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Article: Album Review

Tomasz Stanko: Leosia

by Budd Kopman
January 30, 2015

Recorded in 1996 and released in 1997, Leosia is not only one of the high points of trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's forty-year career, but one of the absolute gems in the ECM catalogue, twenty years removed from his first ECM recording, Balladyna. The album itself is one of those things that just seems perfect from ...

Article: Interview

Bill Dixon: An In-depth Look into the Accomplishments, Philosophies, and Convictions of the Man

by Frank Rubolino
October 17, 2014

When one reflects on the innovators who were fundamental in propelling the second wave of the new music movement in the 1960s, Bill Dixon's name always appears near the top of the list. His accomplishments as a musician and educator are vast, a small sampling of which includes his work as architect of the Jazz Composers' ...

Article: Live Review

Gavin Bryars Ensemble At Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival 2014

by Ian Patterson
August 8, 2014

Gavin Bryars Ensemble St. Michael's Church Enniskillen N. Ireland August 1, 2014 That an anonymous homeless man, singing quietly to himself on a London street in 1971, should inspire a standing ovation and a well of emotions among the audience in St. Michael's Church forty three years later says much ...

News: Event

Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Play National Concert Hall, Dublin, May 29

May 27, 2014

Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman will play the Kevin Barry Room at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, May 29. Sylvie Courvoisier is a pianist, composer, sideman and band leader. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Courvoisier moved to New York in 1998 and has lived in Brooklyn since that time. Courvoisier has led several groups over ...

Article: Live Review

Live From Old York: Gavin Bryars, Craig Vear, Matt Quinn & The Chimera Ensemble

by Martin Longley
March 17, 2014

Gavin Bryars/Craig Vear York Unitarian Chapel March 1, 2014 This gig opened up the 2014 season of Late Music concerts, a series that's dedicated to newer developments in modern composition, at least when viewed in the context of centuries-old classical tradition. This two-part evening combined the works of Gavin ...

Article: Interview

Wadada Leo Smith: I'm A Dreamer

by John Sharpe
January 29, 2014

As dreamers go trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith lies at the more serious end of the spectrum. Not for him dreams that fade with the daylight, as evidenced by the realization of his epic Civil Rights inspired Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 2012). Smith actually composed the first piece of what developed into a 21 piece magnum opus ...

Album

75 Years

By Tony Oxley

Label: TES
Released: 2013

Album

A Birthday Tribute--75 Years

By Tony Oxley

Label: Incus
Released: 2013
Track listing: Colour Fields; Urban Forms; Kelson; The Earth Sounds; Times

Article: Profile

Howard Riley: Live with Repertoire

by Duncan Heining
December 24, 2013

Pianist Howard Riley turned 70 in February and belatedly celebrates the event with the release of a new CD, Live with Repertoire (NoBusiness Records). It's a really strong live, solo set of standards and a few original tunes recorded last year in Leicester and one that emphasises one particular aspect of his playing. Riley remains one ...

Article: Live Review

Aurora Trio at Dachau Kultur-Schranne, Germany

by John Sharpe
November 15, 2013

Aurora Trio: Agusti Fernandez, Barry Guy and Ramon Lopez Dachau Kultur-Schranne GermanyOctober 26, 2013 In an artform as mutable as jazz, nothing is ever finished. So it was that even in the soundcheck, Catalan pianist Agusti Fernandez and virtuoso English bassist Barry Guy were still tweaking some of their arrangements. Not ...