At 83 Sonny Rollins remains a tall man. In the 1960s he was positively imposing, a quality echoed in the sound of his tenor saxophone. His chin sprouted a tufty little beard at this time, and this combined with his hooded eyes and size to imply a monumentalism and impassivity…
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Haveli (Yum Yum Tree) What hits you first is the sound quality: play this loud and your neighbours will think a band is rehearsing in your living-room. This enchanting album was recorded in the Piramal Haveli, an exotic (and resonant!) century-old building in remote Bagar, India. There saxophonist Matt Keegan…
9 Dead Alive (Rubyworks) Rodrigo and Gabriela are back to just using two acoustic guitars. They have sought to extend their palette by compositional ideas, instead, the nine pieces being homages to assorted pioneers, geniuses and philanthropists. The Soundmaker is for Antonio de Torres Jurado, the nineteenth-century Spaniard who reinvented…