king ubu Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Just dl that. Looking forward to it. You need to make a fuss of this too: Had a very nice Sunday afternoon listening to the album. Enjoyed both discs thoroughly. Will be following up Roberto Ottaviano (who pops up already in various nooks and crannies). I'm after a physical copy of this. i think I'll try the label directly once I've worked out how to navigate their Italian only website. This should be on the way to me from the label. As Flurin describes elsewhere email the label and they reply ( in English) and sent me a Paypal request for the cost+shipping. Hopefully the disc should be here soon. The Trio disc is outstanding. What for me started as a desire to support a fellow O member has developed in fully fledged and unashamed fan-boy status. Perhaps the latter has been obvious for some time in my postings but for those who haven't sampled Alex's output the new trio disc is as good a place as any to start. You shall enjoy it, it's excellent - both discs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Some reviews beginning to come in with the release date being Monday - thank you to John Fordham in The Guardian for this: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/09/alexander-hawkins-trio-review Also just to say that if anyone happens to be in London this coming Monday, we're playing at Cafe Oto that night: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/alexander-hawkins-trio/ ...we'd love to see you there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Thank you for the continued interest in the CD...just wanted to share this complimentary review from AAJ. Hopefully more to follow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Just dl that. Looking forward to it. You need to make a fuss of this too: Had a very nice Sunday afternoon listening to the album. Enjoyed both discs thoroughly. Will be following up Roberto Ottaviano (who pops up already in various nooks and crannies). I'm after a physical copy of this. i think I'll try the label directly once I've worked out how to navigate their Italian only website. This should be on the way to me from the label. As Flurin describes elsewhere email the label and they reply ( in English) and sent me a Paypal request for the cost+shipping. Hopefully the disc should be here soon. The Trio disc is outstanding. What for me started as a desire to support a fellow O member has developed in fully fledged and unashamed fan-boy status. Perhaps the latter has been obvious for some time in my postings but for those who haven't sampled Alex's output the new trio disc is as good a place as any to start. You shall enjoy it, it's excellent - both discs! I've been enjoying this set for the past few days. Both discs are excellent. It's up on Spotify but I'm happier to have the discs. After listening to the duo disc (disc 2) I put on Lacy/Evans "Paris Blues" (Owl). Ottaviano is closer to Lacy than Alex is to Evans or Waldron. In fairness to Ottaviano this is my first exposure so I'm not at all familiar to his sound/ conception. The 2 CD comes nicely presented in a digipak and is produced to a very high standard. Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 How much was it total? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 How much was it total? Nearly €23 , including postage to UK from Italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 OK, thanks. Not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 A couple more reviews: London Jazz News Dalston Sound ...and also in this month's Wire. Thank you for the continued interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisvillePrez Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 This has been living in my CD player/disc changer for a while now. This means that recently I have been listening to it as the next CD in the queue. Today, I wanted to listen to disc six of the Heavyweight Champion while cooking/eating, and since the Coltrane has ended (along with the cooking and eating), I have been enjoying this CD quite a bit. I really need to get out of here and take care of some matters, but I can't pull away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Excellent album. I really dig the drums. The Drumming that opens the album on Sweet Duke just totally gets everything off on the right foot for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks so much for this - I really appreciate everyone taking the time to give it a listen! And just to say, if anyone is curious to hear the group live, the BBC are broadcasting a London gig we did a couple of months ago tomorrow night - here's a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Nice live review in the Guardian today: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/09/jason-yarde-alexander-hawkins-elaine-mitchener-review-vortex-london (not the trio but...) Edited December 10, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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