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Izumi Kimura, Barry Guy, Gerry Hemingway: Six Hands Open As One

by Ian Patterson
It should come as no surprise that three of contemporary music's great improvisers should obliterate the boundaries between composed and improvised music. This is the second collaboration between pianist Izumi Kimura, double bassist Barry Guy and drummer/percussionist Gerry Hemingway following Illuminated Silence (Fundacja Sluchaj, 2019), a visceral live document where improvisation played out within conceptual compositional ...
Phil Haynes, Janel Leppin, & Ndududzo Makhathini

by Maurice Hogue
Last year veteran drummer Phil Haynes set out on a mission to document his past recording and music history; the first step, and a large one, was the publication of a book, Chasing The Masters," which was paralleled by a 60-plus compilation of songs by various groups he led or played with. One of those bands ...
William Parker, Kimura/Guy/Hemingway & Frank London

by Maurice Hogue
There are some shiny new trio albums highlighting this edition of One Man's Jazz that are well worth checking out. Bassist William Parker, keyboardist & instrument inventor Cooper-Moore and drummer Hamid Drake have played together in all manner of situations but they've never recorded as a trio; the new Heart Trio rectifies that, although don't expect ...
Aleka Potinga: Romania: Songs Of Love And Longing

by Ian Patterson
You can take singer/cellist Aleka Potinga out of Romania, but you cannot take Romania out of her musical soul. Classically trained in Bucharest, and Dublin-based since 2012, Potinga has slotted into the city's fluid jazz/improvised music scenes, working with Izumi Kimura, Ronan Guilfoyle, Tommy Halferty and Cello Ireland. Her debut album Person I Knew (Self-Produced, 2019) ...
Kairos

By Izumi Kimura
Label: Fundacja Sluchaj
Released: 2023
Track listing: Dendrochronology; Water Thief; Day Into Night; Chronostrata; Cloud Echoes; .Kairos; Over The Tide; Circadian
Twilight.
Izumi Kimura: Translating The World Into Music

by Ian Patterson
Music may not be the most important thing in the world, not with all the turmoil that is going on, but it would be hard to envisage life without it. At the very least music can be a balm in stormy times, a distraction from the madness. Plenty of philosophers have waxed lyrical about ...
Izumi Kimura & Gerry Hemingway: Kairos

by Ian Patterson
In ancient Greek kairos means the right time for action. The word relates both to archery and weaving. It is an apt title for pianist Izumi Kimura and drummer/percussionist Gerry Hemingway's debut duo album, as in-the-moment intent, precision and intricacy course through their dialogues. No strangers to one another, they first played as duo in 2016, ...
Andy Emler, Cécile Broché, Ember Trio & Maurice Louca

by Maurice Hogue
No visa or passports required for this edition of One Man's Jazz as the music is on a bit of European jaunt with artists from France: pianist Andy Emler, pianist Bruno Angelini & Papanosh; Belgium: violinist Cécile Broché & saxophonist Jordi Grognard; Norway: drummer Gard Nilssen; Switzerland: drummer Gerry Hemingway & saxophonist Christoph Irniger; Germany: drummer ...
Izumi Kimura & Cora Venus Lunny: Invisible Resistances

by Ian Patterson
Take two of contemporary music's most versatile improvising musicians, give them free reign to play and something of real worth is likely to arise. That is the philosophy of Farpoint Recordings, an Irish label founded by Anthony Kelly and David Stalling in 2004. Their trust in pianist Izumi Kimura and violinist/viola player Cora Venus Lunny is ...
Invisible Resistances

By Izumi Kimura
Label: Farpoint Recordings
Released: 2022
Track listing: Irides; Invisible Resistances i: The Gathered Winds; Invisible Resistances ii: The Merrow’s Work; Invisible Resistances
iii: Distilling Motion; An Ember; Chant; Refraction of Light; Sea Firefly; Rain Glow.