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Nat Birchall: Alone In The Music
by Chris May
Two of the most over-used phrases in music journalism are “overnight star" and “out of nowhere," and so apologies for starting with them here. But when it comes to describing British saxophonist Nat Birchall, they have an unusual degree of exactitude. Birchall, born in 1957 in the rural seclusion of the hill country of North-West England, ...
Drummer Muhammed Ali Interviewed at AAJ
Though not as well known as his brother, drummer Rashied Ali (1935-2009), Muhammad Ali spent the 1970s as one of the busiest drummers in free jazz, primarily working in a cooperative Paris-based quartet with saxophonist Frank Wright, pianist Bobby Few and bassist Alan Silva, and known as the Center of the World Quartet. Born in Philadelphia ...
Muhammad Ali: From a Family of Percussionists
by Clifford Allen
Though not as well known as his brother, drummer Rashied Ali (1935-2009), Muhammad Ali spent the 1970s as one of the busiest drummers in free jazz, primarily working in a cooperative Paris-based quartet with saxophonist Frank Wright, pianist Bobby Few and bassist Alan Silva, and known as the Center of the World Quartet. Born in Philadelphia ...
David S. Ware Quartet: Live in Vilnius
by Clifford Allen
David S. Ware Live in Vilnius No Business 2009 The year 2009 could be a rather big year for tenor saxophonist and improvising composer David S. Ware, and that's saying a lot. After all, Ware has long been one of the most celebrated figures in free jazz, owing not only ...
Unity
By Frank Wright
Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Unity Part I - 27:28;
02. Unity Part II - 29:00.
Frank Wright: Unity
by AAJ Italy Staff
Precocemente scomparso nel 1990, il tenorista Frank Wright non ha potuto godere di quella - seppur relativa - rivalutazione che ha riguardato negli ultimi anni molti artisti free. Folgorato sulla via di Ayler dopo una anonima militanza come bassista in ambiti r&b, Wright è stato testimone vivo della new thing newyorkese e ha trovato nell'etichetta ESP ...
Unity
By Frank Wright
Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2006
Track listing: Unity Part 1; Unity Part 2.
Frank Wright: Unity
by Nic Jones
The late Frank Wright focused on one aspect of Albert Ayler's work and attempted to run with it, but energy alone, however, as Ayler understood, was not a foundation strong enough to build the kind of music that holds attention. Unity, a previously unissued release which documents a live performance by Wright's quartet at the Moers ...
Frank Wright: The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings
by Germein Linares
This two-disc set features two of the notoriously underrated saxophonist's albums, 1965's Frank Wright Trio and 1967's Your Prayer, as well as providing some brief interviews with Wright and ESP-Disk record producer Bernard Stollman. Born in Grenada, Mississippi in 1935, Wright grew up playing the electric bass in R&B bands in Memphis and later in Cleveland, ...
The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings
By Frank Wright
Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2005
Track listing: CD1: The Earth; Jerry; The Moon; Interviews: Bernard Stollman Meets Frank Wright;
Recording; The Voice of Life; Playing With Other Musicians; Bernard Advises Frank on
Europe; Europe vs America; Other recordings, books and more; All is said. CD2: The Lady;
Train Stop; No End; Fire of Spirits; Your Prayer.
