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Hannah Horton: Stories On The Wind
by Jack Bowers
Saxophonist Hannah Horton is a rising star on the U.K. jazz scene, for many good reasons. For Stories on the Wind, her third studio recording, Horton has written a series of eloquent and picturesque narratives, all of which she plays with an abundance of warmth and charm on tenor or baritone sax. Much of Horton's music springs from her life experiences: a memory here, an emotion there, loneliness and hope, desire and despair-- the building blocks of a ...
Continue ReadingSam Leak and Dan Tepfer: Adrift
by Roger Farbey
Adrift is an unusual recording featuring two pianos in an original work by Sam Leak. It's hard to neatly categorise since it presumably draws its influences from a variety of sources. It could be described as neo-classical, minimalist or chamber jazz but is most probably a mixture of all these elements since it assiduously resists any generic definition. Leak might have been influenced by a whole swathe of composers; the ghosts of Erik Satie, Arnold Schoenberg, Duke Ellington and perhaps ...
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Whisper
From: Stories On The WindBy Sam Leak
Primary Colours
From: Primary ColoursBy Sam Leak
Black
From: Primary ColoursBy Sam Leak
