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Article: Year in Review

Jakob Baekgaard's Best of 2015

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These ten albums are just a few of the many great releases of 2015. Music was and still is a light in a world filled with problems and fear. When it is best, it encourages openness and contemplation and brings us closer together as humans. John Law These Skies In Which We ...

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Goldberg

Label: 33xtreme
Released: 2015
Track listing: Opening; Aria; Variation 1; Variation 2; Variation 3; Variation 4; Variation 5; Variation 6; Variation 7; Variation 8; Variation 9; Variation 10; Variation 11; Variation 12; Variation 13; Variation 14; Variation 15; Variation 16; Variation 17; Variation 18; Variation 19; Variation 20; Variation 21; Variation 22; Variation 23; Variation 24; Variation 25; Variation 26; Variation 27; Variation 28; Variation 29; Variation 30; Aria; Closing.

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Article: Album Review

John Law: Goldberg

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J.S. Bach's The Goldberg Variations is one of the most famous works in the literature of the piano and an endless source of inspiration for pianist around the world -and not only classical pianists. Bach's music simply transcends genres and his ability to develop and sculpt variations on a theme remain unsurpassed. It is no coincidence ...

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Article: Album Review

John Law's New Congregation: These Skies In Which We Rust

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One of the things that is characteristic about British pianist John Law is that he does not stand still. He keeps on studying music and constantly adds new sounds and expressions to his vocabulary. So far, his career has included many highlights, among them, a series of solo piano albums influenced by plainchant ...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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