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Dave Liebman / Evan Parker / Tony Bianco: Relevance
by Mark Corroto
It is hard to imagine that these two saxophone titans, Dave Liebman and Evan Parker, had never met on stage before this 2008 concert at The Vortex in London. Both are innovators with a distinct, almost larger than life sound and they combine forces to make this meeting very special. Back in the 1970s, ...
Omri Ziegele’s Where’s Africa Trio: Can Walk On Sand
by Nic Jones
This could almost be a band “on a hiding to nothing" considering it self-consciously mines the seam of vibrant music first tapped by the likes of Chris McGregor and Harry Miller. Given the fact that it's only a trio, it's inevitable perhaps that the group lacks the sheer sonic impact of McGregor's much larger bands, but ...
Our Prayer
Label: Fledg'ling Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Church Mouse; Moonlight Aloe; Spike Nard; Our Prayer.
The Ogun Collection
Label: Ogun Records
Released: 2009
Track listing:
CD 1 Live in South Africa
1. Now (McGregor) - 8:36; 2. Coming Home (Pukwana) - 9:08; 3. I Cover the Waterfront (Green/Hyman) - 9:22; 4. Two for Sandi
(Pukwana) - 10:32; 5. Vortex Special (McGregor) - 12:08; 6. B My Dear (Pukwana) - 9:10; 7. Dorkay House (Pukwana) - 13:52.
CD 2 Blue Notes for Mongezi
1. First Movement - 42:14; 2. Second Movement - 36:31.
CD 3 Blue Notes for Mongezi
1. Third Movement - 41:07; 2. Fourth Movement - 37:11.
CD 4 Blue Notes in Concert
1. Lizwi/Msenge Mabelelo (Pukwana/Mbambisa) - 12:34; 2. Nqamakwe (McGregor) - 5:42; 3. Manje/Funky Boots (McGregor) - 13:45;
4. We Nduna (tradizionale) - 10:06; 5. Kudala (tradizionale) - 9:04; 6. Mama Ndoluse/Abalimanga (tradizionale) - 5:48.
CD 5 Blue Notes for Johnny
1. Funk Dem Dudu (Dyani) - 10:00; 2. Eyomzi (Dyani) - 4:53; 3. Ntyilo Ntyilo (tradizionale) - 7:55; 4. Blues for Nick (Pukwana) - 4:39;
5. Monks & Mbizo (McGregor/Moholo) - 9:51; 6. Ithi Gqi (Dyani) - 8:32; 7. Funk De Dudu (Dyani) - 5:30; 8. Eyomzi (Dyani) - 5:01;
9. Funk Dem Dudu (Dyani) - 8:43.
Chris McGregor: Our Prayer
by Stuart Broomer
Chris McGregor (1936-1990) is best known as the pianist/leader of the Brotherhood of Breath and its small band antecedent the Blue Notes, the group that he formed in South Africa in 1963. The inter-racial band elected for a voluntary European exile from their homeland and its policies that would ban their very right to assemble. In ...
John Tchicai at Cafe Oto in London
by John Sharpe
John Tchicai / John Edwards / Tony Marsh Cafe Oto London August 24, 2009Having played with John Coltrane on his groundbreaking Ascension (Impulse, 1965), it was no surprise that Danish reedman John Tchicai attracted a large crowd on one of his infrequent London appearances at Dalston's Cafe Oto.
John Surman: Listen and Trust
by Thomas Conrad
John Surman is arguably the best baritone saxophonist to come into jazz since Gerry Mulligan and one of the most important British jazz musicians of his generation. Yet he has rarely performed in the United States and never as a leader. Therefore it is no exaggeration to describe his upcoming gig at Birdland as a genuine ...
John Surman: From Boy Choirs to Big Horns
by John Kelman
It's increasingly risky to be a musician on the road. When British saxophonist John Surman was traveling from his home in Oslo, Norway, to New York City in September, 2007 for a recording session, he almost lost his baritone saxophone to the airlines. “It is a nightmare traveling now," says Surman, “and hardly a tour goes ...
Blue Notes: The Ogun Collection
by AAJ Italy Staff
In principio fu il Sud Africa; e la fuga dall'apartheid di cinque musicisti neri e un pianista bianco. Era il 1964 e nel paese dei diamanti le prospettive per un sestetto jazz a ranghi misti [si chiamavano Blue Notes] non erano certo incoraggianti. Da qui la decisione di approfittare dell'invito del festival di Juan-Les-Pins, arrivato grazie ...
Eclipse at Dawn
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Introduction by Ronnie Scott; Nick Tete; Restless; Do It; Eclipse at Dawn; The Bride; Now; Funky Boots March; Ronnie Scott and Chris McGregor send-off and applause.
