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Chefa Alonso & Tony Marsh: Goodbye Red Rose (2008/9)
by John Eyles
An air of nostalgia and remembrance pervades this album, starting with its title and cover photograph which portrays the duo of Spanish-born soprano saxophonist Chefa Alonso and Lancaster-born drummer Tony Marsh on stage at The Red Rose in Finsbury Park, north London, on 20th January 2008, during John Russell's long-running monthly improv concert series Mopomoso. In the photograph, the wall behind Alonso and Marsh features the album title in large letters, as the day in question was the last time ...
read moreChefa Alonso and Albert Kaul: The Reliable Uncertainty
by John Eyles
Chefa Alonso plays soprano saxophone as well as percussion; Albert Kaul plays piano and clavichord. Despite recording extensively in other contexts, their discography as a duo is in its infancy and in a state of flux; a more appropriate title here might be The curious case of Chefa and Albert." A four-track version of The Reliable Uncertainty was released by Audition Records in December 2010 as a first bite of the next cd-album of this duo." The four tracks are ...
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