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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 ...
In Praise of John Russell
by John Eyles
English guitarist John Russell is from the wave of free improvisers who came after the so-called first generation typified by such “founding fathers" as guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Evan Parker, trombonist Paul Rutherford and drummer John Stevens. In his teens, Russell played at the Little Theatre Club, the cradle of free improv in London, and took ...
Freedom of the City 2010
by Ken Waxman
"To Thine Self Be True" is lettered above the stage at Conway Hall where London's annual Freedom of the City (FOTC) festival took place May 2nd-3rd. Although related to the philosophy of the Humanist Society that built the edifice, the slogan can be applied to the 16 sets that made up the festival. Organized ...
Evan Parker: House Full Of Floors
by Mark Corroto
For three stalwarts of the British improvising scene, saxophonist Evan Parker, guitarist John Russell, and bassist John Edwards, getting together for an improvised recording was as natural as three old friends meeting for a round of golf, or possibly a hike in the countryside. Their approach to music making and improvisation is openly conversant ...
Mopomoso featuring Evan Parker Trio at The Vortex in London
by Marcus O'Dair
Evan Parker TrioThe Vortex Jazz clubLondon, EnglandNovember 16, 2008 Fair enough, it's billed as “Mopomoso featuring Evan Parker Trio." But still, a five-hour bill culminating in less than twenty minutes from the man himself would try the stamina of all but the most committed free improv devotees. Thankfully, with ...
Analekta
By John Russell
Label: Emanem
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Bite; Blart; Chamarileros; So it goes.
John Russell: Analekta
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fa sempre piacere ascoltare dal vivo il chitarrista John Russell nei suoi concerti della serie Modernism-Post Modernism-So What? (accorciato in Mopomoso) che si svolgono ogni mese nella capitale britannica. L'improvvisazione viene celebrata in tutti i suoi aspetti, in formazioni che spaziano dal duo a altre dagli organici piú complessi, e musicisti di tutti i tipi scelgono ...
John Russell: Analekta (2004/06)
by Nic Jones
Guitarist John Russell has always devoted himself to the cause of free improvisation as a vocation and the music he and his cohorts make here is arguably the best-realized example of his art on record to date. The more time passes the more obvious it becomes that Russell just might be one of the most committed ...
John Russell: Analekta
by John Eyles
This release features three duos recorded at John Russell's monthly Mopomoso concerts, plus a large ensemble captured at the Freedom of the City festival in 2006. Each of the duos finds the guitarist in the company of a player not often recorded--saxophonist Garry Todd, trumpeter Henry Lowther and saxophonist/percussionist Chefa Alonso--but all deserving wider exposure. Russell ...
