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Tony Orrell

Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash, Tony Orrell: Lifeline

by John Sharpe
May 4, 2026

New bottles, same wine? On Lifeline, Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash and Tony Orrell, who operate under the moniker Bley School with acoustic instruments, convene in the studio with electronics. The trio's defining traits--deep listening, volatility and reflexive interaction--persist, but now unfold through circuitry rather than strings and skins. Furthermore, in place of the covers favored in ...

Lifeline

By Pat Thomas

Label: Discus Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Lifeline 1; Lifeline 2; Lifeline 3; Lifeline 4; Lifeline 5; Lifeline 6.

Bley School: Where?

by John Sharpe
January 9, 2025

Punningly recalling beloved British children's TV programme Play School, the name Bley School neatly encapsulates what is afoot on this album, representing an open-minded and irreverent fondness for tunes, especially those associated with the groundbreaking Canadian pianist Paul Bley. Responsible for this is the threesome of pianist Pat Thomas, bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Tony Orrell. ...

Where?

By Pat Thomas

Label: 577 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: All The Things You Are; Gesture Without Plot / Syndrome; There Is No Greater Love; Ida Lupino; King Korn; Monks Mood; Where?

You Are Here

By Kevin Figes

Label: Jazz Now
Released: 2024
Track listing: Thoughts To Geoff; Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening; Sweet F.A.; Improvisation #1; Cat Food; I Wish There Was A Nowhere; Improvisation #2; Traumatic Experience; Improvisation #3; Mra; Dedicated To Mingus; Improvisation #4; Cider Dance; Echoes.

That's My Life

By Paul Dunmall

Label: 577 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: That’s My Life; Marriage in India.

Paul Dunmall / Paul Rogers / Tony Orrell: That's My Life

by John Sharpe
May 10, 2023

Contrary to the title, That's My Life is not a career retrospective for iconoclastic British reedman Paul Dunmall. In fact it hails from the archives, a live date from Bristol recorded way back in 1989. On being asked about this set in a radio program in 2023 honoring his upcoming 70th birthday, Dunmall commented that it ...

Reed Rapture With McPhee And Other New Releases

by Bob Osborne
January 5, 2023

On this show a further look at Ivo Perelman's Reed Rapture In Brooklyn, this time he is in partnership with Joe McPhee. I have further examples of McPhee's work and in addition I am sharing new releases from Lazlo Gardony, Kaja Draksler & Susana Santos Silva, and, Paul Dunmall with Paul Rogers & Tony Orrell.

New Music from Gil, Vandermark, and Yamamoto

by Bob Osborne
January 16, 2020

This show brings together an eclectic mix of releases from 2019.The featured album is from exciting Spanish guitarist Arnua Gil whose debut bridges the divide between rock and jazz with ease.There is also music from Ken Vandermark's first large ensemble recording in more than four years. The band is called Entr'acte and ...