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Matthew Shipp Returns To Cafe Oto In London, UK For A Three Night Residency
Iconoclastic piano genius Matthew Shipp returns to Cafe Oto for three nights, continuing and expanding collaborations formed in his unforgettable first residency back in 2010, and culminating in an evening of extended solo performance. Steeped in the history of the jazz avant-garde yet with an unmistakeably individual voice, Matthew Shipp has established himself as one of ...
Wadada Leo Smith: I'm A Dreamer
by John Sharpe
As dreamers go trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith lies at the more serious end of the spectrum. Not for him dreams that fade with the daylight, as evidenced by the realization of his epic Civil Rights inspired Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 2012). Smith actually composed the first piece of what developed into a 21 piece magnum opus ...
Rocket Science
By Evan Parker
Label: More Is More Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Track Fluid Dynamics; Life Support Systems; Flutter; Noise Control.
Vaincu.Va! Live At Western Front 1978
By Evan Parker
Label: Western Front
Released: 2013
Track listing: Vaincu.Va! Pt. 1; Vaincu.Va! Pt. 2.
Howard Riley: Live with Repertoire
by Duncan Heining
Pianist Howard Riley turned 70 in February and belatedly celebrates the event with the release of a new CD, Live with Repertoire (NoBusiness Records). It's a really strong live, solo set of standards and a few original tunes recorded last year in Leicester and one that emphasises one particular aspect of his playing. Riley remains one ...
Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura: Gen Himmel / Dragon Nat / Tornado
by Hrayr Attarian
Pianist Satoko Fujii and her husband trumpeter Natsuki Tamura are one of the most boldly creative and fearlessly innovative couples in contemporary music. For the past three years they have also been quite prolific, releasing eight albums on their own Libra Records alone. This increase in productivity, however, has not come at the expense of quality ...
Evan Parker/ Matthew Shipp: Rex, Wrecks & XXX
by John Sharpe
Few barriers remain in jazz. Certainly not geographical or generational. Even genre does not present insurmountable obstacles. Were it needed, further confirmation arrives in the shape of a meeting between two distinctive stylists: American pianist Matthew Shipp and English saxophone iconoclast Evan Parker. Far from being their first encounter, the pair know each other well, having ...
