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Klaus Gesing: Heartluggage
by John Kelman
Sometimes a musician's associations are so high profile that it's easy to overlook his own work as a leader. Seeming to appear out of nowhere on British vocal legend Norma Winstone's sublime Distances (ECM, 2008) and Tunisian oudist Anouar Brahem's equally chamber-centric The Astounding Eyes of Rita (ECM, 2009), Klaus Gesing is, in fact, an established ...
Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival, Dec. 11-12, 2009
by Ian Patterson
Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival Baan Silom, Bangkok.
British Pianist Gwilym Simcock Interviewed at AAJ
Pianist/composer Gwilym Simcock has achieved a lot in a short time. His debut album as leader, Perception (Basho, 2007) was roundly praised as heralding the arrival of a significant new talent. Prior to that Simcock had captured attention for lighting up Bill Bruford's Earthworks, Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio and Malcolm Creese's Acoustic Triangle. Awards and commissions ...
Gwilym Simcock: It's All Just Music
by Ian Patterson
Pianist/composer Gwilym Simcock has achieved a lot in a short time. His debut album as leader, Perception (Basho, 2007) was roundly praised as heralding the arrival of a significant new talent. Prior to that Simcock had captured attention for lighting up Bill Bruford's Earthworks, Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio and Malcolm Creese's ...
Yuri Goloubev: Metafore Semplici
by Ian Patterson
After twelve years as principal bassist in the world renowned chamber orchestra Moscow Soloists, where he played with the likes of Mstislav Rostropovich, Vedim Repim and James Galway, Russian Yuri Goloubev made the bold move of abandoning the classical world, relocating to Italy and dedicating himself entirely to jazz. It hasn't worked out too badly, for ...
Blues Vignette
Label: Basho Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1: Little People; Exploration on Mvt II of Grieg Piano Concerto; On Broadway; Improvisation I - Statues; Improvisation II - Letter to the Editor; Improvisation III - Be Still Now; Caldera; Jaco and Joe; Suite for Cello and Piano Part 1 - Kinship; Suite for Cello and Piano Part 2 - Homeward. CD2: Introduction; Tundra; Blues Vignette; Black Coffee; Longing to Be; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Cry Me a River; 1981.
Gwilym Simcock: Blues Vignette
by Ian Patterson
Gwilym Simcock Blues Vignette Basho 2009 Pianist/composer Gwilym Simcock sees the 2CD set Blues Vignette as a musical snapshot capturing but one stage of his musical development. In fact, the album is more like a lovingly crafted self portrait which reveals both the musical bloodline and which hints ...
Tim Garland: Beyond the Frontier
by Ian Patterson
Composer, arranger and multi-reed virtuoso Tim Garland is a treasure the nation of the UK has yet to fully recognize. Having recorded a dozen albums in his own name, and arranged for and played in the groups of Chick Corea and Bill Bruford, Garland's pedigree as one of the leading jazz saxophonist/composers of his generation is ...
Gwilym Simcock: Blues Vignette
by John Kelman
Around long enough that the phrase “coming late to jazz" is no longer relevant, pianist Gwilym Simcock's star has been rapidly rising on the British scene for the past seven years, as he continues to mine the nexus of a classical upbringing with his more recent “conversion" to jazz. All too often, young artists release albums ...
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