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Article: Album Review

John Butcher / Phil Durrant / Paul Lovens / Radu Malfattii / John Russell: News From The Shed

Read "News From The Shed" reviewed by John Eyles


This welcome CD reissue of the original News From The Shed (released on vinyl on John Butcher's Acta label in 1989) features four previously unissued tracks. Long regarded as one of the finest examples of group free improvisation, the album's reputation has grown steadily. The quintet grew out of the existing trio of Butcher, Durrant and ...

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Interworks

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2005

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Article: Interview

John Butcher

Read "John Butcher" reviewed by John Eyles


This interview was originally published in London Calling in September 2002. Here it is reproduced in full. On one of the hottest days of an indifferent London summer, I was one of about 20 people who sweltered in the basement of 323 in Highgate to hear John Butcher and Phil Minton play a short concert to ...

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John Butcher: Cavern with Nightlife, New Oakland Burr & 13 Friendly Numbers

Read "John Butcher: Cavern with Nightlife, New Oakland Burr & 13 Friendly Numbers" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


British saxophonist John Butcher has become one of the preeminent voices in the world of veryquiet improv, having been a member of the supergroup Polwechsel and working with such artists as Rhodri Davies, Axel Dorner and Phil Minton. At the same time, he's pushed his horn into the role of feedback machine, close-miking it and turning ...

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13 Friendly Numbers

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2004

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New Oakland Burr

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2004

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Cavern With Nightlife

Label: Weight of Wax
Released: 2004
Track listing: Ideoplast; Ashfall; Mustard Bath; Ejecta; Practical Luxury.

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John Butcher & Toshimaru Nakamura: Cavern with Nightlife

Read "Cavern with Nightlife" reviewed by AAJ Staff


British saxophonist John Butcher has an exceptional ear for nuance and color on his instrument, and for that reason any new record is worth checking out. His approach to music draws from free improv, electroacoustic, and creative modern classical approaches, making it hard to classify, but it's generally quite abstract and involved, especially in timbre and ...

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Optic

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2003

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Invisible Ear

Label: Fringes
Released: 2003
Track listing: Swan Style; Cup Anatomical; What Remains; Steamers; A Controversial Fix For...; ...Shrilling Reed Freakout; The Importance of Gossip; Dark Field; Bright Field; Magnetic Bottle; Sprinkler; Atelier.


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