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Paul Hubweber & Philip Zoubek: Archiduc Concert: Dansaert Variatiions
by John Eyles
Trombonist Paul Hubweber has previously impressed in the trio PaPaJo, which he shares with bassist John Edwards and percussionist Paul Lovens, rightfully being compared with the late, great Paul Rutherford. Despite such comparisons, he draws from many sources. When practicing, he plays many Albert Mangelsdorff tunes, alongside Charlie Parker standards and J. S. Bach pieces.
London Welcomes a New Improv Festival: As Alike As Trees
On the weekend of March 5th and 6th, London will host a new addition to its ever-growing roster of festivals of improvised music—the intriguingly titled As Alike As Trees. Organised by saxophonist David O'Connor and violinist Jennifer Alum, both regulars at Eddie Prévost's Friday evening workshop sessions, the festival features many musicians from the workshop alongside ...
Hans Koller with Bill Frisell: Cry, want
by John Eyles
No, there is no need to re-read the heading or check the personnel list; guitarist Bill Frisell is included as a member of this Hans Koller twelve-piece ensemble. So, too, is Psi proprietor Evan Parker, making this the first recording featuring Parker and Frisell together--quite an occasion, eh? In addition, alongside German-raised, London-based Koller ...
All Together Now: Improv’s World Wide Web
by John Eyles
Since the turn of the millennium, improvised music has increasingly become a global phenomenon. Rather than improvising players forming inter-continental links as they have since the 1970s, they now make links across the globe, a process made easier by the advent of the world-wide web and social networking sites. If you were to draw onto a ...
Charlotte Hug / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Fine Extensions
by John Eyles
Dating from a concert in Zurich in March 2009, this duo between violist Charlotte Hug and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm adds to the impressive array of improvising string recordings already on Emanem. The viola and cello--the two middle members of the violin family--overlap in the pitches they can produce, so the combination makes for fascinating listening; mainly, ...
Mats Gustafsson: Needs!
by John Eyles
For anyone who has recently seen Mats Gustafsson live in concert, either with The Thing or in his own right, Needs! is likely be a surprise. In addition to his baritone and slide saxophones, here Gustafsson employs live electronics and “bug treatments." Photographs of him in action indicate that these involve miking the bell of his ...
1970s Incus: Old and New
by John Eyles
Coincidentally, two recent releases, one a reissue on Emanem, the second an album of previously unissued material on Incus, put the spotlight on the Incus label in the mid 1970s. This was a time when the so-called “second generation of free improvisers" was emerging. At the time, the first generation--including Incus proprietors guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist ...
Lol Coxhill and Roger Turner: Success with your Dog
by John Eyles
Saxophonist Lol Coxhill and drummer Roger Turner go back a long way. They first played together in the early '70s and ever since they have come together regularly in a variety of settings, including The Recedents, their trio with guitarist Mike Cooper. Recently, they have most often played as a duo, and remarkably, Success with your ...
Organ duo releases from St. Peter’s, Whitstable
by John Eyles
St. Peter's church in the English seaside town of Whitstable, Kent, has become one of the favourite recording locations for saxophonist Evan Parker's Psi label. Reasons for this center around the acoustics of the church plus the presence in Whitstable of ace recording engineer Adam Skeating, who repeatedly demonstrates his ability to perfectly capture the church's ...
Riviere Composers’ Pool: Summer Works 2009
by John Eyles
Rivière Composers' PoolSummer Works 2009Emanem2010 It is rare for Emanem to issue a three-CD album, but whenever it happens they are a bit special--witness the most recently recorded one, Strings with Evan Parker, from 2001, plus the label's two excellent Iskra 1903 compilations. Now, to join such ...
