Alexander Hawkins Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm pleased to say I have a new one...it's on FMR Records - FMRCD270-0209. This is my sextet, featuring Orphy Robinson, steel pan; Otto Fischer, guitar; Hannah Marshall, 'cello; Dominic Lash, double bass; Javier Carmona, drums; and myself on piano. Mostly original compositions, but some free improvisations, and two 'covers': Wadada Leo Smith's 'Nuru Light' and Sun Ra's 'Love in Outer Space'. You can listen to one of the originals (Cowley Road Strut) and the Sun Ra here. I'm not entirely sure how to post an image, but I'm delighted with the artwork, featuring photographs by my brother...anyway, the front cover is on show here and here. I hope to post reviews here as and when they arrive. I'm not sure when these will arrive 'online', but I hope to have my copies tomorrow, and of course if anybody would like a copy now, I'd be delighted to send one. They're going for £10 or $15 each. Please PM me if interested! I'll do the P+P for free. I also still have some copies of The Convergence Quartet's first album available (info here, reviews here), so for a short while if anyone's interested, I'd be happy to do both for £16/$24. Cheers! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alexander Hawkins Posted April 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Thank you Jim, and thank you Chuck for posting that for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Good luck Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Congratulations, and way cool!!! Suggestion for next album title: The Alexander Hawkins Ensemble....When Will Then Be Now? Soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Thanks for the kind comments... Al - I'm liking that for the next record...but it might mean I need to find a label to put the third one on vinyl, if only so we can fit the title on the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 do you take paypal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I certainly can - thank you for the interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 paypal sent! SUPPORT ORGANISSIMO MEMBERS!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Really kind - hope you enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Looking forward to get these two and hearing some new sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Just gone in the post to Florida and Scotland respectively. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Really kind - hope you enjoy it Both discs sound excellent if very different. I've played "No now is so" all the way thru but I'm still listening to "Convergence". The interesting line up of instruments on "No..." doesn't disappoint. Both benefit from being played loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Really kind - hope you enjoy it Both discs sound excellent if very different. I've played "No now is so" all the way thru but I'm still listening to "Convergence". The interesting line up of instruments on "No..." doesn't disappoint. Both benefit from being played loud. The first time I heard Orphy play steel pan, he was actually playing standards...but interesting things, including 'Little B's Poem', 'Gazzelloni' etc...this was what made me think what an amazing tone colour could be outside the traditional calypso-type setting! Pretty scary in many ways seeing him tear through a tune like the Dolphy actually on just the single pan! There's also a really nice pan player actually with Courtney Pine's 'Afropeans' band at the moment...name escapes me...Samuel Dubois perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 This is a GREAT cd!!!!! I have been enjoying this all morning! The combination of alex's piano, the steel pan and the strings is incredible! some people think that creative/improvised music is inaccessable - NOT TRUE HERE!!! I heartily recommend this cd for anybody that loves good music!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Just got mine. Can't wait to crack it open. Thanks Alex, will keep you posted on the review front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 This is a GREAT cd!!!!! I have been enjoying this all morning! The combination of alex's piano, the steel pan and the strings is incredible! some people think that creative/improvised music is inaccessable - NOT TRUE HERE!!! I heartily recommend this cd for anybody that loves good music!! Thank you SO much - I really appreciate the kind words - it means a lot! Just got mine. Can't wait to crack it open. Thanks Alex, will keep you posted on the review front. Hey Clifford - glad it got there - hope you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 A couple of reviews of the CD in: All About Jazz The Vortex ...and the blurb from DMG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted July 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Was being bashful, but Clifford just posted this very kind review in the 'Best of 2009' thread, so I thought I would do the same here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Again, that Ra cover just HAS to be heard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afric Pepperbird Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 If Orphy here sounds like he does on Tony Bevan's Bruise - "We Packed Are Bags", I am definitely interested! Can't wait to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oooh I don't have that Bevan disc... another one to look for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy T. Frog Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Love this disc. Steel pan jazz, well I never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy T. Frog Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Was being bashful, but Clifford just posted this very kind review in the 'Best of 2009' thread, so I thought I would do the same here... "Sarah Teaches Kirsty to Read" sounds like Braxton's Ghost Trance Music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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