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Matt Owens: The Aviators' Ball
by Phil Barnes
From the vibrant Manchester jazz scene that gave us the likes of Matthew Halsall, Nat Birchall and GoGo Penguin comes this eclectic beauty from Matt Owens. Much of the album was written in response to a commission from the Manchester Jazz Festival for a 'jazz quartet combined with wind quintet and tuned percussion' -a wide ranging ...
Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra: When the World Was One
Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. When the World Was One; 2. A Far Away Place; 3. Falling Water; 4.
Patterns; 5. Kiyomizu-Dera; 6. Sagano Bamboo Forest; 7. Tribute to
Alice Coltrane.
Phil Barnes' Favourite Albums of 2014
by Phil Barnes
The sheer volume of great records that I have managed to hear, and the knowledge that there are many more that I haven't, means that I make no pretence of presenting a list of the definitive albums of the year. Instead, this is a snapshot list of the ten records that I have enjoyed the most ...
Mammal Hands: Animalia
by Phil Barnes
Tough economic times have seen a lot of musicians aggregate into trios of one sort or another of late. Sonically the more minimalist sound has the upside that it is more easily reproduced live and avoids the logistical and financial difficulties of maintaining a large ensemble. The trouble is that it becomes more and more difficult ...
Mammal Hands: Animalia
by Bruce Lindsay
When is a trio with a piano not a piano trio? British outfit Mammal Hands offers one answer to that conundrum with debut album Animalia, released on Gondwana Records, the label run by discerning trumpeter and producer Matthew Halsall. Actually, given the varied nature of the tunes on display--co-written by the band members--it offers eight answers. ...
Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra: When the World Was One
by Phil Barnes
Change, or at least an evolution of the Halsall sound, is very much in the air on this wonderful new record. Credited to Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra there is a feeling of expansion of the musical palette, further steps on a satisfying journey towards the destination identified on 2012's transitional Fletcher Moss Park. ...
Zara McFarlane: If You Knew Her
by Phil Barnes
In the current short term, fast buck, major label A&R climate Brownswood stand out like a beacon for the way that they back and develop their artists. Perhaps the different ethos comes from the top, Gilles Peterson is the label boss after all, but in any event less sensitive hands might not have allowed a talent ...
Moss Project: What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes?
by Bruce Lindsay
As Bo Diddley so wisely stated, “You can't judge a book by looking at the cover." Moss Project's What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes? may look like a book, and a very beautiful one at that. It may feel like a book--it may even smell like a book. But it's a CD. Actually, ...
Fletcher Moss Park
Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Cherry Blossom; Fletcher Moss Park; Mary Emma Louise; Sailing Out To Sea; Wee Lan (Little Orchid); The Sun In September; Finding My Way.
Stuart McCallum: Distilled Live
by Chris May
Emerging from the interzone inhabited by post-Pat Metheny guitar jazz, electronica, minimalism and ambient, Manchester guitarist Stuart McCallum's music combines the lush, the layered and the looped with real-time emotional engagement and vigor. Made with a large ensemble including acoustic string and woodwind sections alongside the electronica, Distilled Live sounds rather like an orchestrated version of ...
