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Article: Album Review

Howard Riley: Live With Repertoire

Read "Live With Repertoire" reviewed by John Sharpe

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 ...

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News: Performance / Tour

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

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Barry Guy New Orchestra: Amphi - Radio Rondo

Read "Amphi - Radio Rondo" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Roscoe Mitchell/Tony Marsh/John Edwards: Improvisations

Read "Improvisations" reviewed by John Sharpe

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Pinder: The Promise / Among The Stars

Read "The Promise / Among The Stars" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: Step Wide, Step Deep

Read "Step Wide, Step Deep" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

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 ...

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Article: Interview

Nicky Schrire: On Songs, Spaces And Places

Read "Nicky Schrire: On Songs, Spaces And Places" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

N.E.W.: Motion

Read "Motion" reviewed by Mark Corroto

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 ...

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Article: Live Review

The Necks at the Bishopsgate Institute

Read "The Necks at the Bishopsgate Institute" reviewed by Phil Barnes

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Christine Tobin: A Thousand Kisses Deep

Read "A Thousand Kisses Deep" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

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 ...


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