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Three Leaps of the Gazelle

Label: 33 Jazz
Released: 2012
Track listing: Three Leaps of the Gazelle (For Luke Deane); Triadic ballet; Three Part Invention; The Quiet Dignity of the Minor; Insistence; Finger on the Pulse; Swazz; Counting Snowflakes.

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Article: Record Label Profile

Rudi Records: Reviving the Avant-garde

Read "Rudi Records: Reviving the Avant-garde" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the avant-garde as: “an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts." In jazz, the expression, at least to some, has negative connotations, describing music that is introverted, noisy, pretentious and/or difficult to understand. That negative image usually results from the fact that the music requires of the listener ...

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Article: Album Review

John Law / Yuri Goloubev / Asaf Sirkis: Three Leaps of the Gazelle

Read "Three Leaps of the Gazelle" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Making changes in a trio can be risky a thing. If there's a special chemistry in a group, the slightest change in the lineup could spoil the magic of the music. For years, pianist John Law has had an effective formula with his Art of Sound Trio, with drummer Asaf Sirkis and bassist Sam Burgess, but ...

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This Is

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2011

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Article: Album Review

John Law / Mark Pringle: This is

Read "This is" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Traditionally, the art of the piano duo has been linked to classical music, and almost every significant classical composer, from Mozart to Maurice Ravel, has written music for two pianos. In jazz, however, this particular medium is somewhat rare, and although Bill Evans recorded Further Conversations with Myself (PolyGram, 1967), where he overdubbed himself on piano, ...

Article: Interview

John Law: al cuore della Musica

Read "John Law: al cuore della Musica" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Intervista di Jakob Baekgaard La musica classica e il Jazz sono due forme d'arte spesso ritenute così radicalmente diverse tra loro da non potersi integrare. Storicamente, l'idea del cosiddetto Third Stream, capace di fondere il linguaggio del Jazz e quello della musica classica in maniera coerente, si è rivelata abbastanza difficile da mettere in pratica; tuttavia, ...

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Congregation (The Art Of Sound Volume 4)

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2009

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Congregation: The Art of Sound Volume 4

Label: 33 Jazz
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Ghost in the Oak; Congregation; Bo Peep; Still Life; Can a Cannibal Nibble; Trap Clap; Watching, Waiting...(For Tom Crawley); Method in My Madness (For Jon Lloyd); Three Part Invention; Chorale.

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Article: Live Review

John Law, Sam Burgess, and Asaf Sirkis at Norwich Arts Centre, UK

Read "John Law, Sam Burgess, and Asaf Sirkis at Norwich Arts Centre, UK" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


John Law, Sam Burgess, and Asaf Sirkis Norwich Arts Centre Norwich, UK November 30, 2009 The piano trio is a well-established jazz line-up, and its popularity is at something of a high on the British scene. The apparent ubiquity of the format makes it difficult to see how ...

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Article: Interview

John Law: Deeper into the Music

Read "John Law: Deeper into the Music" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Classical music and jazz are often perceived as two radically different art forms that cannot be merged. Historically, the idea of a so-called “third stream" that is able to combine the language of jazz and classical music into a coherent whole has proved rather difficult to translate into praxis, and yet it is undeniable that a ...


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