Ended Saturday and welcomed Sunday with Movements in Colour an album by British jazz saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard recorded in February 2008 and released on ECM the following year.

Tyran Grillow rote for ECM Reviews:

British saxophonist Andy Sheppard’s ECM debut is a phenomenon in sound. A musician of remarkable integrity, Sheppard takes full advantage of the opportunity to broaden his reach farther than ever before. For this project, he indulges in his Indian, African, and Latin affinities, as reflected in the eclectic lineup that shapes this set into something greater than the sum of its parts...

https://ecmreviews.com/2014/01/27/movements-in-colour/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gnCs_DYBD0&list=OLAK5uy_lFXeiJRmS4mwnpGYybD5FO64FSgJjTXY0

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Ended the weekend and welcomed the working week after a swim with Surrounded by Sea an album by British saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard recorded in Switzerland in 2014 and released on the ECM label the following year.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM reviews:

"Surrounded by Sea marks the fifth ECM appearance by English saxophonist Andy Sheppard. To the configuration of bassist Michel Benita and drummer Sebastian Rochford (with whom he previously recorded as Trio Libero) he now welcomes the ambient touch of guitarist Eivind Aarset. The latter, perhaps more than any other, evokes the encompassing waters of the album’s title, and draws on the relationship formed on Sheppard’s ECM debut, Movements in Colour.

Emphasis sides with Sheppard’s compositions, which have the first and final word on Surrounded by Sea. “Tipping Point,” co-written with Benita, opens the set on a distant shore.."

https://ecmreviews.com/2015/08/31/surrounded-by-sea/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyrn9zKMbpg&list=PLcKiWZa176FizPm4cVyM0rCRBe15vCxbP&index=1

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Ended the week and welcomed the weekend with Trio Libero an album by British saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard recorded in Switzerland in July 2011 and released on ECM in January the following year

The level of comfort shared by saxophonist Andy Sheppard, bassist Michel Benita, and drummer Sebastian Rochford bears out from the first moments of opener “Libertino” with a looseness that never loses sight or hold of things..Under guise of balladry, “When We Live On The Stars…” concludes with a promise that the people and pleasures we adore will still be waiting for us when we wake.

Nowhere within these relatively brief tunes will you find demonstrative solos or waving of virtuosic flags. That said, it requires a special kind of virtuosity to carry off such music so humbly, and with a spirit that is as naked as the day all of us were born. This is the art of the trio, liberated."

https://ecmreviews.com/2014/10/02/trio-libero/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H53Vm2n0Pc&list=OLAK5uy_ls9jXmv46jrLbchAEsHfFjnL3lCYCvKYU&index=1

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Welcomed sleep and greeted the new day after my swim with Romaria an album by the Andy Sheppard Quartet recorded in Switzerland in April 2017 and released on ECM February the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Eivind Aarset, Michel Benita and Sebastian Rochford.

Saxophonist Andy Sheppard’s quartet with guitarist Eivind Aarset, bassist Michel Benita and drummer Sebastian Rochford pulls out threads from this album’s predecessor and from them weaves an even more seamless tapestry.

Once again, Aarset proves an integral presence, adding (in Sheppard’s words) an “orchestral voice,” which percolates as life-giving water through soil..."

https://ecmreviews.com/2019/03/08/andy-sheppard-quartet-romaria-ecm-2577/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h82CE9x6-9g&list=OLAK5uy_lIEsSHh5Z3XMhbQOJsRNuaXjtbv-5uf_Q

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Ended the weekend and greeted the week after a swim with Life Goes On by Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow, released on ECM in 2020

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

"For its third ECM outing, pianist Carla Bley’s trio with saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bassist Steve Swallow mixes up an antidote for these times of uncertainty and quarantine. The title suite is the first of three comprising the program. Given that “Life Goes On” came out of a recent brush with illness, it’s fitting that Bley should begin in the dark whimsy of the blues. Her left hand plows fertile soil before leaving Sheppard and Swallow to sow their thematic crop. Years of experience and collaboration funnel into Swallow’s intimate rapport with Bley and into Sheppard’s unforced, spiritual playing. The latter, whether breathing through tenor or soprano, takes two steps forward for every retreat.."

https://ecmreviews.com/2020/05/02/bley-sheppard-swallow-life-goes-on-ecm-2669/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz0_l3maHG8

#carlabley #andysheppard #steveswallow #ecm #ecmreviews

Goodnight, Mary Jane ...

Andy Sheppard, Christophe Marguet, Guillaume De Chassy & Kristin Scott Thomas - Othello's tears

https://open.spotify.com/track/5GQZcJ2glvBOSI3zdGH0uG

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Goodnight, Mary Jane ...

Carla Bely, Andy Sheppard & Steve Swallow - Naked bridges / Diving brides

https://open.spotify.com/track/0XWQl69VSvzhY5uX5Wy9px

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#music #jazz #leepvogel #goodnight #AndySheppard