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Barry Guy: Oort-Entropy / Dakryon
by Andrey Henkin
Few could imagine in 1972, when bassist Barry Guy first convened the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, its future impact as a large ensemble. When he chose to work with a “new orchestra in 2000, the scope was condensed, 10 players doing the work of what had been 20, but surprisingly was no less expansive. Barry Guy ...
Oort-Entropy
By Barry Guy
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Part i; Part ii; Part iii.
Ithaca
By Barry Guy
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Fire and Ice, Void (for Doris), First Shard, Broken Silence, Second Shard, Ithaca, Zinc, Third Shard, Unfolding, Zig Zag, Klaglied
Barry Guy New Orchestra: Oort-Entropy
by Glenn Astarita
Seminal free jazz bassist Barry Guy is responsible for manning some of the finest albums in this rather opaque genre. Aside from his longtime affiliations with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lytton--both of whom are featured here--the bassist is no stranger to leading exploratory ensembles. Guy's small orchestra equates to a multinational tentet. ...
Barry Guy New Orchestra: Oort-Entropy
by Derek Taylor
As a general rule of thumb, the bigger the band, the larger the role of logistics and finances in dictating its survival. In response to just such variables, the London Jazz Composer's Orchestra, one of the most venerable and prolific among large-scale European improvising outfits, underwent a necessary and indefinite hiatus back in 1998. Two years ...
Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton: Ithaca
by Ollie Bivens
Barry Guy is a British bassist and founder of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra. On his latest album on the Intakt label he, fellow British drummer Paul Lytton and American pianist Marilyn Crispell explore the outer reaches of a style of music - free jazz - that deserves a wider hearing among the American public. Ithaca ...
Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton: Ithaca
by Glenn Astarita
Inspired by two architects and underscored by Irish artist George Vaughn's piece Ithaca, bassist Barry Guy and his bandmates enact various planes and emotive elements on this superb effort. With this outing--and a second trio date for Intakt Records--the trio morphs tumultuous crosscurrents with driving and oddly balanced rhythms. Guy, pianist Marilyn Crispell, and ...
Ithaca
By Barry Guy
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Fire and Ice 10:21;
Void (for Doris) 6:37;
First Shard 1:50;
Broken Silence 6:34;
Second Shard 1:12;
Ithaca 8:47;
Zinc 3:32;
Third Shard 2:42;
Unfolding 3:55;
Zig Zag 10:08;
Klaglied 4:47.
