Scandinavia embraced Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman while America still shunned them.
Alan Wilkinson, punchy prize-fighting saxophonist of the London free improvisation scene, follows his spiritual forebears North to record, at last, with three long-time Norwegian collaborators.
The guitarist Kim Johannesen’s dextrous velocity rings exhibitionistic alarms, but it’s allied to a heroic push to the extremities, sympathetically ensnared by Dag Eric Knedal Andersen’s wild off-beats and Ola Høyer’s volcanically boiling bass.
Wilkinson huffs and puffs and blows their house down, finally spitting out the read to break into his trademark ecstatic babbling.
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Brighton Argus
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World Without End, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Stuart, Chortle
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk