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June 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems
Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn The Transitory Poems ECM Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, two of the finest pianists of the current crop, first worked together back in the early and mid-00s as part of Roscoe Mitchell’s band – this album marks their first work together as a duo. If you love/d the Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea album or any of Keith Jarrett’s solo piano explorations then you’ll want to sign […]Archive
May 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Live
Marcin Wasilewski Trio Live ECM Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski is a disciple of the great trumpeter/composer Tomasz Stańko – in fact Wasilewski’s rhythm section (Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double bass, Michal Miskiewicz: drums) were former Stańko sidemen too. So this, the trio’s first live album (recorded in 2016, released in late 2018) is dedicated to the memory of their former leader – one of the […]Archive
September 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 378
Keith Jarrett, The Survivors’ Suite (1977) Some days I feel like if all that was left in the world, music-wise, was albums by Keith Jarrett then that would be just fine. Hit and miss, a little bit, sure, but the hit-stuff is just so fucking ON. So good. Here’s an example. Killer quartet – his […]Archive
February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Jazz Right In Your Face: Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life
You know the drill by now – here’s the catch-all blurb/explanation I’ve created for these sorts of lists We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top 10 albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top 10” I […]Archive
October 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 35 – Mike Nock
Welcome to episode 35 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. Here we have my conversation with Mike Nock. He’s an Australian-based, Kiwi-born pianist and composer. Nock has recorded over 100 albums – across jazz and classical, with film soundtracks and sessions as a sideman. He left New Zealand when he was a […]Archive
February 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gary Peacock Trio: Now This
Gary Peacock Trio Now This ECM The trio here is Marc Copeland (piano), Joey Baron (drums) and Peacock on bass. All great players – Copeland’s worked as a solo player and in duos, trios, quartets, as leader and as sideman to the likes of John Abercrombie and Billy Hart. Baron has worked across so many […]Archive
October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Necks: Vertigo
The Necks Vertigo Fish of Milk/Northern Spy Records The Necks, 18 albums deep now, and still there’s (always) something different – it’s now instantly familiar, you know the band you’re hearing, you know the sorts of sounds and textures and feels they conjure but every album remains its own thing, quite majestic when – essentially […]Archive
March 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 919
Keith Jarrett, Facing You (1972) I’ll check out Keith Jarrett no matter what he’s up to – I love the trio albums, his reimagining of the ‘standards’, I like the experimental stuff, his weird and wonderful “Singer/Songwriter” sidestep of an album from the late 1960s, the work as a sideman too, with Miles Davis, but […]Archive
July 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Charlie Haden
Man. This was sad news to wake up to. To hear that Charlie Haden has died – he seemed so vital, so urgent – prolific. And all the while he was fighting an illness. You couldn’t hear that in his playing. All I heard was warmth and strength, that which he gave too as the […]Archive
July 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Last Dance
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden Last Dance ECM Records If you choose to hear this as only polite dinner-jazz, some airport-lounge background music that would be fine – I mean, that’s your loss, and it’s not hugely respectful to reduce two giants of the genre down to that’ll do/that’s nice status, but it would be understandable to […]Archive
February 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman