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Roger Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo: The Butterfly and the Bee

Read "The Butterfly and the Bee" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 30, 2005

Former Brotherhood of Breath drummer Louis Moholo and British free-form acoustic guitarist Roger Smith lay their cards out on the table during this extremely attractive studio set. Essentially, neither man acts as an antagonist here. It's more about intrinsic communication, topped off with acutely enacted improvisations featuring great depth and variable rhythmic maneuvers. Moholo's complex drumming ...

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Green Wood (Solo Guitar Improvisations 2002)

By Roger Smith

Label: EFZ
Released: 2002

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Extended Plays

By Roger Smith

Label: EFZ
Released: 1999

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Extended Plays - solo guitar improvisations 1993-97

By Roger Smith

Label: Emanem
Released: 1999

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Roger Smith: Extended Plays

by Robert Spencer
August 1, 1999

Roger Smith plays a Spanish guitar, upon which he improvises freely, somewhat in the manner of Derek Bailey, who was for a time his teacher. Yet Extended Plays illustrates that Smith is no imitator, but a freely improvising guitarist with very much his own style. Like Bailey, Smith avoids grooves of any kind, but he is ...

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Roger Smith: Extended Plays - solo guitar improvisations 1993-97

by Glenn Astarita
July 1, 1999

Guitarist Roger Smith is well known for his long association with the late John Stevens’ now legendary, Spontaneous Music Ensemble of which he spent nearly 20 years. Smith is recognized for his ingenuity as a free-improvisational guitarist. Here, on Extended Plays-Improvised Solos we are treated to 9 pieces from this truly amazing, starkly original and somewhat ...

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