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Article: Album Review

Evan Parker / Alexander Hawkins: Leaps In Leicester

Read "Leaps In Leicester" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Leaps in Leicester furthers a sequence of duets between renowned saxophonist Evan Parker and pianists that already contains such luminous entries as Rex, Wrecks and XXX (Rogue Art, 2013) with Matthew Shipp and Either, Or And (Relative Pitch, 2014) with Sylvie Courvoisier. His partner this time is Alexander Hawkins, a burgeoning presence on the UK scene ...

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Article: Live Review

Ai Confini Tra Sardegna e Jazz - XXXI Edizione

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by Paolo Peviani

Sant'Anna Arresi (CI) 01-10.09.2016 Per questa trentunesima edizione, il festival Ai Confini Tra Sardegna e Jazz ha messo al centro del proprio programma la figura di Frank Zappa. Trattandosi di una manifestazione prevalentemente dedicata all'improvvisazione radicale, la rivisitazione del repertorio zappiano non poteva (non doveva!) limitarsi all'agiografia, al tributo, alla riproposizione ...

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Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2016, Part 2

Read "Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2016, Part 2" reviewed by Mike Chamberlain

by Mike Chamberlain

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Various Venues Victoriaville, Quebec May 21-22, 2016 Part 1 | Part 2 Following a memorable--in a good way--first two days of FIMAV, Saturday's program promised more highlights, anchored by three consecutive sets of musicians performing John Zorn's Bagatelles at ...

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Jazztopad 2015

Read "Jazztopad 2015" reviewed by Henning Bolte

by Henning Bolte

National Music Forum Jazztopad 2015 Wroclaw, Poland November 21-25, 2015 The city of Wroclaw by the Odra River in the southwest of Poland has occupied a pre-eminent position throughout its long, turbulent history, and it still does. Wroclaw's Jazztopad festival is a relatively young one. This year celebrated had ...

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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman

This week, let's peruse some videos of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman, who are coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Friday, December 4 at The Stage at KDHX. The UK newspaper The Guardian in 2013 called them “both fine-tuned virtuosi whose projects sound like edgy ...

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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2015, Part 2

Read "Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2015, Part 2" reviewed by Mike Chamberlain

by Mike Chamberlain

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 16-17, 2015 Part 1 | Part 2 The site of the Pavilion Arthabaska, a chalet on a hill above the town, is a popular spot in Victoriaville (think lookout and make out), not a place that is obvious ...

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Article: Album Review

Nate Wooley: Battle Pieces

Read "Battle Pieces" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Someday trumpeter Nate Wooley is going to sell-out, abandon his principles, and make a smooth jazz record. He will give in to the pull of commercial success and create a disc of elevator music which can be played, but taken no heed of. I jest, because everything he creates necessitates the ear and mind's ...

Article: Album Review

Lotte Anker: What River Is This

Read "What River Is This" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

What River Is This, si chiede la sassofonista danese Lotte Anker, che abbiamo apprezzato in precedenza nel rodato trio con Craig Taborn e Gerald Cleaver (formato ormai più di dieci anni fa), ma anche in duo con Fred Frith e in trio con Ikue Mori e con Sylvie Courvoisier. “Che fiume è questo" ("Qué río es ...

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Double Windsor

By Sylvie Courvoisier

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2014
Track listing: Double Windsor; The Charlier Cut; Downward Dog; Pendulum; La Cigale; Inscordatura; Corto; October 08; To Fly To Steal

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Birdies For Lulu

By Sylvie Courvoisier

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Cards for Capitaine – Part 1; Cards for Capitaine – Part 2; Cards for Capitaine – Part 3; Shmear; Natarajasana; Downward Dog; Birdies for Lulu; Travesuras; Coda for Capitaine


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