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PASCAL MARZAN & ROGER SMITH "Two Spanish Guitars" (2006/7) EMANEM 4145
The meeting of two of the finest finger-picking guitarists around. Pascal Marzan has come from Paris to London several times and recorded duets with Roger Smith resulting in great music that ranges from the hyper-frantic to the laid-back pastoral. This CD should help give both guitarists the reputations they deserve. 76 minutes.

GROSSE ABFAHRT "Everything that Disappears" (2007) EMANEM 4146

TOM DJLL (trumpet, pocket cornet & preparations), MATT INGALLS (Bb clarinet, bass clarinet), FRÉDÈRIC BLONDY (piano), JOHN SHIURBA (electric guitar), GEORGE CREMASCHI (double bass & electronics), LÊ QUAN NINH (surrounded bass drum), JOHN BISCHOFF (electronics), TIM PERKIS (electronics), GINO ROBAIR (energised surfaces & voltage made audible). Tom Djll put this electro-acoustic improvising nonet together when Frédèric Blondy and Lê Quan Ninh were visiting the San Francisco area, resulting in some extended performances that are more about the group than the individuals. 74 minutes.

BARKINGSIDE (2006/7) EMANEM 4147

ALEX WARD (clarinet), ALEXANDER HAWKINS (piano), DOMINIC LASH (double bass), PAUL MAY (percussion). An improvising quartet comprising four excellent young improvising musicians based in London and Oxford, none of whom have ever been to the outer London suburb of Barkingside. Two complete performances from concerts at Cambridge University and the 2007 FREEDOM OF THE CITY festival in London. 60 minutes.

PHIL MINTON "No Doughnuts in Hand" (2007) EMANEM 4148

The third of Minton's doughnut reduction series features 37 solo vocal improvisations. This showcase for his remarkable vocal talents follows on from A DOUGHNUT IN BOTH HANDS and A DOUGHNUT IN ONE HAND, his previous solo outings. 52 minutes.

CAETITU (2007) EMANEM 4149

YEDO GIBSON (tenor saxophone & Eb clarinet), VERYAN WESTON (piano), MARCIO MATTOS (double bass & electronics), MARTIN BLUME (percussion). This quartet, named after a Brazilian animal, contains two musicians who grew up in Brazil over 30 years apart, and one each from Britain and Germany. However, improvised music is an international language in which they are all fluent. The three seasoned improvisers are joined a newcomer who does not sound at all like a novice. Their improvisations range from white heat to calm reflection. 52 minutes.

SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE & ORCHESTRA "Trio & Triangle" (1978/1981) EMANEM 4150

JOHN STEVENS (percussion, cornet, voice), NIGEL COOMBES (violin), ROGER SMITH (guitar). The 1981 London concert features two of John Stevens' didactic pieces performed by nine or ten musicians, plus a trio improvisation. Another (previously unissued) trio set can also be heard - the excitement of the music overcomes the imperfections of the recording on this half hour from 1978. Reissue of SFA LP 092 with extra trio material. 77 minutes.

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