Acclaimed jazz pianist/composer, Alexander Hawkins, with master of the soprano saxophone, Roberto Ottaviano made for a great combination, an occasional duo nurtured over several years, in a programme sharing an appreciation of Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron. Ottaviano has referred [...]
Francisco Mela is a Cuban drummer based in the USA who joined McCoy Tyner’s Trio in 2008 having also played with Joe Lovano in the previous three years. On his Music Frees Our Souls series he wishes to pay tribute [...]
In his very informative notes on the CD sleeve, Moss Freed talks of how, in creating music for a large improvising ensemble, he wanted to set up an environment that facilitated the personal freedoms, the spontaneity and communication in the [...]
