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To Be Continued
By Howard Riley
Label: Slam Productions
Released: 2014
Track listing: To Be Continued; East West; Just Maybe; Two Part Intention; The Folks Who Live on the Hill; Solving the Problem; Descending Thoughts; Haunted; One More Thing.
Howard Riley: To Be Continued
by Maurizio Zerbo
Il settantenne pianista britannico torna ad incidere dopo tre anni di silenzio discografico. Come era lecito aspettarsi, il nuovo disco è un'opera di non facile leggibilità nel suo libero fluire fra soluzioni monkiane ed eurocolte. Howard Riley produce una pulsazione densa di accenti, che lascia spazio all'aspetto percussivo del proprio strumento. Il suo fraseggio è sfuggente ...
Howard Riley: Live With Repertoire
by John Sharpe
British pianist Howard Riley's previous album on No Business, the monumental The Complete Short Stories: 1998-2010 (2011), was a revelation to many, collecting together 6 CDs of stunning aphoristic improvisations. However on Live With Repertoire, as the title suggests, the pianist concentrates primarily on the songbook, particularly Monk, one of his touchstones along with Ellington. In ...
Elton Dean / Paul Dunmall / Paul Rogers / Tony Bianco: Remembrance
by John Sharpe
English saxophonist Elton Dean has inspired several memorials since his untimely demise in 2006. But there is always space for another when it is as vital as Remembrance, a two CD set from 2004 issued by the Lithuanian NoBusiness imprint. Best known for his seminal work with the jazz rock pioneers Soft Machine, Dean also amassed ...
Howard Riley: Live with Repertoire
by Duncan Heining
Pianist Howard Riley turned 70 in February and belatedly celebrates the event with the release of a new CD, Live with Repertoire (NoBusiness Records). It's a really strong live, solo set of standards and a few original tunes recorded last year in Leicester and one that emphasises one particular aspect of his playing. Riley remains one ...
RED Trio: Rebento
by John Sharpe
Piano trios which accentuate the abstract facets of the format have become increasingly widespread in recent years, although boasting a legacy which stretches back to the pioneering outfits of British pianist Howard Riley in the late 1960s with bassist Barry Guy. Foremost among the current roll call, which includes Frenchwoman Eve Risser, Spaniard Agusti Fernandez, and ...
Meet Maxim Micheliov
by AAJ Staff
I currently live in: Vilnius, LithuaniaI joined All About Jazz in: 2010What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? My professional background is in web marketing, and I connected with Michael Ricci through Chris Rich, who encouraged me to submit my first article “Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music." High ...
Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Harmos Live At Schaffhausen
by John Sharpe
Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers OrchestraHarmos Live At SchaffhausenIntakt2012For those who thought they had missed their chance to see one of the most impressive agglomerations of talent in European improvisation, the 2008 appearance of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra in Switzerland was manna from heaven. Having last ...
