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Article: Live Review

The Paul Dunmall Trio at the Vortex, London

Read "The Paul Dunmall Trio at the Vortex, London" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Paul Dunmall/Nick Stephens/Tony Marsh The Vortex London, England May 19, 2009 British reedman Paul Dunmall breaks bread with a wide range of collaborators. While the ensuing documentation is less prolific than say Anthony Braxton's or Steve Lacy's in either's heyday, there is rarely overlap in personnel on consecutive discs. Saxophone, ...

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Article: London Calling

Ornette Coleman's Meltdown is the Best Ever

Read "Ornette Coleman's Meltdown is the Best Ever" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

Ornette Coleman's Meltdown London June 12-21, 2009 Ever since it was announced in late March that Ornette Coleman was to curate the 2009 Meltdown festival at the South Bank, Coleman seemed to dominate the capital. The festival's trademark image of a young Coleman soulfully eyeballing the camera was everywhere, on ...

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Article: Album Review

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: The Moment's Energy

Read "The Moment's Energy" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Over the course of a dozen years and four albums, British saxophonist Evan Parker's groundbreaking Electro-Acoustic Ensemble has grown in size and scope, from the sextet that released Toward the Margins (ECM, 1997)--and still remains at the core of the group today--to the 11-piece ensemble responsible for The Eleventh Hour (ECM, 2005). Retaining the careful balance ...

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Article: Live Review

Marc Ribot / Evan Parker / Han Bennink at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, June 14th

Read "Marc Ribot / Evan Parker / Han Bennink at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, June 14th" reviewed by Marcus O'Dair

by Marcus O'Dair

Marc Ribot / Evan Parker / Han Bennink Queen Elizabeth Hall London, England June 14, 2009 The Moment's Energy, a new ECM release from Evan Parker, may be a slight disappointment from an artist who has been acclaimed by some as the heir apparent to John Coltrane. Yet this appearance, ...

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Article: Album Review

Stefan Keune / Hans Schneider / Achim Kramer: No Comment

Read "No Comment" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

Improvised music is rife with precedents in these early years of the twenty-first century, both on record and otherwise. The one for the trio of saxophone, bass and drums was set under the leadership of Sonny Rollins over half a century ago and since then the line-up has been amply documented on record. Set against those ...

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Article: Album Review

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: No Now Is So

Read "No Now Is So" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

Pianist Alexander Hawkins is one of the brightest rising young stars of British jazz and improvisation, amply demonstrated by his work in Barkingside, the Convergence Quartet, and the Evan Parker Quartet. Hawkins has technique in abundance and a brain quick enough to make creative use of it. With no obvious stylistic antecedents, he excels in a ...

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Article: Album Review

Lawrence Casserley / Adam Linson: Integument

Read "Integument" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

Lawrence Casserley and Adam Linson have well-established links with Evan Parker and with each other. Both have previous releases on Psi and since 2004 both have been members of Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. That is highly relevant to the music on Integument as that ensemble features real-time processing of sound, as does this album. On his solo ...

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Article: Profile

Barry Guy: Ode to a Bassist

Read "Barry Guy: Ode to a Bassist" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin

In 2007, just in time for bassist Barry Guy's 60th birthday, Intakt Records released Portrait, equal parts compilation, introduction, overview and mere glimpse into the musical world of this instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. There are tracks from several editions of Guy's colossal London Jazz Composers Orchestra (LJCO), pieces done with longstanding collaborators like Evan Parker and ...

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Article: Live Review

Taylor Ho Bynum and Harris Eisenstadt in London: A Second Anglo/American Convergence

Read "Taylor Ho Bynum and Harris Eisenstadt in London: A Second Anglo/American Convergence" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Convergence Quartet The Vortex London, U.K. April 27, 2009 Last sighted on these shores in the autumn of 2006, the success of the Convergence Quartet 's inaugural meeting has now borne the fruit of a further tour for cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, drummer Harris Eisenstadt, and the up-and-coming English pairing ...

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Article: Album Review

Marteau Rouge / Evan Parker: Live

Read "Live" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Saxophonist Evan Parker performs here with a France-based trio at a Paris venue, in a wily acoustic-electric exhibition and one that transmits yet another side of the artist's musicality. Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recordings for ECM Records are designed upon a large group layout. On this 2009 release, the electronics are placed a bit more in the ...


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