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...Drummer Oli Jefferson and guitarists Tony Kelsey and Matt Worley, both seated, were arranged in a backline. A picture of a bison hung behind them....
...Tom Herbert on bass guitar and double bass provided an undertow of warmth and the underused vocalist Eska was a highlight....
...On Friday, the drummer re-examines piano trio orthodoxy in the free-flowing company of pianist Aaron Diehl and Matt Brewer on double bass — the recent album Mesmerism and newly released Continuing indicate...
...As snippets of melody wound this way and that, pianist Micah Thomas emphasised changes in mood and bassist Matt Brewer twinned double bass thrust with Sumbry’s bass drum beats that were so powerful they...
...Davóne Tines, always a charismatic and versatile bass-baritone, brought an intense solemnity and gravitas to the role of Jesus....
...Junius Paul, a funky, deep-toned foundation on bass guitar, was joined by trumpeter Marquis Hill and the amazing guitarist Matt Gold....
...“The Fours” comes next, with swirly textures and trumpet and flute riffing over a vamp of Junius Paul bass....
...The UK trio of Matt Bellamy (vocals, lead guitar), Dominic Howard (drums) and Chris Wolstenholme (bass) have been ploughing their end-times furrow since 1999’s Showbiz....
...Lead lines sparkled, his sampled bass lines added depth, and shimmers of vibrating guitar harmonies filled the hall with mystery and suspense....
...And with the experienced and assured rhythm team of Matt Brewer and Justin Brown delivering drive and panache on bass and drums, the trio tracks grip from first to last....
...Out of the Bat-suit, with Nirvana playing on the soundtrack, his pallor and scarecrow hair suggest the bass player in a minor grunge band....
...But pianist Myra Melford twins tradition with abstraction and double bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Matt Wilson’s aesthetics are equally wide....
...“There is a limited supply of very strong pedigree teams with track records and a lot of interest out there,” said Matt Bass, head of private alternatives at AllianceBernstein, adding that he expects to...
...“Generic McDance,” said Matt Black, one half of electronic music pioneers Coldcut, when introduced to Solomon’s production oeuvre....
...Moody trombone and cymbal splashes conjured misty mornings and urban sunsets while riffing double-bass implied that a change was in store....
...Here her work looked more conventional, with abstract modern sets (Matt Saunders) and period costumes (Kaye Voyce)....
...Guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin left the line-up for an indefinite break, citing mental health pressures....
...It sounds at times harsh and tinny, the reverberating plink of the keyboard deliberately cheap, but periodically rumbling electronic bass rises to the surface to add warmth....
...“Better Angels” is simply glorious, a dramatic coalescence of guitar, drums, piano and bass. Science tells us that there is only one sure way out of this pandemic: a vaccine....
...A pragmatic relationship with capitalism introduced oil scion Ed Bass, financier of the Biosphere....
...Around her circle snippety drums, gently strummed or plucked guitar, piano, elegantly spare bass and, on the standout track “Seven Times”, an untamed flute....
...The set opens with “Earthrise”, a modal blues in 7/4 that includes a feature for the woody strength of Matt Ridley’s bass....
...“March”, written for tonight’s bass player Brewer, delivered a simple joyous theme and a gripping bass solo....
...Brian Beattie bowed his electric upright bass to evoke the string arrangements that appear on the recorded versions of the songs....
...“Lilac C” follows, a dedication to the late pianist Andrew Hill, his style captured by oblique Matt Mitchell piano, obtuse harmonies and Oh’s figured bass....
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