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Barry Guy London Jazz Composers Orchestra/ Irene Schweizer: Radio Rondo/ Schaffhausen Concert | CD review

(Intakt)Virtuoso bassist and composer Barry Guy formed his London Jazz Composers Orchestra in the 1970s, with the ambitious objective of framing the then-new improvising languages of pioneers such as Evan Parker and Derek Bailey within large-scale ensemble ideas reflecting both cutting-edge contemporary-classical writing and jazz composers such as Carla Bley, Michael Mantler and Mike Gibbs. Guy still takes his band on the road, with this dramatic live show dominated by the remarkable Swiss free-...

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22:30 on December 17 2009

Gil Evans: Blues In Orbit | CD review

Guardian Music — (Enja)This is an intriguing and overlooked curiosity from the great arranger/composer Gil Evans (the modest magician who created such haunting orchestral settings for Mil... more info

Miles Davis

22:30 on December 17 2009

Barry Guy London Jazz Composers Orchestra/ Irene Schweizer: Radio Rondo/ Schaffhausen Concert | CD review

Guardian Music — (Intakt)Virtuoso bassist and composer Barry Guy formed his London Jazz Composers Orchestra in the 1970s, with the ambitious objective of framing the then-new improvising ... more info

Evan Parker

22:30 on December 17 2009

How noughties jazz went clubbing

Guardian Music — The only thing you could really expect from jazz in the noughties was the unexpectedJazz sounds different now; different from the way it sounded in the century that spawn... more info

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