And the last three records of my top 30 albums of the year are: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & BastardsOkay — when I started compiling my best of the year, I said that I hadn’t yet heard the Tom Waits 3 CD set. That was rectified almost immediately, and — as I suspected — records had [...]
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Nearly there… Ornette Coleman – Sound GrammarOrnette Coleman is one of the most interesting figures in modern jazz. The prime mover of the Free Jazz scene, he has recorded some landmark works both before and after his abandonment of what most people recognise as rhythm, harmony and melody. In fact, his music is both intensely [...]
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A few more:Herbert – ScaleEnglish eccentric jazz pianist turned electronics whiz Matthew Herbert makes perfect pop music. It’s just that the stuff he makes it out of is unusual and delightful. Having discovered the joys of sampling in the mid 90s, he made his stunning Around The House album using sounds that he’d found — [...]
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Three more of my favourites from this year: Gianmarco Liguori – Stolen PaintingsGianmarco Liguori is a New Zealand-based guitarist. His previous instrumental project Salon Kingsadore gained a fair amount of critical acclaim in the local music industry, but very little more. He’s hardly a household name. For this, his solo debut, he’s put together a [...]
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