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Elton Dean & The Wrong Object: The Unbelievable Truth
by Nic Jones
Poignant doesn't cover it. This was one of Elton Dean's last gigs before his death and all the qualities that made him such a distinctive voice on alto sax and saxello--his wit, his ascetic, unsentimental lyricism and the like--are caught in abundance and in the company of a band who do a whole lot more than ...
Sten Sandell Trio plus John Butcher: Strokes
by Nic Jones
Here's a paradox. This is a release which emphatically preaches the virtues of free improvisation yet it does so by means of stealth, an awareness of the infinite possibilities of light and shade, and the fashioning of music that's never less than acutely aware of the intrinsic value of silence and near-silence.
The Rempis Percussion Quartet: Hunter-Gatherers
by Nic Jones
As this group has had the opportunity to come of age on record it's become clear that it mines a seam of musical territory similar to that once worked by the trio British alto saxophonist Mike Osborne had with bassist Harry Miller and drummer Louis Moholo back in the 1970s. They owe it no overt debt ...
Allen Eager: An Ace Face
by Nic Jones
Allen Eager was one of those swing-through-bop tenor saxophonists who seem to have walked this earth in abundance in the late 1940s. An Ace Face is a two-disc set from that period, chronicling work both under his leadership and as a sideman. Within the canon of those players Eager was arguably the one who got closest ...
Wishful Thinking: Wishful Thinking
by Nic Jones
In days like these acts of musical subversion are always welcome, especially if they have the effect of provoking the conservatives into apoplexy, as this one just might. What we have here is the “classic" hard bop quintet line-up of trumpet, tenor sax, piano, bass and drums putting out music that has ...
Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm
by Nic Jones
This is a break with precedent for saxophonist and composer Reddy, as it's the first time he's recorded an extended composition for a large ensemble of which he's not a performing member. His role here is that of both composer and conductor, and he's fortunate indeed to have a group so clearly capable of making his ...
Chico Hamilton Quintet & Fred Katz: Classical Katz
by Nic Jones
The lasting impression of this music by drummer Chico Hamilton and composer/cellist Fred Katz is that of a quiet revolution overtaken by events captured in time to such an extent that it encapsulates that moment or at least a particular strand of musical development that has since petered out to nothing in the half century that's ...
Wadada Leo Smith / Gunter Baby Sommer: Wisdom In Time
by Nic Jones
This program of duo performances by trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and drummer Gunter Baby Sommer is both the renewal on record of a long-standing musical relationship and at the same time a kind of homage to their fallen comrade, the bassist Peter Kowald, whose death robbed the improvised music scene of one of its stalwarts. Amongst ...
Hugh Hopper: Numero D'Vol
by Nic Jones
Hugh Hopper's a busy man as far as recording goes these days, and this one comes more or less immediately after Soft Machine Legacy's Steam on the same label. Comparison between the two perhaps reveals this one as a more varied affair, with the music lacking the air of tension that's such a constructive feature of ...
Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet: Early And Late
by Nic Jones
Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet Early And Late Cuneiform Records 2007 You're off to a good start when a band is headed by two of the most distinctive musicians ever to grace our music, and this two-disc set proves that in abundance. It proves also that both saxophonist Steve Lacy and ...
