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Barry Guy / Marilyn Crispell / Paul Lytton: Phases Of The Night
by Nic Jones
Any subversion of the piano trio tradition as manifested in the clinical virtuosity of a technocratic elite is always welcome, and it's present here in abundance. This is not however to suggest that this trio lacks technique, it's just that the music they produce is so free of the constraints of any overt tradition that the ...
Humi: Dune
by Nic Jones
In Hugh Hopper's case, age seems to be bringing with it a certain restlessness of spirit. This duo with Yumi Hara Cawkwell mines a seam of disturbed minimalism the surface of which is ruffled and undermined by Hopper's deft way with lower end sonics and Cawkwell's declamatory yet understated vocals. It all comes together on “Hopeful ...
Schlippenbach Trio: Gold Is Where You Find It
by Nic Jones
As this trio is decades into its existence, readers and potential listeners might be forgiven for thinking that the trio's collective music is losing some of its power. This, however, is far from the case. There's kinetic energy about some of the performances here but that sense is tempered by the group's distinctly non-formulaic understanding of ...
Steve Miller Trio / Elton Dean: Steve Miller Trio Meets Elton Dean
by Nic Jones
Here's another exercise in musical archaeology from Reel and it is worthy of loud and prolonged applause. British pianist Miller was always a worthwhile player, shaping up here as he often did as the British Mal Waldron in terms of his purged-of-excess approach to the keyboard. He always kept sound musical company and the presence of ...
Mike Osborne: Force Of Nature
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 ...
Jeb Bishop / Harris Eisenstadt / Jason Roebke: Tie Breaker
by Nic Jones
There's a pervasive quality of life to this one. Trombonist Jeb Bishop in particular, proves himself to be full of that quality, his rapid fire articulation tempered by a joy in subverting the inherent nature of his instrument. When bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Harris Eisenstadt take an interest in fatback funk that's of similar depth ...
G. F. Fitz-Gerald & Lol Coxhill: Echoes Of Duneden
by Nic Jones
Here's a dialog constructive enough to last several lifetimes and this is one of the archive releases of the year. Guitarist Fitz-Gerald hasn't been documented on record anywhere near enough, whilst any addition to the Coxhill discography is always welcome, especially when it captures a moment in time as joyously creative as this one. Recorded in ...
Eri Yamamoto: Duologue
by Nic Jones
It's clear from note one here that Eri Yamamoto is staking out her own pianistic territory and it's a privilege to be able to monitor her progress on her artistic journey. Her take on free and near free territories is entirely her own, but what pervades this whole program is a deeply reflective, quasi-spiritual strain of ...
Bill Dixon: 17 Musicians In Search Of A Sound: Darfur
by Nic Jones
If there's an opposite of aging that isn't growing ever youthful then Bill Dixon's got it. It comes here in music of infinite color, played by an ensemble entirely empathetic with his aims and intentions yet still capable of putting some personal stamp on it. As such it gets to grips, in no uncertain terms, with ...
Ron Geesin: Biting The Hand (BBC Radio Broadcasts 1969 - 1975)
by Nic Jones
Ron Geesin Biting The Hand (BBC Radio Broadcasts 1969 - 1975) hux records 2007 Even in the state of cultural flux that was Britain in the late 1960s, multi-instrumentalist Ron Geesin must have stood out. The BBC radio sessions which make up much of this double-CD go a long way ...
