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Force Of Nature

Label: Reel Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: Ducking & Diving; Journey's End; All Night Long.

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The Willisau Concert

Label: Ogun Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. All Night Long > Rivers 7:14; 2. Round Midnight 4:55; 3. Scotch Pearl 8:51; 4. Waltz 7:05; 5. Ken's Tune > Country Bounce> All Night Long > Trio Trio 23:26; 6. Scotch Pearl 3:58; 7. Now and Then, Here and Now 22:38.

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Harry Miller's Isipingo: Full Steam Ahead

Read "Full Steam Ahead" reviewed by Nic Jones


Such is the nature of the reviewing game that some reviews just flow out, taking the perennial word count with it. This is usually because the force of life running through the music under discussion is vibrant enough to make it so, and Full Steam Ahead is a case in point. If the notion ...

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Mike Osborne Trio: The Willisau Concert

Read "The Willisau Concert" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Avrete sicuramente sentito parlare del Jazz Festival di Willisau, straordinaria quanto entusiasmante rassegna elvetica curata sin dalla sua nascita dal deus ex-machina Niklaus Troxler (architetto e grafico di illuminata intelligenza). Negli anni Settanta, praticamente ogni concerto o ogni iniziativa collegate a questo festival erano immediatamente riconosciute quali veri e propri eventi. Di recente, la Ogun britannica, ...

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Mike Osborne: Force Of Nature

Read "Force Of Nature" reviewed by Martin Longley


Late English alto saxophonist Mike Osborne, whose work represented the pinnacle of British avant jazz, sadly retired back in 1982 as a result of mental health problems. The discovery of previously unheard material is therefore particularly exciting, especially when its standard is high enough to preserve the reedman's best playing form. This disc ...

Album

Force Of Nature

Label: Reel Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Ducking & Diving; Journey

Album

All Night Long

Label: Ogun Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: All Night Long/Rivers; Round Midnight; Scotch Pearl; Waltz; Ken?s Tune/Country Bounce/All Night Long/Trio Trio; Scotch Pearl; Now and Then, Here and Now.

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Mike Osborne: Force Of Nature

Read "Force Of Nature" reviewed by Nic Jones


The mercurial nature of alto saxophonist Mike Osborne's musical personality was arguably a difficult thing to capture on record, but here it's caught in all its glory despite the slightly muddy fidelity. Any degree to which he might have been in thrall to both Jackie McLean and Ornette Coleman was no longer an issue by the ...

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Mike Osborne Trio: All Night Long

Read "All Night Long" reviewed by Sid Smith


First issued in 1976 and now making its CD debut with a sumptuous 26 extra minutes, what hits you from the opening moments of this live album is the full-blooded passion and commitment to every single note. That isn't too much of a surprise, given that Mike Osborne was undoubtedly one of the most formidable sax ...

Album

Friendship Next of Kin

Label: DMG ARC
Released: 2007
Track listing: Friendship Next of Kin; Facets of the Universe; Friendship Next of Kin (original album version).


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