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Article: Multiple Reviews

Derek Bailey: Concert in Milwaukee and Scrutables

by John Eyles
October 10, 2011

Remarkably, over five years after his death on Christmas Day 2005, these two recordings by guitarist Derek Bailey--one dating from 1983, the other from 2000--have never before been properly released. In a 2001 interview, Bailey spoke in typically jocular fashion about the number of neglected tapes that were about in his house in Hackney, London. Of ...

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Article: Live Review

Punkt 2011: Kristiansand, Norway, September 1-3, 2011

by John Kelman
September 19, 2011

Punkt Festival 2011 The Agder Theatre Kristiansand, Norway September 1-3, 2011It was almost not meant to be. Plagued by a combination of airline snafus and the residual effects of Hurricane Irene--which had hit the northeast coast of the United States a few days earlier, creating (amidst other much more serious results) a ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Free Space / Otherways: Life Amid The Artefacts

by John Eyles
June 9, 2011

Free Space / OtherwaysLife Amid The ArtefactsEmanem2011 (1973, 1984) 2010-11 has been a fruitful period for releases highlighting London improvisation in the mid-1970s, with Teatime, previously only issued on vinyl on Incus, getting its first CD issue, as well as More 74 (Incus, 2010) featuring recently discovered ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

David Sylvian: Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations

by John Kelman
June 1, 2011

David Sylvian Died In The Wool: Manafon Variations samadhisound 2011 As the world becomes a smaller place, so, paradoxically, do musical communities expand to reach around it. British singer/composer David Sylvian--first of 1980s pop group Japan, but then a solo artist taking increasing chances with each successive album--has been busting ...

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Article: Interview

Barry Guy: Striving For Absolute Spontaneity

by Maxim Micheliov
May 31, 2011

Barry Guy seems to be one of the most convincing figures in a long line of contemporary innovators whose discoveries possess everlasting value. Being a diverse improviser, a bassist of exceptional technique, an accomplished composer and a big band leader, this artist amazes by the scope of his interests and his variety of his accomplishments.

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Article: Album Review

Kermit Driscoll: Reveille

Read "Reveille" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 30, 2011

Reveille marks bassist and educator Kermit Driscoll's freshman solo outing, and features his longtime associate, guitarist Bill Frisell. As a member of Frisell's dynamic trio with drummer Joey Baron, the term cutting-edge took on notorious implications. Similar forward-reaching concepts are explored throughout this multidimensional program. Mildly surprising is the inclusion of Vinnie Colaiuta, though the all-universe ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord: Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!

Read "Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 26, 2011

For their sophomore outing on Hot Cup Records and fourth overall, Brooklyn guitarist Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord take a skewed look at jazz with rock sensibilities--or should that be the other way round? Lundbom can be hard to pin down: he has been compared to the likes of Derek Bailey and a young John ...

Article: Book Review

Derek Bailey: Improvvisazione. Sua natura e pratica in musica

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 28, 2011

Improvvisazione. Sua natura e pratica in musica Di Derek Bailey ETS Non è un caso che la nuova edizione italiana dell'Improvvisazione di Derek Bailey sia uscita per iniziativa di un filosofo, Arnold I. Davidson, che ne ha proposto la pubblicazione in una collana di filosofia. Il libro di Bailey resta non solo un volume di importanza ...

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Article: Book Review

Music Is Rapid Transportation...From The Beatles To Xenakis

by Chris May
April 8, 2011

Music Is Rapid Transportation...From The Beatles To Xenakis Editor: Daniel Kernohan Paperback; 280 pagesISBN: 9781895166047Chavari Press2010 Music Is Rapid Transportation...From The Beatles To Xenakis is a book many jazz fans would probably like to write. It is, basically, a list of favorite albums. ...

Article: Lyrics

Post Scriptum: Derek Bailey

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 28, 2011

Un anno e mezzo fa, in occasione della ristampa di Lot 74, celebravamo la rinascita della Incus Records. Dopo gli anni di preoccupante inattività seguiti alla scomparsa di Derek Bailey (il giorno di Natale del 2005), Karen Brookman, che del chitarrista inglese è stata inseparabile compagna per oltre vent'anni, decideva di riprendere il filo del discorso ...