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Un ritratto del compianto Howard Riley (1943-2025) a pochi giorni dalla scomparsa è offerto sulle pagine del Guardian da Richard Williams, UK Jazz News interpella Cath Longbottom a proposito del film (Cheerfully Beyond Category) prodotto appena in tempo per cogliere una memorabile performance del pianista in duo con Keith Tippett, The Wire recupera un'intervista di qualche anno fa condotta da Julian Cowley e The Free Jazz Collective ospita un ricordo di Martin Schray: "He always tried to bring both sides together: the useful ideas and intellectual aspects of the European musical environment and the intensity and spontaneity which is displayed by the American jazz tradition. Riley’s work ricocheted between drama, space, rumbling trills, rhythmic surprises and a sparing lyricism. Hardly anyone was able to develop a theme through constant modulations, harmony shifts and subtle dynamics like him, his idiosyncrasies always remaining accessible."
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