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Matthew Shipp at Cafe Oto, London
by John Sharpe
Matthew Shipp/Paul Dunmall/John Edwards/Mark Sanders Cafe Oto London February 12, 2010 At first glance the opening night of New York City-based pianist Matthew Shipp's three-day residency at north London's Cafe Oto promised a fire music spectacular. Lined up to appear alongside him were three of the UK's leading improvisors ...
Hamid Drake & Bindu: Reggaeology
by John Sharpe
For the first two minutes of atmospheric discourse between the twin trombones of Jeb Bishop and Jeff Albert, and the human beatbox that is Napoléon Maddox, you would be forgiven for thinking that Hamid Drake's Reggaeology was an ironically titled free improv set. But that impression doesn't last. Infectious riddims kick in, based on Bob Marley's ...
Peter Brotzmann Trio at Cafe Oto, London
by John Sharpe
Peter Brotzmann, John Edwards, Steve Noble Cafe Oto London January 30, 2010 As the crowd gathered outside north London's Cafe Oto waiting for the doors to open, a solitary figure stood spotlit under a streetlamp just up the road. German saxophone iconoclast Peter Brotzmann was savoring a moment of ...
Fred Anderson: 21st Century Chase
by John Sharpe
There are few more thrilling sounds in jazz than the twin tenors of Fred Anderson and Kidd Jordan in aerobatic flight. Though they play together in person on at least an annual basis, including headline appearances at the Vision Festival in 2005 and 2008, this is the first time they have appeared together on disc since ...
Piano and Saxophone Duets: Untying The Standard, A Memory Of Vienna & Live At Saint Stephens
by John Sharpe
Joel Press & Kyle Aho Untying The Standard Cadence Jazz Records 2008 Joel Press & Kyle Aho Ran Blake & Anthony Braxton A Memory of Vienna hatOLOGY Records 2009 Charles Evans & ...
Ullmann / Swell Quartet: News? No News!
by John Sharpe
In these days of global jazz alliances, the partnership of downtown trombonist Steve Swell and German reedman Gebhard Ullmann won't raise too many eyebrows. More noteworthy is its endurance, spanning some six years since its auspicious inception with Desert Songs and Other Landscapes (CIMP, 2004). Swell is also a fixture in Ullmann's Basement Research band, another ...
Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco and Dave Kane at the Vortex, London, UK
by John Sharpe
Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco and Dave Kane The Vortex London, England January 19, 2010 The band was smoking, they were burning, they were on fire. Just some of the expressions used to denote a truly affecting jazz experience, but not to be taken literally. So imagine the ...
Roscoe Mitchell / David Wessel: Contact
by John Sharpe
While esteemed reedman Roscoe Mitchell has appeared in any number of challenging settings, this marks his first documented encounter with electronics. Not that this is a recent move, more that the fruits of his collaboration with David Wessel have not seen the light of day until now. They first met back in 1968 when Mitchell, along ...
Matthew Shipp: 4D
by John Sharpe
Matthew Shipp has become one of the most distinctive piano stylists operating in the free jazz continuum, recognizable after just a few notes. 4D, his sixth solo piano disc mirrors the format of its illustrious predecessor Harmonic Disorder (Thirsty Ear, 2009) though with pared back instrumentation. Altogether there are 16 cuts reflecting a wide range of ...
Alexander Hawkins Quartet at the Vortex, London
by John Sharpe
Alexander Hawkins Quartet The Vortex London, England January 5, 2010 A very respectable audience braved the cold temperatures (for London where since global warming kicked in it rarely falls below freezing for very long) and further impending snow for the debut of the Alexander Hawkins new quartet at ...
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