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Howard Riley: Live With Repertoire
by John Sharpe
British pianist Howard Riley's previous album on No Business, the monumental The Complete Short Stories: 1998-2010 (2011), was a revelation to many, collecting together 6 CDs of stunning aphoristic improvisations. However on Live With Repertoire, as the title suggests, the pianist concentrates primarily on the songbook, particularly Monk, one of his touchstones along with Ellington. In ...
Grammy-Nominated US Jazz Organist Brian Charette In UK With His Organ Sextette For One Night Only As Part Of Major European Tour
Grammy-nominated US jazz organist Brian Charette in UK with his organ Sextette for one night only as part of major European tour “a master of space and time” LA Weekly The Brian Charette Organ Sextette is in the UK for one night only as part of a major European tour. Brian Charette is a New York-based ...
Barry Guy New Orchestra: Amphi - Radio Rondo
by Glenn Astarita
Venerable British bassist and improviser, Barry Guy is the director of the New Orchestra but also serves as an enabler for the musicians' creative sparks to flourish. Other than frequent collaborator American trumpeter Herb Robertson, this aggregation consists of largely, European avant-jazz luminaries, prefacing the agenda on a hybrid chamber-orchestral slant, suitably noted by Guy in ...
Roscoe Mitchell/Tony Marsh/John Edwards: Improvisations
by John Sharpe
Not content with existence as a cutting edge venue for experimental music of all kinds, London's Cafe Oto has also launched its own record label OTOroku, documenting some of the stellar performances in the space. For their sixth release, they have selected material drawn from a 2 day residency by renowned AACM and Art Ensemble of ...
Mike Pinder: The Promise / Among The Stars
by Glenn Astarita
As a founding member of The Moody Blues, keyboardist, percussionist and vocalist, Mike Pinder put the electro-mechanical tape replay keyboard instrument, mellotron on the map. He also composed several classics for the band, including Melancholy Man" and How Is It (We Are Here)," as his musicality inspired other artists and ensembles during the advent and glory ...
Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: Step Wide, Step Deep
by Glenn Astarita
British composer, pianist Alexander Hawkins possesses the goods to be a world-beater in avant-jazz circles. He's collaborated with legendary drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo (Brotherhood of Breath) and co-leads the Convergence Quartet amid his concurrent 2014 solo piano release Song Singular and other notable endeavors for this UK-based record label. Hawkins' compositional prowess takes center-stage on this high-flying ...
Nicky Schrire: On Songs, Spaces And Places
by Dan Bilawsky
What defines power? That's a tough question to answer in general, and an even harder one to figure out when it comes to the world of music. For in music, a whisper may carry greater weight than a roar, an honest gesture can outdo a demonstration of brute strength and technique, and a direct message to ...
N.E.W.: Motion
by Mark Corroto
The candy known as Reese's peanut butter cups ran an advertisement for years where two snackers feigned and argument that went something like; you got your peanut butter in my chocolate!" followed by no, you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" The parties ultimately agreed that these two flavors, taste great together. Same can be ...
The Necks at the Bishopsgate Institute
by Phil Barnes
The Necks Bishopsgate Institute London March 21, 2014 The Necks live are a different beast to their studio incarnation. In the studio the mixing desk becomes almost a fourth member of the band with, using the recent Open album as an example, contributions being faded in and out or panned across ...
Christine Tobin: A Thousand Kisses Deep
by Bruce Lindsay
A Thousand Kisses Deep brings together Christine Tobin's voice, Leonard Cohen's songs, a bunch of Premier League musicians and superb arrangements. What's not to like? Nothing. There's absolutely nothing not to like. Tobin is blessed with a distinctive, expressive, voice. She's also an artist who pursues her own vision with an admirable determination--and who ...


