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Phil Minton: A Doughnut in Both Hands: Solo Singing 1975-1982

Read "A Doughnut in Both Hands: Solo Singing 1975-1982" reviewed by Robert Spencer


A Doughnut in Both Hands is a collection of material recorded in 1975, 1980, 1981, and 1982. The first fifteen tracks were originally released in 1981, as Minton's first solo album; the last six were recorded at the same time or shortly thereafter, but not released until now. What is this, “Solo Singing 1975-1982"? Well, I ...

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Phil Minton: A Doughnut In Both Hands

Read "A Doughnut In Both Hands" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


This is a new release from the venerable EMANEM label which, categorically specializes in Free and Improvised music. The legendary Phil Minton has been a mainstay of the British Free Jazz movement for decades. Here, EMANEM has reissued tracks which originally appeared on Minton’s first solo effort for guitarist Fred Frith’s now defunct, “Rift” label and ...

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Paul Rutherford/Julie Tippett / Keith Tippett / Paul Rogers: Rottor: The First Full Turn

Read "Rottor: The First Full Turn" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Paul Rutherford is the great innovator of the trombone: his Gentle Harm of The Bourgeoisie is described justly (on the CD sleeve of this disc) as “the definitive solo trombone record." On Rottor: The First Full Turn Rutherford is joined by vocalist Julie Tippett (who has brought along her thumb piano), her husband, pianist Keith Tippett ...

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Spontaneous Music Orchestra: For You to Share

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The orchestra here in question is the renowned English free drummer John Stevens and reedman Trevor Watts (on soprano here) plus – on the first track, the four-part “For You to Share" – “numerous young musicians and audience members." It was May 20, 1970. The sound is a bit dodgy, especially this first track, with the ...

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Lol Coxhill / Veryan Weston: Boundless

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Lol Coxhill is quite the case, eh wot? He can gibber on his soprano saxophone with the best of them (cf. the brief opener, “School Test"), but he can also play acidly lyrical lines (which may be why the second track is named “Slurry," which as far as I know is the gooey sweet stuff that ...

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Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton: At the Vortex

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Evan Parker's last disc for FMP called him “a star of free jazz," and that he certainly is. What's more, Parker / Guy / Lytton are a free jazz supergroup. They rank with Anthony Braxton's quartet with Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, and Gerry Hemingway, as one of the most renowned, oft-recorded, and long-lived ensembles in the ...

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Lol Coxhill / Veryan Weston: Boundless

Read "Boundless" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Lol Coxhill is quite a case, eh wot? He can gibber on his soprano saxophone with the best of them (cf. the brief opener, “School Test"), but he can also play acidly lyrical lines (which may be why the second track is named “Slurry," which as far as I know is the gooey sweet stuff that ...

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Playing Alone

Label: Emanem
Released: 1997

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Figure Ground

Label: Emanem
Released: 1997


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