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Kieran Hebden / Steve Reid / Mats Gustafsson: Live At The South Bank

Read "Live At The South Bank" reviewed by Mark Corroto


If abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock could be asked how his instant drip paintings reflect the entire history of modern art, he might have replied that his body movements, splatters, flinging, flipping and pouring of paint act as a channel for all this painterly knowledge--and that of his forefathers and contemporaries. Likewise, this two-disc set of music by electronic artist Kieran Hebden, drummer Steve Reid and Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson transmits music from the free jazz experiments of the 1960s ...

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Kieran Hebden / Steve Reid: Tongues

Read "Tongues" reviewed by Ian Patterson


There is a natural symmetry in the pairing of sampler/electronics improviser Kieran Hebden and drumming troubadour Steve Reid. Reid's credits run from Fela Kuti to Sun Ra, James Brown to Miles Davis, and Archie Shepp to Arthur Blythe. Hebden, a fan of avant-garde and free jazz (particularly Pharoah Sanders), has remixed tracks by artists as diverse as Badly Drawn Boy, Black Sabbath and Steve Reich. It is safe to say that both musicians share a certain sense of adventure, and ...

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Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 2

Read "The Exchange Session Vol. 2" reviewed by Chris May


Imagine John Coltrane's Africa/Brass during its most intense and primal passages, and you're getting some idea of what The Exchange Session Vol.2 sounds like--but with a truckload of electronic juju replacing the horns. This is spontaneously created electro-acoustic music at its rawest, most beat-centric and most pile-driving.

Steve Reid has been a presence on the experimental, world music and otherwise alternative edges of the jazz life for over forty years. Coltrane was one of the few legends he never actually ...

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Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 1

Read "The Exchange Session Vol. 1" reviewed by AAJ Staff


These two wide-ranging musicians met less than two years ago, but they seem to have already forged a strong working relationship. Steve Reid, whose drumming pedigree goes all the way back to high school practice sessions at John Coltrane's house, has worked with a dizzying variety of prominent musicians from Miles Davis to Fela Kuti and James Brown--and, yes, the Rippingtons. His discography runs well into the hundreds. Electronics specialist Kieran Hebden, a comparative youngster in his mid-20s, is best ...

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Recording

Steve Reid, Kieran Hebden and Mats Gustafsson - Live at the South Bank (Smalltown Superjazz, 2011)

Steve Reid, Kieran Hebden and Mats Gustafsson - Live at the South Bank (Smalltown Superjazz, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland

The great drummer Steve Reid enjoyed a fantastic career, playing with everyone from R&B singers to free jazz musicians. He recorded two wonderful albums in the 1970's, Novaand Rhythmatismbefore keeping a lower profile the remainder of the decade. In the 2000's he had a career renaissance, teaming up with the electronic musician Kieran Hebden to produce a number of albums that blurred the boundaries of jazz and electronic music. The two reunite here, joined by Swedish free-jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, ...

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Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid:NYC

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid:NYC

Source: JamBase

By: Josh Potter

It may seem untimely that this review is running almost one year to the day after Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid sequestered themselves in NYC's famous Avatar Studio for two days of recording. At the rate that the world, and thus music, changes these days, a year is more than enough time to render ideas, sounds and whole projects obsolete. Some artists weather this cycle by producing pop tunes with such long nuclear half lives that their ...

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Performance / Tour

Kieran Hebden Of Four Tet Tours With Legendary Jazz Drummer Steve Reid In Support Of Two-Part Series On Domino

Kieran Hebden Of Four Tet Tours With Legendary Jazz Drummer Steve Reid In Support Of Two-Part Series On Domino

Source: All About Jazz

"My life changed the day we recorded the Exchange sessions. I couldn't believe I was involved in making this music. It was such a revelation to be able to create improvised music with this epitome of African-American rhythmic drum tradition"--Kieran Hebden

Kieran Hebden is a name you most likely already recognize via his groundbreaking work as Four Tet, and as a member of post-rock collective Fridge. From his debut album Dialogue to his most recent full-length Everything Ecstatic, Kieran's sound ...

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Performance / Tour

Kieran Hebden Of Four Tet Tours With Legendary Jazz Drummer Steve Reid In Support Of Two-Part Series On Domino

Kieran Hebden Of Four Tet Tours With Legendary Jazz Drummer Steve Reid In Support Of Two-Part Series On Domino

Source: All About Jazz

"My life changed the day we recorded the Exchange sessions. I couldn't believe I was involved in making this music. It was such a revelation to be able to create improvised music with this epitome of African-American rhythmic drum tradition." - Kieran Hebden

Kieran Hebden is a name you most likely already recognize via his groundbreaking work as Four Tet, and as a member of post-rock collective Fridge. From his debut album Dialogue to his most recent full-length Everything Ecstatic, ...

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Recording

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid Collaborate on 2-Part Release

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid Collaborate on 2-Part Release

Source: All About Jazz

KIERAN HEBDEN OF FOUR TET COLLABORATES WITH LEGENDARY JAZZ DRUMMER STEVE REID; TWO-PART SERIES ON DOMINO TO BE RELEASED

“My life changed the day we recorded the Exchange sessions. I couldn't believe I was involved in making this music. It was such a revelation to be able to create improvised music with this epitome of African-American rhythmic drum tradition." - Kieran Hebden

Kieran Hebden is a name you most likely already recognize via his groundbreaking work ...

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Live At The South Bank

Smalltown Superjazzz
2011

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NYC

Unity Records
2008

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Tongues

Domino Records (US)
2007

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The Exchange Session...

Domino Records (US)
2006

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We Dream Free

Unity Records
2006

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The Exchange Session...

Domino Records (US)
2006

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