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November 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Mat Maneri Quartet: Dust
Mat Maneri Quartet Dust Sunnyside Mat Maneri, son of saxophonist Joe, is a composer and violin/viola player. Under his own name he’s released some 30 albums in around about as many years and he’s been a sideman for a great range of avant-garde jazzers including several records with his old man and, I guess most […]Archive
April 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor has died. The legendary pianist recently celebrated his 89th birthday. What a legend. What a legacy. He took what Art Tatum started and freed it. That’s a simple description – but it’s how I’ve always heard him. Taylor – along with Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler and John Coltrane was one of the towering […]Archive
December 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman