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St Fin Barre's

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Prologue; Evensong; Resurrection; Sanctuary; Trisagion; Antiphon; Epilogue.

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Mark O'Leary: St Fin Barre's

Read "St Fin Barre's" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


La maestosa cattedrale di Cork fa da perfetto fondale per questo album del chitarrista Mark O'Leary, un esponente un po' defilato dell'avanguardia musicale che trova spesso rifugio nelle produzioni della coraggiosa Leo Records. Per questa avventura, piuttosto difforme rispetto ai suoi album precedenti, O'Leary sceglie come compagni di viaggio gli scandinavi Stale Storlokken e Stein Inge ...

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Mark O'Leary / Matthew Shipp: Labyrinth

Read "Labyrinth" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Like impressionist painters, guitarist Mark O'Leary and pianist Matthew Shipp execute a colorific sequence of abstracts, consisting of semi-structured theme-building developments and free-form dialogues. With blitzing firepower, the duo also fuses nuance and temperance into the big picture. They dish out linear, micro-motifs amid subtle shadings, and fragmented exchanges, but O'Leary ups the ante during several ...

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Irish Guitarist Mark O'Leary, In His Own Words, at AAJ

Irish Guitarist Mark O'Leary, In His Own Words, at AAJ

Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary emerged on the global improvised music scene in the last few years, pushing his bold vision and broad scope of musicality through constantly-changing collaborations. O'Leary can cross easily between genres, from progressive, synth-laden rock and seventies fusion to free jazz and abstract soundscapes. The guitarist's encyclopedic interests and remarkable prolificacy are amongst ...

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Mark O'Leary: Plucking the Flower

Read "Mark O'Leary: Plucking the Flower" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary emerged on the global improvised music scene in the last few years, pushing his bold vision and broad scope of musicality through constantly-changing collaborations. O'Leary can cross easily between genres, from progressive, synth-laden rock and seventies fusion to free jazz and abstract soundscapes.The guitarist's encyclopedic interests and remarkable prolificacy are ...

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Mark O'Leary & Sunny Murray: Ode To Albert Ayler

Read "Ode To Albert Ayler" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The digital download-only Ode To Albert Ayler captures gifted Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary improvising with free-jazz and former Albert Ayler and Cecil Taylor drummer Sunny Murray during a 2002 studio session. Here, O'Leary delves into free-form jazz shaded music at the onset of his recording career, prior to his extensive recording projects for Leo Records and ...

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Mark O'Leary: St Fin Barre's

Read "St Fin Barre's" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


This trio outing, recorded live with no rehearsals at St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork City, Ireland, would signify a new chapter in Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary's rapidly expanding discography. However, the session took place in 2002 featuring Norwegian keyboardist Stale Storlokken performing on church organ and drummer/percussionist Stein Inge Braekhus. On a side note, the session ...

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Mark O'Leary / Kenny Wollensen / Jamie Saft: The Synth Show

Read "The Synth Show" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary has built a nice relationship with Leo Records over the last few years, having recorded for the label with Mat Maneri, Matthew Shipp, Eyvind Kang, Uri Caine, Steve Swallow and others. O'Leary seems to favor the trio setting and enjoys throwing himself into new contexts. His ninth Leo release, The Synth Show, ...

Album

Signs

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Tilt; 02. Falling; 03. Skrakk; 04. Signs; 05. Want To Know A Secret; 06. Bye For A While; 07. Headphase.

Album

On the Shore

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Staring at the Sun; 2. Dancing with the Wind; 3. Morning; 4. Harvest; 5. Evening; 6. Point Sketch; 7. Vespers; 8. Voices from the Past; 9. On the Shore. Tutte le composizioni sono di O'Leary.


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