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Secret
Label: Basho Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Secret Place, Veils, The Heron, Oncology, J.T.'s Symmetrical Scale, The Thrill is Gone, Westerly, Coventry, So to Speake, Fly's Dilemma, Nikki, Secret Wood, Willow(for Mick Hutton), Luiza
Martin Speake: The Journey
by John Kelman
Alto saxophonist Martin Speake continues to be an all too well-kept secret in the UK. With a discography that has ranged from the more free-flowing extemporization of The Ta T'ien to the intimate Amazing Grace , from the world music view of Fever Pitch to a unique take on Exploring Standards , Speake's career has been ...
Martin Speake: His Ideal
by John Kelman
Alto saxophonist Martin Speake may be well-known in his native England but a bit of a well-kept secret when it comes to exposure in North America, where he deserves a wider audience. With a sound that is influenced by artists as diverse as Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian, Keith Jarrett and Steve Coleman, and a compositional style ...
Martin Speake/Nikki Iles/Duncan Hopkins/Anthony Michelli: Secret
by Michael P. Gladstone
Secret is a cooperative quartet comprised of British altoist Martin Speake and pianist Nikki Iles, together with Canadian bassist Duncan Hopkins and drummer Anthony Michelli. Their eponymous debut as a unit, recorded in the fall of 2000 in London, is a 79-minute opportunity to hear a new combo. All but two of the compositions are written ...
Martin Speake with Ethan Iverson: My Ideal
by AAJ Staff
In 2002, British alto saxophonist Martin Speake toured the United Kingdom doing duet concerts with Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson. At the end of the tour, they recorded My Ideal. Speake plays alto with a tart, dry sound that recalls Lee Konitz, and his pairing with Bad Plus bad boy Iverson may seem like an odd ...
