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January 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Khatia Buniatishvili: Labyrinth
Khatia Buniatishvili Labyrinth Sony Classical By my count this is Khatia Buniastishvili’s eighth album for Sony Classical, her fifth solo piano recital – its title hinting at the twists and turns offered within, where previous records were often straight tributes to heroes (and strictly classical composers – Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin) here she switches […]Archive
October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain: The Piano Framed
George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain The Piano Framed Shogun Music Ltd British composer George Fenton has worked across all mediums – radio dramas and TV, documentary and feature narrative film, theatre, absolutely the works. And within that there are some longstanding collaborations and connections, with the BBC, for the films of Ken Loach and then […]Archive
August 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 76
George Feyer, Echoes of Spain (1956) I buy these things – little curious, little nonsenses. I only buy them if they’re a dollar or two, never more than $5 certainly. Often you find them for 20c or 50c. And I love these little 10” examples; a nice bite-size. I didn’t know much of anything about […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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, […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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. […]Archive
March 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman