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News: Festival

12 Points Returns With Best Of New European Jazz, Dublin, April 15-18

12 Points Returns With Best Of New European Jazz, Dublin, April 15-18

12 Points returns to his spiritual home of Dublin at the Project Arts Centre from April 15-18 for 4 days of exciting young jazz acts from across Europe, with daytime ‘Jazz Futures’ seminar and after-hours jam sessions. Festival Pass €50 / Daily Tickets €15/12 “The freshest, hottest sounds in jazz and contemporary experimental music” —The Irish ...

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Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival 2015

Read "Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival 2015" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Brilliant Corners Jazz FestivalBelfast, Ireland March 25-28 , 2015 Brilliant Corners may not be the biggest jazz festival in Northern Ireland--that accolade belongs to the City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival--but in just three editions it can already lay claim to being the best. Eschewing the populist ...

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Article: Album Review

Roil: Raft of the Meadows

Read "Raft of the Meadows" reviewed by John Sharpe


Established in 2007, Roil comprises three Australians from the Sydney jazz scene, sharing pianist Chris Abrahams with that other better known Antipodean combo The Necks. Like that last outfit Roil manifests as an egalitarian concern, continuing in the lineage trailblazed by Bill Evans in the 1960s via Howard Riley's trio with Barry Guy a decade later. ...

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The Necks: Open

Label: ReR Megacorp
Released: 2014
Track listing: Open

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz Festival 2014

Read "Enjoy Jazz Festival 2014" reviewed by Adriana Carcu


Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2 -November 15, 2014 Here are the festival numbers: 80 shows in almost seven weeks on 25 stages, performed by 250 musicians from 35 countries. Beyond the numbers there are many names: quite a few well known, a fair amount of established artists ...

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Article: Live Review

The Necks at Cafe Oto

Read "The Necks at Cafe Oto" reviewed by Alex Franquelli


The Necks Cafe Oto London October 8, 2014 It is always a good sign when the imposing windows of Cafe Oto are misted up. If one could see through the condensation, if one could, with just one finger, remove the minuscule droplets amassed on the vertical plains, one ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Lloyd Swanton: The Necks Trust Each Other to Not Push the Music Too Fast

Read "Lloyd Swanton: The Necks Trust Each Other to Not Push the Music Too Fast" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


The Australian jazz--improv--jam trio The Necks has been active for quarter century. Consisting of drummer Tony Buck, bassist Lloyd Swanton and keyboardist Chris Abrahams, The Necks' members are all seasoned jazzers who approach the trio's music rather differently. Drawing inspiration from electronica, systems music and rock, the Necks have reshaped the role of the jazz keyboard ...

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News: Event

The Necks Plays Four Irish Dates

The Necks Plays Four Irish Dates

The Necks is a trio like no other and Moving On Music is proud to present this amazing improvising trio at The MAC in Belfast on Sunday 5 October. Together for over 25 years, the Australian cult trio The Necks is recognized internationally for its long-form improvisation. Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, ...

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Article: Live Review

Ljubljana Jazz Festival 2014

Read "Ljubljana Jazz Festival 2014" reviewed by Henning Bolte


2014 Ljubljana Jazz Festival 2014 Ljubljana, Slovenia July 2-5, 2014 Ljubljana--capital of the Republic of Slovenia, member of EU, neighbored by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy--hosts the oldest jazz festival in Europe, which held its 55th edition this year. The event is usually organized by Cankarjev House--Cankarjev Dom, in Slovenian--a prestigious, state-run ...

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Article: Live Review

The Necks at the Bishopsgate Institute

Read "The Necks at the Bishopsgate Institute" reviewed by Phil Barnes


The Necks Bishopsgate Institute London March 21, 2014 The Necks live are a different beast to their studio incarnation. In the studio the mixing desk becomes almost a fourth member of the band with, using the recent Open album as an example, contributions being faded in and out or panned across ...


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