{"product_id":"2361089","title":"John Ogallagher - Beast [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaxophonist John O'Gallagher has carved out a formidable reputation as a musician and composer who seeks to expand beyond the frontiers of jazz and into new territories of improvisational concepts. His list of collaborators is a who's-who of adventurous improvised music. Recently he's extended into an actual new territory, moving to Lisbon, Portugal in 2021. This new record \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeast \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecaptures him playing in front of a live audience with a new multi-generational ensemble of musicians from the fertile European improv scene. Rhythm section duties are handled by the Portuguese team of \u003cstrong\u003eZe Almeida\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass and drummer \u003cstrong\u003eJoao Lencastre\u003c\/strong\u003e. Joining the band on piano is the German musical polymath \u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Gapp, \u003c\/strong\u003eso that this recording marks the first time in John's prodigious and storied career that he has recorded as a leader with the classic piano quartet line-up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album presents four extended improvisational settings, with half of these drawing upon John's compositional ideas as inspiration for exploring unknown territory, manipulating timbre and density as well as pitch and rhythm. 'My compositions are used as frameworks, with the caveat that they are only to be used to provide cohesion when we sense the need. Otherwise, everything's wide open.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis album presents the next instalment in the journey of one of the music's greatest questing musical innovators, exploring all the possibilities opening up with a new set of collaborators in a new country.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn O'Gallagher: alto saxophone\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo\\xe3o Lencastre: drums\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZe Almeida: bass\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Gapp: piano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePermeable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuixotica\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractically Speaking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFishing for Paramecium\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420712259969,"sku":"2361089","price":15.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5065014356401.jpg?v=1750620952","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2361089","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}