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Phillip Johnston: Back From Down Under

by Ken Dryden
November 27, 2018

IntroductionPhillip Johnston is best known to many jazz fans as co-founder of The Microscopic Septet, though the saxophonist and composer has led many groups of his own and co-led others, including Big Trouble, The Transparent Quartet, Fast 'N' Bulbous and The Spokes. In addition, Johnston has composed and performed numerous soundtracks for both silent and modern ...

Not So Fast

By The Spokes

Label: Strudelmedia
Released: 2012
Track listing: 1. Dizzy Dame (Johnston) - 5:25; 2. Spoken Not Heard (Hasselbring) - 6:43; 3. Hippo Park (Biskin) - 7:42; 4. Lady Baltimore (Biskin) - 5:49; 5. Nothing Flat (Biskin) - 4:05; 6. Normal Anyone (Hasselbring) - 7:12; 7. Wedding Song (Johnston) - 5:18; 8. Workaround (Biskin) - 6:16; 9. Wiesinski (Biskin) - 6:40; 10. In My Country (Biskin) - 5:45; 11. Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat (Johnston) - 3:37; Dogs Like Breath (Johnston) - 1:50.

The Spokes: Not So Fast

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 31, 2012

Composto da tre navigati ed eclettici musicisti dell'area newyorchese, il trio The Spokes fonda il proprio appeal su numerose originali particolarità, la prima delle quali emerge fin dall'organico: tre fiati non frequentemente affiancati, per giunta apparentemente sbilanciati timbricamente, con due ance “alte" accanto a un ottone “basso". Analoga la “tensione" che emerge dalle composizioni, caratterizzate da ...