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John Butcher / Mark Sanders: Daylight
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is a visceral energy that drives the music on Daylight and all of this has to do with the wonderful musicality of saxophonist John Butcher and drummer Mark Sanders. From the sense of moist breath that courses through Butcher's horn--as interspersed with breathy growls, guttural smears and sensational squeaks and wails, depending on the emotional ...
Veryan Weston / Ingrid Laubrock / Hannah Marshall: Haste
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Veryan Weston is one of the most creative musicians in recent times--or, perhaps, ancient times would be closer to the truth, for what is new emanates from the old and what is old gives birth to the new. Weston presides over this conundrum like a medieval apothecary concocting brilliant and powerful and magical potions that take ...
Steve Lacy: Avignon and After - 1
by John Eyles
Emanem and Steve Lacy have been entwined since the label was born with the release of the saxophonist's LP Solo (1974). The first eight tracks of this CD hold the contents of that album, recorded at two August, 1972 concerts in Avignon--significantly, Lacy's very first solo concerts. Ever since, the label has championed the music of ...
Two Sides of Alex Ward
by John Eyles
Alex Ward originally came to prominence as an improvising clarinetist when he played at Derek Bailey's Company week in London back in 1988. But since 1997 he has also enjoyed a rising profile as a guitarist in ensembles including rock band Camp Blackfoot, the poppish instrumental group Pocket and improvising trio NEW (with Steve Noble on ...
Iskra 1903: Goldsmiths
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Iskra is the name of a group comprised of ingenious British improvising musicians on the very edge what is idiomatically modern. Iskra is Russian for “spark," and also happens to have been the name of the paper that Lenin edited before the Russian Revolution. Add to the equation Goldsmiths, a venue for their breathless, expressive music. ...
Barrel: Gratuitous Abuse
by Raul d'Gama Rose
How far can the primary family of strings be pushed? Does humor--a question once asked by Frank Zappa--still belong in music? From time to time these questions might be answered in a remarkable performance or two, but as creativity in music falters for lack of true industry support, it is not often that musicians can truly ...
Veryan Weston: Different Tessellations
by AAJ Italy Staff
In quasi tutti gli anni Settanta il nome di Veryan Weston, che approdò nella città in riva al Tamigi trasferendosi dalla Cornovaglia proprio agli inizi di quel decennio, fu uno dei più citati e omaggiati da critici e innovatori della più profonda “contemporary art" tout-court. Spesso accanto a Lol Coxhill, Trevor Watts e Phil Minton, il ...
Trevor Watts - Veryan Weston: 5 More Dialogues
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dieci anni giusti dopo l'interessante 6 Dialogues uscito sempre per la Emanem, il sassofonista Trevor Watts e il pianista Veryan Weston incrociano nuovamente gli strumenti per dar forma a questi ulteriori “5 Dialoghi" registrati a Londra nella scorsa primavera. Due “devoti" al free e all'usuale forma improvvisativa che analizzano materia musicale sostanzialmente algebrica ove la ricerca ...
