Articles by Spike Taylor
Tim Berne Paraphrase
Please Advise
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
This Berne unit is a trio of flat-out imaginers, making play for the centre of the skull where incoming music (at the best of times) gets p...
Thomas Chapin Trio
Night Bird Song
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
Night Bird Song is a rightful fit in farewell to the late and very great Thomas Chapin, composer, saxophonist, flutist and leader for many...
Marc Ducret
L’Ombra Di Verdi
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
French guitarist Ducret issues forth from the Screwgun label here again, but this time in the company of his working trio of bassist Bruno...
Joe Morris
Many Rings
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
Guitarist and composer Joe Morris steps out further from recognisable sonic landscapes with an experimental quartet featuring alto saxophon...
Joe Morris
Racket Club
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
Racket Club is the newly-issued 1993 sextet date under Joe Morris’ guitar-isms rolling in among two saxes, two drummers and electric...
Lee Pui Ming
Takiamakan
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
Toronto’s Lee Pui Ming is a piano innovator on a global scale. This new recording documents a beautifully crafted project bridging Ch...
Chris Speed
Deviantics
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
This punch-up quartet, known somewhat as Yeah, No, showcases Speed’s virtuosity and that of his mates (Jim Black, drums; Cuong Vu, tr...
Test
Test
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999
Since 1992, Test have been shaking up NYC’s architecture, art and human highs-and-lows from the stations of the Metro Transit Authori...