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Furthest From "Weather Bird" So Far...
by Nic Jones
I've taught jazz history classes where I've made use of the Armstrong yardstick. It's a straightforward thing involving no more than comparing and contrasting two Louis Armstrong performances from the 1920s, the latter of which is always “Weather Bird," a duet featuring Armstrong and Earl Hines, on piano. So pitting, say, “Skip the Gutter," from June ...
New improvised music label Fataka launches
by John Eyles
It is always a pleasure to welcome a new improvised music label, particularly when its initial releases give a strong indication that it will be releasing high quality recordings by some of the best improvisers around. That is certainly the case with Trevor Brent's Fataka, the newest label to emerge onto the London scene. As well ...
Tom Soloveitzik, Korhan Erel, Kevin Davis: Three States of Freedom
by John Eyles
Eddie Prevost's improvisation workshop has been meeting weekly in London since 1999, with several hundred participants having attended. In that time, some of its long-standing participants, such as saxophonist Seymour Wright, guitarist Ross Lambert and pianist Sebastian Lexer, have built up considerable performance histories and discographies. Lately, there has been an increasing trickle of ...
James O’Sullivan: Feed Back Couple
by John Eyles
Guitarist James O'Sullivan is a longstanding member of Eddie Prévost's Workshop, one of the main driving forces of improvised music in London. The Workshop has been running every Friday evening since November 1999, with O'Sullivan attending since 2004. Although O'Sullivan has appeared on disc before--notably on Winterlands (Forwind, 2011), by the innovative songs-plus-improv quartet Clang Sayne--Feed ...
David Sylvian: Died In The Wool - Manafon Variations
by John Kelman
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 ...
Full line-ups announced for As Alike As Trees
Saturday 5th March and Sunday 6th March 2011 London's latest improvised music festival As Alike As Trees makes its debut over the weekend of 5th and 6th March, curated by saxophonist David O'Connor and violinist Jennifer Allum, both of whom are regulars at Eddie Prévost's weekly Friday evening improvising workshops. Alongside O'Connor and Allum, the weekend ...
London Welcomes a New Improv Festival: As Alike As Trees
On the weekend of March 5th and 6th, London will host a new addition to its ever-growing roster of festivals of improvised music—the intriguingly titled As Alike As Trees. Organised by saxophonist David O'Connor and violinist Jennifer Alum, both regulars at Eddie Prévost's Friday evening workshop sessions, the festival features many musicians from the workshop alongside ...
Fifty-Fifty: Fragments
by Nic Jones
Entering the territory mapped by reeds/drums duos is a surprisingly risky undertaking, given the precedents: John Coltrane with Rashied Ali, Evan Parker with Paul Lovens, and the line-up of AMM that featured percussionist Eddie Prévost keeping the company of tenor saxophonist Lou Gare. For all its undoubted merits, the German duo Fifty-Fifty maybe just isn't ready ...
Freedom of the City 2010
by Ken Waxman
"To Thine Self Be True" is lettered above the stage at Conway Hall where London's annual Freedom of the City (FOTC) festival took place May 2nd-3rd. Although related to the philosophy of the Humanist Society that built the edifice, the slogan can be applied to the 16 sets that made up the festival. Organized ...
John Butcher: duos with piano and harp
by John Eyles
Although his first release, Fonetiks (Bead, 1984), was a duo with pianist Chris Burn, in saxophonist John Butcher's large discography, duos are comparatively scarce. The majority are with drummers such as Gerry Hemingway, Paal Nilssen-Love, Eddie Prevost, Gino Robair, Mark Sanders and Dylan van der Schyff. Other notable partners include pianist Steve Beresford, bassist John Edwards, ...
