Results for "Martin Speake"

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet John Kelman

by AAJ Staff
March 7, 2013

I currently live in: Ottawa, Canada I joined All About Jazz in: 2004 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? After deciding to start writing about music in about 2001, and starting at smaller websites, I was approached by All About Jazz in late 2003, with the question: “We've ...

Article: Profile

Jack Davies: Inventing Himself

by Duncan Heining
August 29, 2012

"Jack's formal education has given him useful tools but above all he has drive and determination and ideas, which cannot be taught." class="f-right">--Colin Towns, composer, bandleaderand producer of The Jack Davies Big Band (V&V, 2012). The jazz big band is a wondrous beast. Caught in movement and it's like a big cat, with ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davies Big Band

by Chris May
April 23, 2012

Jack Davies Big BandThe Jack Davies Big BandV&V Music2012With its debut album, trumpeter and composer Jack Davies' big band has joined an elite strand of British orchestras--Loose Tubes, flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler's outfits and Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra prominent among them--which have enriched and expanded the original big band ...

Article: Interview

Nikki Iles: Meditation and Collaboration

by Bruce Lindsay
April 2, 2012

Pianist and composer Nikki Iles describes herself as one of the “not- so-young-anymore generation" of British jazz musicians--a fair comment, in chronological terms, from a musician born in the mid-'60s. But more importantly, she's a musician of experience, expertise and talent, viewed with great respect by players across the world. Iles' self-description does seem to be ...

Album

Bloor Street

By Martin Speake

Label:
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Time to Evolve (Speake); 02. Bloor Street (Speake); 03. Moon Beam (Iles); 04. Unit Six (Iles); 05. Make Some Memories (Speake); 06. Salem House (Iles); 07. Mojive (Hopkins); 08. Changing Tides (Hopkins); 09. Ants (Speake).

Article: Album Review

Secret Quartet: Bloor Street

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 21, 2010

Una ritmica canadese ed una coppia di solisti tra i più quotati della nuova scena britannica, una etichetta che proprio di questi fermenti è la testimone più assidua ed ecco Bloor Street del Secret Quartet. Ma siamo piuttosto lontani dai prodotti piu' avventurosi e innovativi della Edition Records perché Bloor Street è jazz-jazz, raffinato, elegante, di ...

Article: London Calling

Ornette Coleman's Meltdown is the Best Ever

by John Eyles
July 16, 2009

Ornette Coleman's Meltdown London June 12-21, 2009 Ever since it was announced in late March that Ornette Coleman was to curate the 2009 Meltdown festival at the South Bank, Coleman seemed to dominate the capital. The festival's trademark image of a young Coleman soulfully eyeballing the camera was everywhere, on ...

Video

Bison

Featuring the music of Martin Speake
Duration: 9:52
June 19, 2009

"Bison" (Speake). Martin Speake's "Change of Heart" featuring Martin Speake (alto sax), Bobo Stenson (piano), Steve Watts (double bass), Jeff Williams (drums). Filmed at the Warwick Arts Centre, U.K. by Helen Petts. 15th February 2009.

Album

Generations

By Martin Speake

Label: Pumpkin Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: My Melancholy Baby; I'm a Fool to Want You; In Love In Vain; I Wish I Knew; Jitterbug Waltz; All the Way; Donna Lee; Just a Gigolo.

Article: Album Review

Martin Speake: Generations

by John Kelman
August 15, 2008

British altoist Martin Speake isn't as well-known as he ought to be, but he may well be the clearest successor to the unadorned, warm-toned approach of the legendary Lee Konitz. But while Konitz has undeniably led a career defined by diversity, Speake has stretched considerably farther, with albums ranging from the Indo- centric The Journey (Black ...