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Bill Dixon Quartet: Berlin Abbozzi

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2001

By all accounts, including his own, Bill Dixon is a very private and passionate man. On the record in an interview with Cadence's Bob Rusch several decades ago Dixon recounted a litany of misconceptions ascribed against him and in no uncertain terms stated his disdain for those unable or unwilling to accept his artistry on its ...

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Bill Dixon: Berlin Abbozzi

by Andrew Lindstrom
January 1, 2001

The evocative, untitled pen-and-ink abstract which graces the cover of Bill Dixon's latest release, Berlin Abbozzi (FMP), hints at the impressive aesthetic focus of the sounds contained within. The cover art is Dixon's own; it is a beautifully balanced piece, mostly shades of a single hue, with a certain aura of forboding mystery. The music only ...

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Bill Dixon: Berlin Abbozzi

by John Sharpe
January 1, 2001

Bill Dixon’s latest recording, his first on FMP, is an intimate club date well captured in November 1999. The instrumentation of trumpet, two basses and drums, is one which has been used to good effect on previous Dixon recordings such as November 1981 and the two volumes of Vade Mecum, both on Soul Note. This group ...

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Olaf Rupp: Life Science

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2001

Taken solely on the trappings of this release Olaf Rupp is something of an enigma, a German guitar prodigee who skipped the usual scuttling about in obscurity and shot straight to the big leagues of FMP. His debut disc for the label is complex primer detailing his impressive command of string theory and praxis. Recorded direct ...

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Schlippenbach & Johansson: Live 1976/77

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2001

Alexander von Schlippenbach has always worked well with drummers and his previous discography bears his preference for such percussive partners out. From the work unveiled on this disc to later meetings with the likes of Sunny Murray and Tony Oxley ( Smoke and Diggers Harvest respectively, both on FMP) his own percussive style with hooks in ...

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Abiding Variations

By Charles Gayle

Label: FMP Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Variations I; Variations II; Variartions III; Variations IV; Variations V; Variations VI; Variations VII.

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Charles Gayle 3: Abiding Variations

Read "Abiding Variations" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
September 1, 1999

Often denigrated and lauded in equal measure, Charles Gayle is perhaps the most iconoclastic jazz musician of the 90's. His penchant for fundamentalist-grounded religious diatribes and earlier bouts with homelessness frequently garner as much press as his monolithic musical prowess. He is a master at inciting both heated vocal reaction and awe-struck, gaping stares among his ...

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