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Magda Mayas: Myriad
by John Eyles
Myriad is the second duo recording by German pianist Magda Mayas and Lebanese alto saxophonist Christine Abdelnour, building on the excellent Teeming (Olof Bright, 2010). Recorded in concert at Météo Festival, Mulhouse, France, in August 2011, Myriad features two tracks with a combined running time under 34 minutes. However, that is not an issue as the ...
Fete Quaqua: London, UK, August 19-21, 2012
by John Eyles
Fete QuaquaThe VortexLondonAugust 19-21, 2012Fete Quaqua is the annual three-day festival of improvised music organized by guitarist John Russell as an offshoot of his monthly Mopomoso evenings at The Vortex. “Quaqua" is a Latin word which translates as “wherever," and encapsulates Russell's declared intention that the festival should “provide a fertile ...
Evan Parker Electroacoustic Ensemble: Hasselt
by John Eyles
Evan Parker Electroacoustic EnsembleHasseltPsi2012Although Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble had recorded five albums for ECM since 1997, in 2009 saxophonist Parker's Psi label released SET under his own name; the album was effectively by the Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, sharing its personnel, instrumentation and working methods. At the time, it seemed ...
Gerd Dudek: Day and Night
by John Eyles
When saxophonist Evan Parker started his Psi label back in late 2001, the label's second release--following his own solo album, Lines Burnt in Light (2001)--was the excellent 'Smatter (2002), by Gerd Dudek, the German saxophonist's first release under his own name. In January 2012, when Parker curated a week-long series of concerts at The Vortex in ...
Tom Soloveitzik, Korhan Erel, Kevin Davis: Three States of Freedom
by John Eyles
Eddie Prevost's improvisation workshop has been meeting weekly in London since 1999, with several hundred participants having attended. In that time, some of its long-standing participants, such as saxophonist Seymour Wright, guitarist Ross Lambert and pianist Sebastian Lexer, have built up considerable performance histories and discographies. Lately, there has been an increasing trickle of ...
300 Basses: Sei Ritornelli
by John Eyles
The credits of Sei Ritornelli require some explanation, in order to avoid confusion or unrealistic expectations. Firstly, formed in 2010, 300 Basses is a multinational trio consisting of the Portuguese-born Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Jonas Kocher from Switzerland and Italian Luca Venitucci. Contrary to the mind-boggling images conjured up by the group name, all three play accordion; ...
Sabu Toyozumi: Kosai Yujyo
by John Eyles
Sabu ToyozumiKosai YujyoINaudible2012This double album puts the spotlight on one-time AACM member, the widely-travelled veteran Japanese drummer Sabu Toyozumi, capturing him in a variety of live settings across Europe in 2010 and 2011. For its nine tracks, Toyozumi was recorded at four different venues with eight different line-ups, ...
Paul Hubweber: Loverman
by John Eyles
Studio-recorded in July 2010, Loverman features nearly 41 minutes of solo trombone from Paul Hubweber across eleven tracks. As the album title hints, the focus of the album is on Charlie Parker, with five of those eleven tracks being Bird compositions, in addition to “Lover Man," made famous by the alto saxophonist. Despite those tracks, this ...
Van Dyke Parks: First three solo albums reissued
by John Eyles
Songwriter, singer and pianist Van Dyke Parks has so many claims to fame that together they would form the basis of an excellent “true or false" quiz. Consider the following: as a child actor, he appeared with such legendary figures as Lillian Gish, Grace Kelly and Alec Guinness; his first arranging job was “The Bare Necessities" ...
Van Dyke Parks: London, England, June 23, 2012
by John Eyles
Van Dyke Parks with Britten Sinfonia + special guestsBarbicanLondonJune 23, 2012The most obvious reason for Van Dyke Parks to play this one-off London concert was that his first three solo albums-- Song Cycle (Warner Bros, 1968), Discover America (Warner Bros, 1972) and Clang of the Yankee Reaper (Warner Bros 1975)--had just ...
