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John Butcher/Phil Durrant/John Russell: The Scenic Route
by Robert Spencer
Three improvisers with long resumes and magnificent virtuosity. Themeless improvised music that highlights the abilities of each musician to interact with his fellows and create a seamless whole of spontaneous composition. That is The Scenic Route by John Butcher, Phil Durrant, and John Russell. The title may be derived from the unhurried nature of these 1998 ...
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Low Profile 1977-1988
by Glenn Astarita
The late drummer John Stevens was charismatic, at times unpredictable yet played with conviction and enthusiasm through his now historic free jazz/improv band, “Spontaneous Music Ensemble”. The rendition of SME portrayed here, represents the version “that lasted the longest period, whilst probably performing and recording the least”, from the words of Emanem’s Martin Davidson. Here, Stevens ...
Roger Smith: Extended Plays - solo guitar improvisations 1993-97
by Glenn Astarita
Guitarist Roger Smith is well known for his long association with the late John Stevens’ now legendary, Spontaneous Music Ensemble of which he spent nearly 20 years. Smith is recognized for his ingenuity as a free-improvisational guitarist. Here, on Extended Plays-Improvised Solos we are treated to 9 pieces from this truly amazing, starkly original and somewhat ...
Parker, Rutherford, Schneider & Lytton: Waterloo 1985
by Glenn Astarita
Waterloo 1985 was recorded live at “Le Festival Jazz ET Musiques Improvisees” in Waterloo, Belgium August 17,1985 and features one lengthy piece titled, “Dark Interior”. This “live date” signifies the British Free-Jazz movement at its best, as Evan Parker (saxophones), Paul Rutherford (trombone), Paul Lytton (perc), and Hans Scnheider (bass) present a case study in improvisation. ...
Evan Parker: Waterloo 1985
by Robert Spencer
The intoxicating spirit of the kind of “free" improvisation that this disc exemplifies comes from the in-the-moment interplay between the players, a microscopic call-and-response activity that creates a music of flows, eddies, tensions, and releases. Over the single hour-long track on this disc, Evan Parker , Paul Rutherford, Hans Schneider, and Paul Lytton play undulating music ...
John Butcher-Phil Durrant-John Russell: The Scenic Route
by Glenn Astarita
Jon Butcher (saxophones), Phil Durrant (violin) and John Russell (guitar) are a free-jazz or improvisational power trio of sorts. The Scenic Route is the latest from this daring and adventurous group as tracks 1-4 were recorded live in France and track 5 recorded live in London. The opener, “Heavy Merge” commences as if three scientists were ...
ROTTOR: The First Full Turn
by Glenn Astarita
ROTTOR is: Paul Rutherford (trombone, voice), Julie Tippett (voice, thumb piano), Keith Tippett (piano, bells, maracas) and Paul Rogers (bass). The title cut clocks in at 53 minutes and features some lengthy collective improvisations from these veterans of the British Free Jazz scene. Julie Tippett is the conductor so to speak. Her vocal improvisations tend to ...
Steve Lacy: Steve Lacy saxophone special +
by Glenn Astarita
Steve Lacy’s “Saxophone Special +" portrays extremely artistic collaborations with the gods of the British Free Jazz movement. This CD comprises re-releases of original LP’s on EMANEM recorded in 1973 and 1974. Saxophone Special + without a doubt is a historical archive pertaining to the evolution of free and largely improvised music. While there are a ...
