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Andy Sheppard: Thoughts and Trio Libero
by Sammy Stein
Andy Sheppard is pleased to be back; not back, as in making a return to music--he has never left--but back in Suffolk and, more particularly, back in Snape. Snape was where Trio Libero--consisting of French double bassist Michel Benita, drummer Sebastian Rochford and saxophonist Sheppard--was born. The trio released its self-titled debut earlier in 2012 on ...
Take Five With Roman Stolyar
by AAJ Staff
Meet Roman Stolyar: Born in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. Raised in a family of engineers. Started studying piano at the age of five but rejected to continue it at the age of twelve. Went back to music being a student of Novosibirsk Technical University; ultimately, decided to quit nuclear physics. Graduated from Novosibirsk College of ...
The Fire, Regardless
by Nic Jones
If considered together a couple of recent archival releases (The 100 Club Concert 1979 (Reel Recordings, 2012), by saxophonist Elton Dean's Ninesense and Mike Osborne Trio The Birmingham Concert (Cadillac, 2012), by the Mike Osborne Trio) and one reissue (Wilderness of Glass ((Awake, 2012), by Triton) remind us of how creative improvised music happens, regardless of ...
Elin Larsson Group: Let You In
by James Pearse
Darkness and light are two recurring themes of life in Sweden. In winter, it is a dark unforgiving land. When spring and summer finally arrive, Sweden blooms and bursts into life like few other countries can.Potentially a love letter to the joys of spring, the opener (and title track) of Let You In, the ...
Matthew Bourne: Montauk, Billy Moon and the Lost Pianos
by Bruce Lindsay
"I've accepted that I'm not a traditional composer who sits and scores things out, plays them, learns them. I just have a rough sense of something and go out and do it. It often ends up being completely different," says pianist, improviser and composer Matthew Bourne. It's a characteristically honest appraisal, but it fails to do ...
Keith Tippett: From Granite to Wind
by AAJ Italy Staff
From Granite to Wind, registrata nel gennaio 2011, è una suite senza interruzioni che dura quarantasette minuti. Il titolo stesso sembra alludere a un percorso sonoro che da forme granitiche, ruvide e compatte, giunge all'eterea inconsistenza del vento, articolandosi al suo interno in passaggi obbligati, temi incisivi, sviluppi improvvisativi, momenti di transizione, fasi toniche ed altre ...
Steven Wilson: Montreal, Canada, November 15, 2011
by John Kelman
Steven WilsonCorona TheatreMontreal, Canada November 15, 2011 For many of the mid-Baby Boomer era, the gateway drug to jazz was progressive rock. That's not to suggest that the more structured and, some might say, bombastic environs of late 1960s/early 1970s groups like Yes or Emerson, Lake and Palmer had a whole ...
Machine Mass Trio to Release "As Real As Thinking" (MoonJune)
Originally born as a side-project of douBt, this new trio led by Tony Bianco (on drums and loops) and Michel Delville (on guitar, bouzouki and live effects) also includes emerging Belgian talent Jordi Grognard on saxophones, bass clarinet and flute. As Real as Thinking is an amazing mix of fiery licks, catchy themes, telepathic rhythms, shamanic ...
