Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists - Volume 2
Recorded at the Network Theatre, Waterloo, London on the 1st of August, 2011. This is the second volume of a series of concerts at which Eddie Prévost invited notable saxophonists to make music with him.
Morning Star 26th January, 2016
Chris Searle
Eddie Prevost
Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists
Vol 1 Evan Parker:
Vol 2 John Butcher
Vol 3 Jason Yarde
(Matchless)
It may seem a long way from the heart of jazz, but as you walk up Brick Lane in Spitalfields, east London, you pass through the shell of the old Truman, Hanbury and Buxton brewery, and underneath its chimney, past the beautifully sculpted motif of a menacing, rising eagle.
Morning Star 26th January, 2016
Chris Searle
Eddie Prevost
Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists
Vol 1 Evan Parker:
Vol 2 John Butcher
Vol 3 Jason Yarde
(Matchless)
It may seem a long way from the heart of jazz, but as you walk up Brick Lane in Spitalfields, east London, you pass through the shell of the old Truman, Hanbury and Buxton brewery, and underneath its chimney, past the beautifully sculpted motif of a menacing, rising eagle.
The free jazz comparison applies best in All But, which is the second in Eddie Prevost's Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists series. As with the other two (one with Evan Parker, the other with Jason Yarde), the configuration is the classic sax-bass-drums trio and Prevost embraces it with gusto. His playing here is as dynamic as his work with AMM but the starting point, volume-wise, is quiet different; he gets quiet, but rarely silent. Above all, he's playing drums!
All But is the second volume of Matchless’ series Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists, this time spotlighting Butcher alongside percussionist Eddie Prévost and Guillaume Vitard. Of course Prevost and Butcher are long accustomed to working with each other, the former’s singular blend of momentum and texture a marvelous analogue to the saxophonist’s own playing.
