Alexander Hawkins – review

Vortex, LondonThe US pianist Brad Mehldau once observed that if you create new music with enough conviction in your own backyard, people start peering over the fence, whether they have any idea what you're up to or not. The evidence is particularly strong in the case of Alexander Hawkins, the 30-year-old Oxford-based piano improviser and composer who brought his new quintet to the Vortex for the London launch of their album All There, Ever Out. Hawkins' awesomely complex, extensively composed co...

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