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Tag: improvisation

09/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

An Intellectual Curveball

Double-disc set of restrained, subdued, quiet and slow acoustic music from Bertrand Gauguet and John Tilbury, on their Contre-Courbes (AKOUSIS

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07/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

Those Dancing Feet

The Instant Composers Pool is an important part of free improvisation history. Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg and Willem Breuker founded

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03/10/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Way Out of the Labyrinth

Subdued, minimal, long-form saxophone improvisations from Christian Kobi on Hidden Place Of Return (CUBUS RECORDS CR 375). He serves up

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29/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

In The Tradition

Pat Thomas is a London-based all-rounder skilled in the arts of jazz, improvisation, rock and free playing in whatever context

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18/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

Arcane Secrets

In between curating his ZORA series of CDRs drawn from his archive of non-current recordings, German player Ignaz Schick has

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17/09/2021 Ed Pinsent

Verser / Vake / Kith

English players James O’Sullivan and Dan Powell have formed a duo called Muster – we’ve heard from both of them

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31/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Swallows Say Farewell to Summer

Naturaliste are an American foursome of players who first got together in Omaha in 1998 or 1999, and have surfaced

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29/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

Round-up of January Discs

Nice solo set by Eric Random, an English player who has a fascinating background in punk and post-punk in the

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19/08/2021 nausika

Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri: a mix of sunny worlds of children’s dreams and an introspective solo piano melody

Alvin Curran, Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri, Australia, Black Truffle, BT078 vinyl LP (reissue) (2021) First issued in 1978 on the

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17/08/2021 Ed Pinsent

Where do the Waving Nerves Go?

Remarkable set of studio improvisation from the small group Archeus on their self-titled record (HAANG-004) from Haang Niap Records. This

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