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Barry Guy / Marilyn Crispell / Paul Lytton: Deep Memory

by John Sharpe
Bassist Barry Guy took a key role in pianist Howard Riley's groundbreaking trio in the late 60s, early 70s. And while that early experience has in no way defined him, it means it perhaps comes as less of a surprise that he has increasingly turned to the format in the latter part of his career. One ...
Howard Riley and Keith Tippett at Pizza Express

by Duncan Heining
Howard Riley and Keith Tippett Pizza Express London March 9, 2015 It's been a while since two of the world's great improvising pianists played together--twenty-two years to be precise. This fact alone may have brought a goodly and appreciative turn-out to Soho's Pizza Express Jazz Club. If so, Howard ...
Barry Guy: Ploughs into Swordshares, Part 1-3

by Duncan Heining
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Edgar Varèse's defiant statement in the face of public and critical indifference -"The present day composer refuses to die"could so easily apply to composer-bassist Barry Guy. He has earned over the years a deep and lasting respect from certain fans and critics, though more so in ...
Howard Riley: Howard Riley: Lush Life

by Duncan Heining
With the reissues of Discussions, Angle and The Day Will Come, the last few months have offered an embarrassment of riches for Howard Riley fans. We have here two recent solo recordings, one in the studio and one live in Lithuania, and a live duo album with the late, great Jaki Byard from 1985. Of course, ...
Howard Riley: Reinventing the Jazz Piano Trio

by Duncan Heining
Even allowing for journalistic hyperbole, the phrase reinventing the jazz piano trio" was a doozy. It all seemed a bit Emperor's new clothes" or, as my late mother used to put it, new coat and no knickers." For a time in the noughties, British critics variously applied the phrase to Esbjorn Svensson, Brad Mehldau, The Necks, ...
Discussions

By Howard Riley
Label: Dusk Fire
Released: 2015
Track listing: Sweet and Lovely; Romance; Nardis; Sunflower; Children At Play; Spring Is Here; What's New; Folk Theme No. 1; Bonus tracks: Just One Of Those Things; September In The Rain.
Howard Riley: Lush Life

By Howard Riley
Label:
Released: 2015
Track listing: Album Title #1
First Track; Second Track.
Album Title #2
First Track; Second Track.
10.11.12

By Howard Riley
Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Dwelling One; Dwelling Two; Understanding; From Somewhere; Identification; Lush Life.
Howard Riley: 10.11.12

by John Sharpe
English pianist Howard Riley has found a late career champion in the Lithuanian No Business imprint. 10:11:12 constitutes his fourth release in as many years. In the liner to his previous album Live With Repertoire (2013), the pianist explained that he likes to characterize his gigs into with/without repertoire. As such this outing falls mainly into ...