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Album

Lighthouse

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Space Junk; Weathergirls; One Morning; Above the Sun; The Wind on the Water; King Barolo; Wax Lyrical; Devilled; Tawel Nawr.

Album

The Impossible Gentlemen

Label: Basho Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 1. Laugh Lines - 5:11; 2. Clockmaker - 9:17; 3. When You Hold Her - 11:06; 4. You Won't Be Around to See It - 7:37; 5. Wallenda's Last Stand - 7:29; 6. Gwil's So - 8:43; 7. Play The Game - 7:37; 8. Sure Would Baby - 6:30.

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Article: Interview

Christoph Stiefel: Isorhythms and Circus Clowns

Read "Christoph Stiefel: Isorhythms and Circus Clowns" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


It's the end of a lengthy but enjoyable telephone interview with Christoph Stiefel and things are drawing to a close. Then the pianist asks if he can add one more comment: “This is my year. This is a really happening year for me: it's incredible. I've developed my style solo and with my Inner Language Trio ...

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Article: Album Review

Trish Clowes: And In The Night-Time She Is There

Read "And In The Night-Time She Is There" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Shortly after the release of And In The Night-Time She Is There, her second album, saxophonist Trish Clowes became a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, an honor that goes to the most talented young musicians from the worlds of classical and jazz music. Clowes is a worthy recipient, not least because she crosses the increasingly ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "Simcock/Garland/Sirkis - Lighthouse" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Simcock/Garland/Sirkis - Lighthouse"  Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ACT Music “Simcock/Garland/Sirkis - Lighthouse“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on October 28th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Gwilym Simcock at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your ...

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Article: Interview

Trish Clowes: From Shorter, Lovano and the Sphinx

Read "Trish Clowes: From Shorter, Lovano and the Sphinx" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


There doesn't seem to be an award for the best album title of the year anywhere in the wide world of jazz, but if there was then And In The Night-Time She Is There (Basho Records) would surely be a contender for 2012. The romantic and mysterious title belongs to the second album from saxophonist/composer Trish ...

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Article: Interview

Marialy Pacheco: A Sunshine State of Mind

Read "Marialy Pacheco: A Sunshine State of Mind" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It takes courage and self-belief to up sticks and try your luck in another country. There is, after all, no guarantee that things will work out, and some hard times are almost assured. The language barrier can leave you feeling utterly isolated, and until you gain fluency it is not possible to be truly yourself. It's ...

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Article: Album Review

Just Music Trio: Standpoint

Read "Standpoint" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Cross-pollination of music is as old as the hills, but the increasing frequency of such experimentation--the result of evermore sophisticated home recording technologies and file sharing--has obliterated the lines of latitude and longitude that traditionally separated musicians living in different countries/continents. This is leading to an ever greater number of sub-genres in all styles of music, ...

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Article: JazzLife UK

The Art Of The Song

Read "The Art Of The Song" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Singing is possibly the most universal of the arts, certainly of the musical arts. The human voice is the most portable of instruments, always there, always available. It's also the most expressive of instruments: almost every instrument invented in history has at some time or other been used to mimic the voice; none have truly succeeded.

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News: Recording

The Impossible Gentlemen (Simcock, Walker, Swallow, and Nussbaum) Announce US Release of New Recording.

The Impossible Gentlemen (Simcock, Walker, Swallow, and Nussbaum) Announce US Release of New Recording.

"the quartet, fulfilled all its promise - and then some. Walker's contribution to this ensemble was nothing short of sensational, through plenty of quiet, but compellingly lyrical music, as well as some post-bop gallops and a spectacular roaring blues. Simcock set the improv bar early on with a surging, McCoy Tyner-like solo on his own convoluted-bop ...


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