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Feathers

Label: Pumpkin Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Majolica; Smooth Your Feathers; Just One Look; Prana; Mellow Eightpence; Six Sisters; Eau De Nil; Different Roads; The Next Stage; Wounded Landscape; Dotties; Invisible Paths; Green Light; Armistice - Sorry Be Me; Pollen; Embrace.

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Martin Speake / Alex Maguire: Feathers

Read "Feathers" reviewed by Matt Parker


A partnership which perhaps could and should have developed years ago, saxophonist Martin Speake and pianist Alex Maguire both attended the legendary Barry Jazz School in 1979 which featured an incredible cast of tutors ,including Stan Sulzmann, Keith Tippett, Gordon Beck, Allan Holdsworth and many other “A" list British jazz musicians. Amazingly Speake and Maguire failed ...

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Martin Speake: The Unquiet Mind

Read "Martin Speake: The Unquiet Mind" reviewed by Duncan Heining


We have here three very fine CDs from British alto saxophonist, Martin Speake. Speake is classically trained and when I first heard him in the late 90s, he brought to jazz a tone that emphasised the clarity of each note and the purity of the melodic line that was quite unusual in a music more used ...

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Generations

Label: Pumpkin Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: My Melancholy Baby; I'm a Fool to Want You; In Love In Vain; I Wish I Knew; Jitterbug Waltz; All the Way; Donna Lee; Just a Gigolo.

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Martin Speake: Generations

Read "Generations" reviewed by John Kelman


British altoist Martin Speake isn't as well-known as he ought to be, but he may well be the clearest successor to the unadorned, warm-toned approach of the legendary Lee Konitz. But while Konitz has undeniably led a career defined by diversity, Speake has stretched considerably farther, with albums ranging from the Indo- centric The Journey (Black ...

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Spark

Label: Pumpkin Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Spark; It's Just a Ride; Matter (Energy Vibrating); Acrobat; Longbeat; Cookie Cutter; The Truth Machine; Wild Card; So Long.

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Martin Speake / Mark Sanders: Spark

Read "Spark" reviewed by John Kelman


British altoist Martin Speake has made a career out of doing things differently. With Exploring Standards (33 Records, 2003) he adopted a decidedly minimalist and miniaturist approach to jazz standards. Charlie Parker (Jazzizit, 2005) presented a modernistic alternative to most of the tributes recorded for the 50th anniversary year of the legendary saxophonist's death. So it ...


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