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RIP Harry Beckett (1935-2010)
The much-admired trumpeter and flugelhorn player Harry Beckett died this afternoon after a stroke on Tuesday. His last gig was Big Band Britannia with Guy Barker's orchestra last month. The roll-call of bands he was in makes him a central figure of the 60s/70s British scene: Ian Carr's Nucleus, the Brotherhood of Breath and The Dedication ...
John Tchicai: Four Ways
by Robert Iannapollo
New York Art Quartet Old Stuff Cuneiform 2010 John Tchicai's Five Points One Long Minute Nu Bop 2010 John Tchicai In Monk's Mood Steeplechase 2009
Graham Collier: Darius / Midnight Blue / New Conditions
by Nic Jones
Graham Collier Music Darius / Midnight Blue / New Conditions BGO 2009 The benefit of hindsight reveals how the three LPs, recorded in the mid-1970s, collected here form the bridge between British bassist, composer and bandleader Graham Collier's early small group work and the expansion of tonal palette and compositional ...
Bob Downes: Electric City
by Roger Farbey
Despite this 1970 album having been previously reissued on CD in Germany and Japan, this is the first time it has received such an accolade in the United Kingdom, its country of origin. Bob Downes is a talented multi-instrumentalist and composer and this album was one of his incursions into the world of jazz-rock, although he ...
The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing:
1. Something Special - 2. Ultimate Tribute - 3. Fantastic Things - 4. The Storyteller - 5. Facing
It - 6. Rise & Shine (Cry of Triumph) - 7. The Forgotten Man - 8. Out of the Blue - 9. Switch Up! -
10. Like You Didn't Know - 11. Are You Sitting Comfortably? - 12. Everything Will Flip.
Bob Downes Open Music Trio: Flashback
by Roger Farbey
Bob Downes may be a name unfamiliar to many, but to some his name is synonymous with an electrifying period in British jazz. Downes was on the cusp of this new movement and recorded some idiosyncratic albums between 1969 and 1970. Deep Down Heavy was almost a rock album, whereas the as yet un-reissued Open Music ...
Graham Collier: Directing 14 Jackson Pollocks
by Nic Jones
Graham Collier Directing 14 Jackson Pollocks Jazz Continuum 2009 Reissues can have a telescoping effect on our perception of an artist because they focus on music from the past, which in British bandleader and composer Graham Collier's case can be anything up to 40 or so years old. In the ...
Evan Parker Trio at the Vortex in London
by John Sharpe
Evan Parker Trio The Vortex London, England July 16, 2009 “Support your local heroes!" is an injunction that should be familiar to every jazz fan. And that's what the Vortex Jazz Bar does on a regular basis by giving saxophone master Evan Parker a slot, usually on ...
Harry Beckett: The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett
by AAJ Italy Staff
La tromba di Harry Beckett, musicista nato nel 1935 e d'origini caraibiche, è una delle più note del jazz britannico degli anni Sessanta e Settanta. Le piste musicali da lui battute hanno spesso lasciato intendere una concezione del jazz molto allargata. Quella di un grande tetto fatto apposta per far incontrare suoni dal mondo. L'indole caraibica, ...
Eclipse at Dawn
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Introduction by Ronnie Scott; 02. Nick Tete (Pukwana); 03. Restless (McGregor); 04. Do It (McGregor); 05. Eclipse At Dawn (Ibrahim); 06. The Bride (Pukwana); 07. Now (McGregor); 08. Funky Boots March (Windo/Evans); 09. Ronnie Scott and Chris McGregor sendoff and applause.
