Results for "Burkhard Beins"

The free improvisational quartet Das B releases its first recording Canopy, taken from a live performance at the Festival Konfrontationen, in Nickelsdorf, Austria 2017. Formed in 2015, the 'B' refers to Berlin, the nexus of activity for the four musicians heard here. The two Australians, drummer Tony Buck and bassist Mike Majkowski, join the Beirut-born trumpeter ...

ARTICLE: BUILDING A JAZZ LIBRARY November 9, 2018

John Butcher

By JOHN EYLES

In the Building a Jazz Library article on Evan Parker, it says that seasoned Parker followers would describe him as the finest improvising saxophonist of his generation. Curiously, many of those same people would use exactly that phrase about John Butcher. The simple explanation for this apparent contradiction is that we are talking about two generations; ...

ARTICLE: MULTIPLE REVIEWS July 22, 2018

Two Contrasting Releases From Bertrand Denzler

By JOHN EYLES

Although the Swiss-born saxophonist, improviser and composer Bertrand Denzler has a modestly-sized discography compared to some saxophonists, the recordings within it reveal a diverse range of collaborations and activities with a consistently-high quality level. For many years he has participated in ensembles such as Hubbub, The Seen and Trio Sowari, his distinctive saxophone sound being one ...

ARTICLE: EXTENDED ANALYSIS May 20, 2012

Various Artists: Fukushima!

By JOHN EYLES

Various Artists Fukushima! Presqu'ile Records 2012 Okay, please sit up and pay close attention. This is an album that you really should not ignore. Fukushima! is a double CD consisting of ten tracks by renowned improvising musicians from across the globe--almost two hours of music altogether.

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SLW

By BURKHARD BEINS

Label: Formed Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: SLW.

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Structural Drift

By BURKHARD BEINS

Label: Künstlerhäuser Worpswede
Released: 2009

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW January 14, 2009

Burkhard Beins / Lucio Caprece / Rhodri Davies / Toshimaru Nakamura: SLW

By JOHN EYLES

From Germany, Argentina, Wales, and Japan, an international super group no less! Just reading the participants' names raises one's hopes about this music and sets the pulse racing. Although this foursome has not recorded together before, through various collaborations too complex to detail here (including Elektro-Akoestisch Ensemble, The Sealed Knot, Q-O2, and the 2008 release on ...

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