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Andy Sheppard: Nocturnal Tourist (CD: Provocateur)
Recorded and mixed at Christchurch Studios, Bristol, the album combines familiar Sheppard hallmarks - devastating melody and saxophone solos that are muscular and uniquely lyrical by turn - with an inventive and completely personal use of new technologies. Across the nine tracks - eight Sheppard originals plus an up-to-date version of the Harry Warren-Mack Gordon classic I Wish I Knew - Andy's saxophone improvisations are woven through and into samples of street sounds and spoken word, half-heard conversation, washes of electronic sound, tape loops and programmed beats. Accompanying Andy - who plays tenor and soprano saxophones, WX 11 Wind Synth, electric guitar, midi guitar and keyboards - is French drummer and percussionist Stephane San Juan. (Provocateur Records)
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Andy Sheppard: Dancing Man & Woman (CD: Provocateur)
Dancing Man & Woman, his second album for Provocateur Records, features two special guests, the legendary bassist Steve Swallow, and the stunning young tabla player Kuljit Bhamra in addition to the line up seen on his last album - John Parricelli, Steve Lodder, Chris Laurence and Paul Clarvis. The album finds him developing characteristically fresh ideas within territory familiar to Sheppard aficionados - irresistible melody and irresistible grooves inspired by music from India, Latin America and Africa, with solo statements that are muscular and compellingly lyrical in turns. (Provocateur Records)
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Andy Sheppard: Learning To Wave (CD: Provocateur)
This exciting band, featuring Sharda Sahai on tabla, creates a truly fresh and individual sound. Featuring Sheppard's playing and his lyrical composition at its very best, the warm tunes and passionate playing form a rich tapestry that makes this album beautiful and unique. Features special guest Sharda Sahai on tabla and a new sextet especially formed for the album featuring John Parricelli, Steve Lodder, Paul Clarvis & Chris Laurence. (Provocateur Records)
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Andy Sheppard & John Parricelli: P.S (CD: Provocateur)
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Andy Sheppard: Movements In Colour (CD: ECM)
Although Andy Sheppard has been featured on a dozen albums with Carla Bley for WATT, this is his first album for ECM proper. The British saxophonist heads an international quintet in a programme of self-penned pieces, all buoyant and strongly melodic. Sheppard’s elegant saxophone and the strongly-contrasting guitars of Parricelli and Aarset are lifted up by the rhythmic drive of Arild Andersen’s muscular bass and the crisp, dynamic tabla of Kuljit Bhamra, a musician well known in the UK as a key figure in the Asian pop and bhangra movements. (ECM Records)
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