Radikal's psychedelic cover art. Raja studied Indian classical tabla drumming with virtuoso Sharda Sahai, but now applies these rhythms to the electric bass. On the album there's a fusion of eastern sounds, with synthesizer drones used to reference the music ...

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Movements In Colour

By Andy Sheppard

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: La Tristess Du Roi; Bing; Nave Nave Moe; Ballarina; May Song; We Shall Not Go To Market Today; International Blue.

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Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour

Read "Movements in Colour" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 12, 2009

Booking a flight on Andy Sheppard's airline can be vexing, since the composer/saxophonist has no certain destination and is liable to take off and land anywhere. For the adventuresome musical traveler, this is a good thing. Sheppard burst on the scene in the 1980s with a series of acclaimed discs (now out-of-print) on the Antilles label, ...

Article: Album Review

Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour

Read "Movements in Colour" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 24, 2009

Evocativo, melodico, “presente," mai scontato anche dove la tessitura musicale infinitamente armonica ogni tanto va a rifugiare, Andy Sheppard è uno di quei nomi protagonisti della musica moderna che mai nessuno potrebbe tacciare di nefandezze. Misurata, equilibrata, tonica, la sua è musica che porta sistematicamente con sè un tocco inequivocabilmente “British" anche se - come in ...

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Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour

Read "Movements in Colour" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
June 23, 2009

Familiar to ECM fans for his work with Carla Bley including the small group The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (WATT, 2007) and large ensemble Appearing Nightly (WATT, 2008), Andy Sheppard has also proven comfortable in ultra ultra large ensembles like the 200 saxophone strong Saxophone Massive that he led at Mai Jazz 2008 in Stavanger, ...

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Article: Live Review

Andy Sheppard Quartet: Opening Night at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2009, Day 1

by Bruce Lindsay
May 21, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Andy SheppardNorfolk and Norwich FestivalNorwich PlayhouseNorwich, UK May 1, 2009 Tenor-soprano saxophonist Andy Sheppard (pictured left) showcased his album Movements in Colour, his first on the ECM label (2009), in what was a beautiful performance ...

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P.S.

By Andy Sheppard

Label: Provocateur Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Reverie; Glencarron; Les Mains D'Alice; He Stood in His Shoes and He Wondered; Art House Soft Leg Incident; Mer de Glace; Messala; Joni; Say So; Touch.