Delle due splendide serate da tutto esaurito al Cafe Oto londinese dedicate al quartetto di Alexander von Schlippenbach con Evan Parker, John Edwards e Paal Nilssen-Love la seconda, quella di sabato 10 gennaio, è stata trasmessa in live streaming per la gioia di chi non ha potuto essere presente di persona, mentre la prima è recensita (e illustrata) da Geoff Winston su UK Jazz News. Altre immagini fotografiche si trovano su FB alle pagine di Peter Freeman e di Seán Kelly.
"On a stormy night in London town, the quartet of pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach with Evan Parker (tenor sax), John Edwards (double bass) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums, percussion), played two storming, uninterrupted, extemporised sets on the first night of their two-day residency at Cafe Oto, underpinned by their commitment to invention, close musical dialogue and technique of the highest order. With von Schlippenbach and Parker batting the melodic initiatives back and forth, Edwards and Nilssen-Love marked out the engine room, driving and moderating pace with flair, energy and imagination. Each musician dug deep to expand on themes picked out by Schlippenbach’s large, nimble hands spanning the Yamaha’s keyboard to chart, with shared knowledge and awareness, a rich musical seam brimming with surprise and inspiration."
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