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May 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Francesco Turrisi: Northern Migrations 

Francesco Turrisi  Northern Migrations  Taquin Records As a bandleader and accompanist Francecso Turrisi is a formidable multi-instrumentalist – if he has a musical home, instrument-wise, it’s the piano and this set of solo compositions and improvisations charts his development as a player and his spiritual quest and geographic displacement. He says of his migration-story that though he feels privileged, “like every other migrant […]

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August 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

A Bad Gig Can Kill Your Love of Good Music: Time Is The Healer – You Can Find Your Way Back…

Last night I sat down with a good book, a nice drink and a copy of Brad Mehldau’s solo piano record, Live in Tokyo. I loved this album when it was released – nearly ten years ago now. And I loved most things Mehldau was doing or had done – his trio records, solo recordings, […]

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August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Emika: Klavirni

Emika Klavirni Emika Records It’s been fair to say you never quite know what you’re going to get with Emika – house and dubstep productions and vocals, and just as she’s been a sound designer and behind-the-scenes conceptualist she’s also been out front as synth-pop performer…but here a pattern – slightly – emerges with this […]

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January 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 759

Fats Waller, Piano Solos 1929-1941, Vol. 2 (1982) Recently I watched – for the first time – the movie Stormy Weather. Genius. I had seen some of the sequences, but amazing to watch it all the way through and think back to that time…I love the music of the 40s, and some of the music […]

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May 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Writing’s In The Past – Playing’s In The Present: Chatting with Chick Corea

Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea, named after his musician father, is a living legend of jazz. One of the few that remains – he’s worked with Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan, with Stan Getz and Herbie Hancock. You will find him on a stage playing solo piano, or composing for full orchestra. You will find his […]

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February 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Keith Jarrett: Concerts – Bregenz Munchen

Keith Jarrett Concerts: Bregenz Muhchen ECM Records Last year Keith Jarrett was very busy reissuing material – Somewhere was released a couple of years after it was recorded, to time in with the 30th anniversary of his Standards trio. No End was more a cleaning out of the closet, instrumental noodlings from Jarrett the rock-guitarist. […]