Alex Maguire & Nikolas Skordas
Release Date: 19 May 2017
Label: SLAM Productions
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5028386701729
Genres: Jazz Avant-garde
Description
The Maguire/Skordas duo came out of a chance meeting at a gig when pianist Alex Maguire was playing in Athens, April 2016. Later the same year Alex returned to Greece to explore possibilities of the duo with saxophonist Nikolas Skordas; this CD, recorded live in Athens, is testament to its success.
Alex describes it: "Songs of the land and the sea, journeys from afar and journeys within are the themes of 'Ships and Shepherds', the debut recording of the Alex Maguire-Nikolas Skordas duo. From Odysseus, the archetypal "man of twists and turns", to the immovable monasteries and hermitages of Greek orthodoxy, a new voice emerges where ancient melodies and instruments join contemporary improvisatory models to forge a modern spiritual music which touches both the heart and mind."
Tracklisting
Esmond Selwyn
Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Philip Gibbs & Hamid Drake
Lol Coxhill
Lol Coxhill, George Haslam, Howard Riley & Paul Rutherford
Various Artists
Lol Coxhill & George Haslam
Improgressive
Howard Riley & Elton Dean
Various Artists
The Residents
The Residents
Sun Ra
Elton Dean
Soft Head
Mike Osborne Trio
Lol Coxhill
